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

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

2001

“Leo Bersamina, Laura Dufort, and Tomas Nakada,” Gallery Paule Anglim,

San Francisco, CA

2001

“Influenced,” PDX, Portland, Oregon

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

1986

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

COLLECTIONS

CellPro, Incorporated, Bothell, Washington

Crocker Art Museum, Sacramento, CA.

Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, CA.

Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA.

SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY

Martha Ross, “ Art From Life “, West County Times, January 24, 2023

“Artist Nakada’s Works on Display”, Hokubei Mainichi, January 31, 2023

Mincher, Michele, “New Sculpture: Soft Surfaces”. September 1993.

McCaffery, Elizabeth, “Nakada’s art vision inspires inspection”. The Oregonian, Sept. 25, 1993 p.d10.

Curtis, Cathy, “A Disembodied Look at the Body”, L.A. Times, April 13, 1993, p.F2.

Guenther, Bruce, “Tomas Nakada: Within the Code”, February 1993.

Spalding, David, “Tomas Nakada: At Gallery Paule Anglim”, Artweek, August 6, 1992, p. 25.

Tanner, Marcia, “Portfolio: Scouting Around for Local Talent”, S.F. Chronicle, July 22, 1992, p. Z1-6.

Bonetti, David, “Gallery Watch: ‘Introductions’ Worth Making in Some Cases:, S.F. Examiner, July 17. 1992, p. D2.

Gluck, Peggy Isaak, “Show uses theatrical technique”, The Northern California Jewish Bulletin, April, 7, 1989, p. 52.