Judy Nakagawa

Judy Nakagawa began studying sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art & Design in Washington, D.C. in 1998 and in 2002 was awarded the Berthold Schmutzhart Award for sculpture. In 2001 she had a solo show in the National Press Club Building in downtown Washington. In 2004 she moved to Vancouver and had solo shows at the Japanese Canadian National Museum in Burnaby, the Murakami Boatworks building in Richmond, B.C. and the Visual Space Gallery in Vancouver. Nakawage has participated in numerous group shows and has created large commissioned works for two theatrical installations.

ARTIST STATEMENT
Stirrings of a restless mind
Invade the calm
Music becomes noise
Lines become frayed
Leaves are blowing
I only know the wind
But when stillness descends
The world changes
I see the kindness of a stranger’s smile
The perfection of a single leaf
A line becomes a poem
-Judy Nakawaga