Born: 1951 Okinawa, Japan
Education:
1987 M.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1985 B.F.A. San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
1975 AA Art, San Francisco City College, San Francisco, CA
Solo Exhibitions:
2017 “Migrations”, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016 artspace 1616, Sacramento, CA
2015 “Diaspora”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2013 “New Work”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2009 “Sumi Ink Drawings,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2007 Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2006 “Tomas Nakada: Skin Deep,” Jan Baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2004 “Tomas Nakada: Paintings on Paper,” Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2000 “Inside/Out,” Reese Bullen Gallery, Arcata, CA
1997 Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
"What Are Pigeons For?" Market Street Kiosk, SF Art Commission
1996 S.K. Josefsberg Studio, Portland, OR
1995 Thomas Babeor & CO., La Jolla, CA
Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, OR
Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1994 Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
1993 New California Art, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon
Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, California
1992 “Introductions ‘92”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
Jamison Thomas Gallery, Portland, Oregon
San Francisco MOMA Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1991 Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Nelson Morales Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1990 Yoshiaki Inoue Gallery, Osaka, Japan
Golden Gate Park Festival, San Francisco, CA
1988 Recent Works, 333 Bush Street, San Francisco, CA
1987 Vorpal Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“Masters ‘87”, Fort Mason, San Francisco, CA
1986 New Works, Howard Gallery, S.F., CA.
1983 Student Union Gallery, S.F. State University, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2016 Order and Nature, Anglim Gilbert Gallery, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco
2015 “Retrospective”, Gallery Paule Anglim, San Francisco, CA
2011 Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA
2009 “Robert Ogata, Pauletta Chanco, Tomas Nakada,” SFMoMA Artists Gallery,
San Francisco, CA
2008 Twenty Artists, Two Galleries, San Francisco, CA
2007 30 Year Anniversary Show, Jan baum Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
San Francisco, CA
2000 Humboldt Sate University, Eureka, CA
1998 "Anti-Pesszimizmus", San Franciscoi Muveszek, Budapest
"Summer Group Show", PDX, Portland, Oregon
1997 “Seduced by Surface”, University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA
1996 Susan Inglett, New York, NY
1996 “S.F.A.I. 125th Anniversary”, Terrain Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“S.F.A.I. 125th Anniversary”. Rental Gallery, San Francisco, CA
“SFAI 125th Anniversary Tribute Show,” Gallery Paule Anglim,
San Francisco, CA
1995 Richard Art Center, Richmond, CA
Mark Moore Gallery, 2 person show, Santa Monica, CA
California: In Three Dimensions, California Center for the Arts Museum, San
Francisco, CA
Opts Arts, San Francisco,
Wax, Nohra Haime Gallery, New York, NY
Thomas Babeor & Co. La Jolla, CA
California in 3D, Center for the Arts, Escondido, CA
1994 YEAR 1: A Survey, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Commodities: Secession Gallery, Haines Gallery, S.F., CA.
Night of the Masque, Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA.
Premiere Exhibition, Daedalus Press, S.F., CA.
1993 New Sculpture: Soft Surfaces, Transamerica Pyramid, S.F., CA.
Richmond Art Center X-Mas Auction, Richmond, CA.
Patricia Shea Gallery, Santa Monica, CA.
Genetic Inevitability, Radix Gallery, Phoenix, AZ.
1992 KTEH-TV Art Invitational, San Jose Museum of Art, CA.
Richmond Art Center X-Mas Auction, Richmond, CA.
Issue of Choice, L.A. Contemporary Exhibitions, L.A. CA.
Only the Fax Ma’am Fax, Artspace Gallery, N. Las Vegas, NV.
Annual National Juried Exh., Berkeley Art Center, CA.
Juried Exhibition, Gallery House, Palo Alto, CA.
Mask, Intersection for the Arts, S.F., CA.
1991 Accomplices, Show ‘n Tell, S.F., CA.
Richmond Art Center X-Mas Auction, Richmond, CA.
AIDS: Fear, Rage, Hope, Aids Arts Alive, San Diego, CA.
International Show Box Sculpture, University of Hawaii
1990 New Decade, New Space, Spectrum, S.F., CA.
1989 Torch and Anvil, S.F. Art Commission, S.F., CA.
Purim Mask Exhibition, Jewish Community Museum, S.F., CA.
1988 Nightmare on Valencia Street, Intersection of Arts, S.F., CA.
1987 Sculpture Garden, The Phoenix Motel, S.F., CA.
El Dia de Los Muertos, Mission Cultural Center, S.F., CA.
1986 South Africa- State of Emergency, Galeria de la Raza, S.F., CA.
1985 New Art in the West, Vorpal Gallery, S.F., CA.
Spring Show, Emmanual Walter Gallery, S.F., CA.
1984 Diego Rivera Gallery, S.F., CA.
1983 S.F. State University Student Union Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1982 Palo Alto Art Club Print Competition, Palo Alto, CA.
Nova Art Association, S.F., CA.
Awards:
2005 Yaddo, Residency
2004 Vermont Studio Center, Residency1986 First Place for Sculpture, San Francisco Fair and Exposition
1984 Harold E. Weiner Memorial Prize, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
1983 James D. Phelan Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Sobel Memorial Scholarship, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Museum and Corporate Collections:
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
CellPro, Incorporated, Bothell, Washington
Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA
Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA
Newport Harbor Art Museum, CA
Oakland Art Museum, CA
Selected Bibliography:
Kenneth Baker, “Anne Gale extracts delight amid bleakness,”San Francisco Chronicle, January 11, 2013
Tomas Nakada, Arrangement #15, ZYZZYVA, Spring 2010
Kenneth Baker,”Ecological abstract," SF Chronicle. Jan.2007
Kenneth Baker, “Landscapes, real and imaginary, see in the light of day,” San Francisco
Chronicle, January 6, 2007
Kenneth Baker, "Nakada's art has a tough aesthetic," SF Chronicle, Sept. 25, 2004
Dennis Jarrett, "Housing Artists", Santa Fe Reporter, March 22-28, 2000
William Zimmer, "Wax as a Medium and a Message," New York Times, June 6, 1999
Jim Martin, "Resource Partitioning," Clearing, April/May 1998
Ryder W. Miller, "The Plight of the Urban Birds," Clearing, April/May 1998
James Avery, "Good Press in San Francisco," National Pidgeon Association Quarterly Review, Volume 2, 1998, cover.
Kenneth Baker, "California's Serene Brand of Surrealism," San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 1995, p. E-1, E-4
Elizabeth McCaffery, "Nakada's art vision inspires inspection." The Oregonian, Sept. 25, 1993
Cathy Custis, "A disembodied look at the body." Los Angeles Times, April 13, 1993, p. F2
David Spalding, "Tomas Nakada: At Gallery Paule Anglim." Artweek, August 6,1992, p. 25
Marcia Tanner "Portfolio: Scouting Around for Local Talent." San Francisco Chronicle, July 22, 1992, p.21-26
David Bonetti, "Gallery Watch: Introductions worth making in some cases."San Francisco Examiner, July 17, 1992, p. d2
Peggy Isaak Gluck, "Show uses theatrical technique." The Northern California Jewish Bulletin, April 7, 1989, p. 52