Nakata Emiri

Born in 1997 in Tokyo. Graduated from Tokyo University of the Arts, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture. Aiming to be a professional ballerina, she creates works using ceramics and CG/video based on her experience of playing roles on stage. Theatrical elements that can be felt from everyday life are incorporated into stories based on ballet, theatrical programs, children's stories, etc. They search for ways to be people by superimposing hollow ceramics and empty humans as containers for roles.

・Main exhibition history

2021 solo exhibition “Lullaby” (former movie theater, Tokyo)

2022 “TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2022 Award Winning Works Exhibition” (Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo)

2022 “CAF Award 2022 Selected Works Exhibition” (Daikanyama Hillside Forum, Tokyo)

2023 “Black Room” (Ginza Tsutaya Bookstore, Tokyo)

2023 “WHITE ROOM” (WHAT CAFE, Tokyo)

2023 “Art Fair Beppu 2023" (Beppu Tourist Port, Oita)

2023 Solo Exhibition “How to Take Your Breath” (HIRO OKAMOTO, Tokyo)

2024 solo exhibition “God Bless You” (Twinkle Sculpture Festival, Tokyo)

2024 “ALLOS AND ERGON” (POOL SIDE GARELLY, Kanazawa)

2024 “Draw Lines & Shapes in My Maps” (T&Y Gallery, Los Angeles)

2025 solo exhibition “A PIECE OF CAKE” (MITSUKOSHI CONTEMPORARY, Tokyo)

2025 Roppongi Art Night Video Exhibition (Tokyo Midtown, Tokyo)

・Awards

2019 Ataka Award

2021 Mitsubishi Estate Award

2022 TOKYO MIDTOWN AWARD 2022 Grand Prix

2022 CAF Awards 2022 winners