Ikuo Nakamura 



Creative Director  at ,Center For The Holographic Arts,  New York 


E-mail to ikuo@HoloLab.com 

Born in Japan
After studied Physics at Science University of Tokyo
Moved to New York City
New York Holographic Laboratory workshop (1984)
Developed original Holographic-animation system (1988)
Neuro Hologram (Brainwave interactive Holographic system ) (1993)
Power Glove Interactive Hologram (1995)
Plant interactive Telepresence Hologram (1994 -)
Traveled to Peru, and made Holograms of native South American people from Video captured Images.( Andes project 1996)
Video and Computer graphic combined Hologram (1996-)
Joint research for'Fluctuation Holography ' Image Laboratory, Osaka  (1996-97)
Fellow at Academy of Madia Art , Cologne  Germany (1998 - 1999)
Artist In Residence , Center for Holographic Art, New York (1999)
Technical Director, Center for Holographic Art, New York (2002 -)

-- travel experience;   Egypt, Middle-East to India , Tibet , China, 
Nepal, Central America, Peru  , Israel , GAZA strip, Cambodia  etc..



Award

Artist In Residence award at Museum of Holography  in New York USA (1991)
The1st Suzuki Masane prize from Holographic Artists and Engineers Club (HODIC) in Japan (1995)
Shearwater Foundation Award for creative Holography (1996)
Artist In Residence award at Center for Holographic Art, New York (1999)

Recent Exhibition


1989
    
At  Modern Dance Group Studio   New York
Joint Exhibition with Light Controlled Holographic Display System
Artec '89   Nagoya, Japan 

1990

National Museum of Art      Budapest, Hungary.
90th Anniversary of Dr.Dennis Gabor ( Nobel prized scientist, inventor of Holography )
PDG Art Gallery  New York
    
1991

Hologram Annual '91 in Ginza   Tokyo, Japan
PDG Art Gallery    New York
Artist In Residence      Museum of Holography     New York
FIAT LUX !   OSyC, Caja de Ahorros de Asturias    Gijon , Spain
         
1992

Hologram Annual '92  in Ginza      Tokyo, Japan.

1993

Image du Future '93      Montreal ,  Canada   May14 - Sept 19
  1990  Holo-Kinetic multimedia Installation with Music
                                system originally developed in 1988

International Exhibition World of Holography, Daimaru Museum     Tokyo, Japan 

1994

Hologram Annual '94  in Ginza      Tokyo, Japan.
Duet  ( Plant and Bird telecommunication installation) New York, Kentucky
                Corabolation with Edwardo Kac

1995

Hologram Annual '95  in Ginza      Tokyo, Japan.


1996

Hologram Annual '96  in Ginza      Tokyo, Japan.
Neo Kinetics : Post modern techne  SoHo  New York
Collection  Karas    Escuela de arte logrono   Spain
"Holographic Network "  Akademie der Künste , Berlin  Germany
                       " Neuro Hologram ( Brain wave interactive installation)"
                         first public appearance to public
1998

 Hologram Annual '97  in Ginza      Tokyo, Japan.                     

"The Mirror"  
Interactive space video installation with sound by using Lasers and HOE.
Presentation week.  Academy of Media Art, Cologne  Germany  

1999

"Twelve eyes"
The space projected video sculpture
Canton Museum of Art,  Ohio  USA

"The Mirror"
Art Cologne  Cologne  Germany


2000
"Fossils"
Center for the Holographic Arts New York, USA
SyZyGy Gallery   Fort Myers , Florida, USA
Museum of Contemporaly Arts Tuson, Arizona, USA

"The Mirror"
DEAF 2000 (Datch Electric Art Festival)
Rotterdam , Nederland

"Memory II"
Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography,  Tokyo  Japan

2004
"The Body Electric"
20 Green Street, SOHO New York
"Thera" "Fossiles" MemoryII"

2006
Body Electric in Butler Institute