Biography
1933 | Born in Sapporo as the second daughter of Ukichiro Nakaya, an experimental physicist | |
1957 | Graduated from Northwestern University, Illinoi, USA | |
1962 | First solo exhibition in Tokyo (oil paintings) | |
1966 | Participated in E.A.T. (Experiments in Art and Technology) | |
1970 | Fog Sculpture at Pepsi Pavilion, Expo ’70 in Osaka | |
1972 | Demonstrated her first video work, Friends of Minamata Victims - Video Diary Founded Video Hiroba, a group to explore video arts |
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1974 | Standing an Egg, a video installation at the 11th Biennale of Tokyo | |
1976 | Earth Talk at Sydney Biennale | |
1980 | Established Video Gallery SCAN in Harajuku and introduced promising new video artists Ojika River at Kawaji-Onsen in collaboration with Bill Viola (Sound) |
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1987 | Organized the Japan International Video Television Festival, Tokyo | |
1989 | Skyline, Parc de la Villette, Paris | |
1992 | Foggy Forest at Showa Kinen Park and awarded Yoshida Isoya Award Special Prize | |
1998 | F.O.G. at Guggenheim Museum Bilbao | |
2001 | IRIS in collaboration with Shiro Takatani, Valencia Biennale | |
2008 | Tales of Ugetsu, Yokohama Triennale Special Achievement Prize at the Japan Media Arts Festival |
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2014 | Veil, The Philip Jonson Glass House, New Canaan, USA | |
2017 | London Fog, Tate Modern at London Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government |
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2017-18 | Greenland by Fujiko & Ukichiro Nakaya, Ginza Maison Hermès Le Forum, Tokyo |