Claire Nakazawa CV
EXHIBITIONS
2017-2018 - Performing with Haiku Hands at festivals and events around Australia and the UK
2016 - Utopia Dream, group show, Day Fine Art. - Playing with Perspectives, Art Pharmacy and Deloitte group show.
2015 - 'Land in Love' Solo Exhibition at Day Fine Art Gallery, Blackheath.
- The Ladies Network, Ambush Gallery.
- Loyd Reese Youth Memorial Award, Gallery Lane Cove
2014 - 'Scrapers', Brand X, Sydney.
- 'Bound' Chrissie Cotter, Sydney.
2013 - 'Triangle between us' Collaboration with Mie Nakazawa, Chrissie Cotter Gallery.
2012 - Solo exhibition 'In the Middle of The River' at 107 Projects, Sydney.
- '5 Retrospective' Gallery Red, Glebe.
- '31 Days' Gallery Red, Glebe.
- 72 Hour Art Project, 107 Projects, Redfern, Sydney.
2011 - Mt Annan Australian Botanic Gardens Installation, 100 paintings with Nerine Martini.
- Creative Commons, Ambush Gallery, Sydney.
- Brain Art, Global Gallery, Sydney.
- Medium Vinal, Plump Gallery.
- Loyd Rees Youth Memorial Award, Sydney.
2010 - Two Sketchy, with Jason How, The Fortwenty Gallery, Brisbane.
- Winter Magic Street Art Festival, Blue Mountains. 2009 - Solo, MOCH, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne.
- Solo, Mochi Walls, Oh Really Gallery, Sydney.
- Marrickville Contemporary Art Prize, Finalist Exhibition, At The Vanishing Point.
- Street Art festival exhibition, Smart Arts, Sydney.
COMMISSIONS/ COMMUNITY ART PROJECTS
2015 - Street Art Walk mural Katoomba, Blue Mountains.
- Open Marrickville Community Art Project.
- Private mural commission for NF Entertainment.
- Live Painting for Universal, Mumford and Sons Album Launch pop up bar.
2014 - Bellingen Gelato commercial mural.
- Magnetic places Colyton mural painting workshop.
- Live to Create, Marrickville Council youth mural painting workshop.
- Watsons Bay hotel, painting for Claire Delmar.
- Spotify Sydney office mural.
2013 - Marrickville Rd Cafe mural revamp.
- Discovery Lane painting commission.
- Liverpool city council commissioned mural.
- St Peters private mural comission
2012 - Detour Espresso Bar Mural, Kings Cross, Sydney.
- Private painting commissions.
- Neighbourhood Stories, Colyton community art project workshops.
2011 - Mount Annan Botanic Gardens Community Arts project.
- Devils Elbow mural, Marrickville council, Sydney.
- Equatica, mural, private, Sydney. - Hidden Sweets, Mural, Dungate Lane, Sydney.
- Wesley Mission, community youth mural, Sydney.
- Plump Gallery exterior Mural, Sydney.
2010 - Even Jones Playground, public mural for Leichhardt City Council.
2009 - Outdoor public mural, Crown St Record Store, Paddington, Sydney.
- Outdoor mural, At the Vanishing Point, Sydney.
- Private garden mural Newtown, Sydney.
- Public mural, War Memorial Park, Leichhardt, Sydney.
- Indoor mural, Marrickville Rd Café, Sydney.
- Private portrait.
- Indoor mural, Pyrmont Café, Sydney.
2015 - Performing with Hermitude and Sketch the Rhyme at Festivals and events.
2013 - Performing with Hermitude and Sketch the Rhyme at multiple Festivals and events.
2012 - Woodford Folk Festival, Brisbane.
- Insert Play Western Australia.
- The Standard Single Launch
- Hermitude Album Launch, Oxford Arts Factory, Sydney
- Splor Festival, New Zealand.
- Groove in the Moo, Maitland and Canberra
- Fusion Festival, Berlin
- Bar Fly, London
- Darwin Festival, Light House
- Park Life, Sydney and Brisbane
- AIR Awards, Melbourne 2011 - Speak of the Devil Single Launch - Gearans hotel - Katoomba
- Speak of the Devil Single Launch - The Prince, Melbourne
- Subsonic Festival
- Peats Ridge Festival
- Pyramid Rock Festival
2010 - Sketch The Rhyme at Woodford Folk Festival, QLD.
- Sketch The Rhyme, Sydney Fringe Festival, The Factory Theater.
- Live painting at Sydney Fringe Festival, Buzz. Bar.
- Sketch The Rhyme residency at the Mac Hotel, Sydney.
- Nunu from Nana, Live Painting, Sedition, The Difficult Music Festival, Sydney.
2009 - Sketch the Rhyme, Woodford Folk Festival, QLD.
- Live Painting, Culture Jam, Oh Really Gallery, Sydney.
- Delusional Carcass, Oden, Sculpture and sound Installation High & Dry Festival.
- Live Painting with The Sun Chasers, Cabinet.
- Sketch the Rhyme, Melbourne Fringe Festival.
2011 - Winner of the Curvy live art battle competition, 'The Galeries'.
2010 - ArtStart, Australia council for the Arts emerging artist grant.
- Queen St Studio Residency Program.
2009 - Winter Magic Art Competition, Finalist, Blue Mountains.
- Wall 2 Wall, mural competition, Leichhardt City Council second place.
- National Youth Week, Senior Design finalist, Online, NSW.
AWARDS
2011 - Winner of the Curvy live art battle competition, 'The Galeries'. 2010
- ArtStart, Australia council for the Arts emerging artist grant. - Queen St Studio Residency Program.
2009 - Winter Magic Art Competition, Finalist, Blue Mountains.
- Wall 2 Wall, mural competition, Leichhardt City Council second place.
- National Youth Week, Senior Design finalist.