“Nancy 2024” – a retrospective exhibit by Nancy Uyemura @uyemuran

Curated by @anaiwataki and @g.know

Production Credits:
Mano Ya - Contribution of cabinetry @la_manoya
Little Tokyo Florist - Flower Arrangements @littletokyoflorist

“Like she has countless times before, Nancy Uyemura is inviting you to be part of something. More than just an exhibition, Nancy 2024 is a celebration of the many communities she’s made and that have made her. This selection of her artwork, dating from the 1970s to today, offers a glimpse of the energy and curiosity she brings to all she does.”

BIO:
Nancy Uyemura is a third-generation Japanese American artist and writer, born and raised in Los Angeles, who currently lives and works in Little Tokyo. She has been exhibiting in the United States and Asia since the 1970s. She has participated in exhibitions at the Japanese American Cultural and Community Center, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Modern Art Museum of Ito City, Japan, Riverside Art Museum, Pyong Taek City Museum, Osaka Triennial, among others. In the 1990s, she began working in public art and has a number of public art commissions in California and in Japan. From 1984 to 2017, Uyemura lived and worked at 800 Traction in downtown Los Angeles, participating in a vibrant, diverse artistic community. At the building from 1990-1999, she co-directed Gallery IV with partners Takeo Yamaki and Takeo Morita, gallerists from Japan, as well as her mentor Mike Kanemitsu. They developed a groundbreaking program bringing together Asian American art, the LA art scene of the 1990s, and contemporary Japanese art.

More information: laartcore.org