NAGA TSUTSUMI
Zimmerman Art Gallery (Palmerston North) | ZeaYou Gallery (Taupo) | Gilberd Marriott Gallery (Wellington)
Tsutsumi is a Japan-born New Zealand-based artist. He had over 30 solo and group exhibitions in NZ, USA and Japan. He holds Master of Fine Arts degree from the University of Iowa, USA.
http://gilberdmarriottgallery.weebly.com/naga-tsutsumi.html
I read, watch, think, write, draw, paint, walk, bike, think, draw, paint, get tired and rest.
REPRESENTED BY
Zimmerman Art Gallery (2012-)
ZeaYou Gallery (2020-)
Paperworks (2013-2016)
Thermostat Art Gallery (2003-2012)
Barrows Gallery (2004-2007)
AWARDS/JURIED EXHIBITIONS
2018 "Earle Creativity Trust"
2017 "Walker & Hall Waiheke Art Award" FINALIST
2013 "Parkin Drawing Prize" FINALIST
2012 "Adam Portraiture Award" FINALIST
2011 "Manawatu Art Review" OVERALL WINNER
1999 "International Juried Show" FINALIST
[New Jersey Center For Visual Arts, New Jersey, USA
(Juror: Donald Kuspit)]
1997 "Lewis-Clark National Juried Exhibition" FINALIST
[Lewis-Clark Center For The Arts, Idaho, USA]
1996 "Art of Diversity II" FINALIST
[Art Place Gallery, Chicago, Illinois, USA]
1995 "National Juried Fine Arts Show" SECOND PRIZE
[State Of The Art Gallery, Ithaca, New York, USA]
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 Friendly Strangers & Strange Friends,
Zimmerman Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
2021 Life Drawing, Zimmerman Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2020 Long Distance Travel to Manawatu, Zimmerman Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
2019 Vanished Travellers, Zimmerman Art Gallery,
2018 Painted Words, Zimmerman Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2017 Perspective/Possession Zimmerman Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2016 The Eternal, Gilberd Marriott Gallery,
Wellington, New Zealand
2015 I Am Not Afraid, Zimmerman Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2014 Composition, Zimmerman Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2013 The Orientalist, Zimmerman Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2013 Ancestor and Descendant II
Gilberd Marriott Gallery, Wellington, New Zealand
2012 An Unconscious View, Thermostat Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2010 Four Seasons, Thermostat Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2009 Still Travelling Thermostat Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2008 Ancestor and Descendant, Thermostat Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
2007 On the Run, Thermostat Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2005 Immeasurable Distance, Thermostat Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
2005 A Remembered Place, Barrows Gallery,
Martinborough, New Zealand
2004 Your Imaginative Memories, Barrows Gallery, Martinborough, New Zealand
2004 Welcome to Tabata, NZ, Thermostat Art Gallery, Palmerston North, New Zealand
2003 Pseudo-Travellers, Thermostat Art Gallery,
Palmerston North, New Zealand
1997 Ancestors and Descendants, Project 416
Seattle, Washington, USA
1996 Obscure Boundaries, Eve Drewlowe Gallery
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
1996 Red Toilet Project, Clap Recital Hall Gallery
Iowa City, Iowa, USA
1992 Paintings by Nagataka Tsutsumi, Other Art Gallery
Ashland, Oregon, USA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 "Rabbit" Zimmerman Art Gallery
2021 "White" Zimmerman Art Gallery
2020 "Gold" Zimmerman Art Gallery
2020 "Ten" Zimmerman Art Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2019 "Blossom" Zimmerman Art Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2018 "Black" Zimmerman Art Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2012 "Not Just A Pretty Picture" Thermostat Art Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2011 "Visible Mark" Thermostat Art Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2011 "Insight" Square Edge Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2006 "Vent 5" Thermostat Art Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2004 "Christmas Show" Idiom Studio
Wellington, New Zealand
2003 "Vent 2" Thermostat Art Gallery
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2001 "Athena Annual" Anatolia, Chiba, Japan
2000 "Three-Person Show" Art de Art Gallery, Osaka, Japan
1997 "Seattle Cherry Blossom Festival" Seattle Center Pavilion,
Seattle, Washington, USA
1996 "Collaborative Installation by Kawasaki and Tsutsuimi" Eve Drewlowe Gallery, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
1995 "Denial Plausibility" Orange County Center For Contemporary Art,
Santa Ana, California, USA
1995 "Circuit Breaker" Old Printing Service Building
Coralville, Iowa, USA
LIVE DRAWING
2021 "Art Trail Manawatu" Square Edge Art Centre
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2018 "Little Cuba Carnival" Distinction Hotel
Palmerston North, New Zealand
2014 "Rock'n Roll Life Drawing" Snails Art Space
Palmerston NorthNew Zealand
EDUCATION
MFA: University of Iowa, USA
MA: University of Northern Iowa, USA
BA: Southern Oregon State College, USA
