宇佐美 奈緒USAMI Nao
Artist
Ambiguous Lucy, 2021
Ambiguous Lucy, 2021
Replay Over and Over, 2023
Replay Over and Over, 2023
Photo: KATO Ken, Photo courtesy of Tokyo Arts and Space
Replay Over and Over, 2023
Ambiguous Lucy, 2021
Ambiguous Lucy, 2021
Photo: KATO Ken, Photo courtesy of Tokyo Arts and Space
Replay Over and Over, 2023
Upcoming
- Residence
- New York
- Stay Period
- February – March 2026
Project Theme“Holding a Talk About 'Cyberfeminism', Presenting New Work, and Conducting On-Site Research”
Nao Usami will conduct research on feminist art and Queer art in New York, as well as on galleries, communities, and educational institutions related to video games and digital art. During her stay, she will hold an exhibition and a talk about “Cyberfeminism.” Her new video work is a hybrid of 3D-CG animation and live-action footage documenting a performance, portraying the perspective of a protagonist who has experienced digital sexual harm, such as deepfake pornography, through a psychoanalytic lens.
Profile
Nao Usami is an artist currently focused on video, video games, and performance using 3DCG technology. She is interested in video games because they offer players an opportunity to experience the perspectives of other people and objects. Her recent work, “I stitch my skin to the ground” (2023), received an Honorary Mention in the New Animation Art category at Prix Ars Electronica 2024.
- Name
- USAMI Nao
- Birth Year
- 1994
- Birth Place
- Tokyo
- Based In
- Tokyo
- Website
- naopyonkopyon@gmail.com
Education
- 2020 MA, Department of Film and New Media, Tokyo University of the Arts, Yokohama, Japan
- 2018 BA, Department of Design, Tokyo University of the Arts, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Solo Exhibitions
- 2023 TOKAS-Emerging 2023, Tokyo Arts and Space Hongo, Tokyo, Japan
Selected Group Exhibitions
- 2024 Engawa films, Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian, Lisbon, Portugal
- 2024 16th World Film Festival of Bangkok, Bangkok, Thailand
- 2024 Yamanashi Media Arts Award 2023–24 Exhibition, Yamanashi, Japan
- 2023 Digital Art Festival Taipei 2023, National Taiwan Science Education Center, Taipei
- 2022 Changwon Sculpture Biennale 2022, South Korea, Online
Awards
- 2024 Honorary Mention, New Animation Art, Prix Ars Electronica 2024
- 2023 Kyoto Audience Award, Image Forum East Asian Experimental Competition
Residencies
- 2025 TOKAS Exchange Residency Program, Callieʼs, Berlin, Germany
- 2021 GlogauAIR Residency Program, Berlin, Germany, Online
Grants & Fellowships
- 2025 WAN Art & Tech Creators Global Network
- 2021 Arts Council Tokyo, First Startup Grant
Publications & Press
- 2023 TOKAS-Emerging 2023 Exhibition Catalog
Talks & Lectures
- 2024 Lecture, Department of New Media & Image, Aichi University of the Arts, Aichi, Japan
- 2024 Talk, Art and Media Course, Department of Information Design, Tama Art University, Tokyo, Japan
Gallery Representation
- N/A