BIO
Born in Kanagawa, based in Tokyo.
Yudai Nakaya's practice begins with a sense of dissonance felt in the face of a single event. He re-describes that event from multiple perspectives—human, society, animal, plant, time, machine—and turns the gaps that emerge between these descriptions into works.
Each project is numbered as a "Case": one Case is a body of multiple descriptions surrounding one event. A Case is never complete; descriptions from new perspectives are added over time. As long as there are events in the world, the Cases will continue to grow.
Grants
2026 Grant for Arts Activities, The Asahi Shimbun Foundation
Solo Exhibitions
2027 Degustation, Tokyo (upcoming)
2009 Yellow Exhibition, Setagaya Art Museum, Tokyo
2008 Human Exhibition, Shimokitazawa, Tokyo
2008 Red Exhibition, Kichijoji, Tokyo
Art Fairs
2026 Independent Tokyo, Tokyo
2025 UNKNOWN ASIA, Osaka
Art Festivals
2026 SICF Fukuoka, ONE FUKUOKA BLDG, Fukuoka *
2026 NAFAS Festival Tokyo, BUoY, Tokyo *
2026 Trolls in the Park, Tokyo
2025 Kudoyama Art Festival, Wakayama
2025 Trolls in the Park, Tokyo
Group Exhibitions
2026 IAG AWARDS, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo
2025 IAG AWARDS, Tokyo Metropolitan Theatre, Tokyo
2025 GAKUTEN, The National Art Center, Tokyo
2025 Asia Digital Art Award Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
2025 ACT Art Award Exhibition, The Artcomplex Center of Tokyo, Tokyo
2025 SM-size Art Award Exhibition, Nishiwaki City Okanoyama Museum of Art, Hyogo
2025 ACTA+ ART AWARD Finalists Exhibition, COIL, Yamaguchi
2025 Shoto Museum of Art Open Call Exhibition, Shoto Museum of Art, Tokyo
2025 Sakai City Exhibition, Sakai City Cultural Hall, Osaka
2024 ACTA+ ART AWARD, Nihonbashi Mitsui Tower Atrium, Tokyo
2024 NARU FES - ARTEAT, +NARU NIHONBASHI, Tokyo
2024 Asia Digital Art Award Exhibition, Fukuoka Art Museum, Fukuoka
2007 Spiral Bank Exhibition 9×9, Spiral, Tokyo
Awards
2026 Finalist, IAG AWARDS
2025 Jury Award, GAKUTEN
2025 Special Prize, Annual Photography Awards
2025 Finalist, IAG AWARDS
2025 Finalist, Metro Ad Creative Award
2025 Selected, Kudoyama Art Festival (Open Call)
2025 Selected, ACT Art Award Exhibition
2025 Selected, SM-size Art Award Exhibition
2025 Selected, Shoto Museum of Art Open Call Exhibition
2024 Grand Prix, Asia Digital Art Award — Video Category
2024 Grand Prix, ACTA+ ART AWARD
2023 Honorable Mention, Asia Digital Art Award — Still Image Category *
2023 Selected, Watowa Art Award *
2009 Good Design Award
Publications
2026 One and Many Transparent Liquids
2025 CURATED ARTWORKS 2024–2025
Editorial
2026 Visual design, poetry journal Koo
Critical Texts
2026 Osamu Watanabe, “A Landscape of Vast Oblivion” , note (on Last Milk)
2025 Osamu Watanabe, “The Ethical Potential of Contemporary Art” , note (on H.Garden)
Broadcast / Public Screens
2026 All Night Nippon, Nippon Broadcasting System
2026 Outdoor screen, Tokyu Kabukicho Tower, Tokyo
2026 In-vehicle signage, taxi app GO
2026 Public signage, Kariya City, Aichi
Press
2025 Tokyo Art Beat
2025 Tokyo Shimbun
2024 Tokyo Shimbun
2024 Yamaguchi Shimbun
2009 NNN News Real Time, Nippon TV
2009 Mezanew, Fuji TV
2009 Tokudane!, Fuji TV
2009 Super J Channel, TV Asahi
2009 The Yomiuri Shimbun
2009 The Mainichi Shimbun
2009 The Asahi Shimbun
2009 The Nikkei
Lectures
2012 Shibu6gumi, Tokyu Department Store, Tokyo
2012 CROOZ Inc., Tokyo
2011 Otemachi NEWS College, Sankei Shimbun, Tokyo
2010 Good Design Expo, Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo
2009 Author talk, Sanctuary Books, Tokyo
2009 Lecturer, Tokyo Contents Producers Lab, Tokyo
Jury
2026 Koo Poetry Open Call Vol.1
2025 Gratitude Poem Contest, MAR apelar
Community Engagement
2021–2026 NPO Anata no Ibasho (A Place for You)
PR
MARPH
ArtSticker
* Under a different name
