Education

2002 MFA, Arizona State University, Phoenix, AZ

1999 BFA, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO

Solo Exhibitions

2009    New Work by Nobuhito, Mark Moore Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

2008    Dual Perspective, @ Space Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA

Cultural Identity, Winston Wachter Gallery, Seattle, WA

2006    Nobuhito Nishigawara, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2005    Zokei, Lied Art Gallery, Lied Education Center for the Arts, Creighton University,

Omaha, NE

2003    Nobuhito Nishigawara, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2002    Nobuism: Thesis Exhibition, Harry Wood Gallery, Arizona State University, AZ

1997    ***Cockroach - three series of installations, The Banff Center for the Arts,

Alberta, Canada

Selected Group Exhibitions

2008

Group Show, Winston Wachter Gallery, New York, NY

Contemporary Art Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

Los Angeles Art Show: Winston Wachter Gallery Booth, Santa Monica, CA

2007    

Art Miami: Winston Wachter Gallery Booth, Miami, FL

Dichotomies, See Line Gallery, Santa Monica, CA

Group Figuration Show, Winston Wachter Fine Art, Seattle, WA

XII Art Auction: Long Beach Museum of Art, Long Beach, CA

Agape, Santa Fe Clay, Santa Fe, NKilnopening.edu, American Museum of Ceramic Art, Pomona, CA

New Artists, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Across the Pacific: Contemporary Asian Ceramic Art, Muckenthauler Art Center,

Fullerton, CA

2006    
neither MAN nor BEAST, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ

Faculty Show, California State University Fullerton Main Art Gallery, Fullerton, CA

2005
Japan/USA-Santa Fe Clay, The Museum of International Folk Art, Santa Fe, NM

Annual Ceramic Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

2004    
Nobuhito Nishigawara, Trinity Gallery, Georgia, Atlanta

Nobuhito Nishigawara, Byron Cohen Contemporary Arts, Kansas City, MO

Mesa Contemporary Arts Permanent Collection, Mesa Arts Center, Mesa, AZ

Three Generations in Ceramics, University of Arizona, Art Museum, Tucson, AZ

New Acquisitions: Ceramics, Phoenix Airport Museum Program’s Contemporary Ceramics Collection, City of Phoenix, AZ

Tea, Gallery Materia, Scottsdale, AZ

Annual Ceramic Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

101 Cups, Ceramic Arts Foundation and Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY

Contemporary Forum, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ

2003       
Ceramic Exhibition, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

The Wichita National, Juror – Josh Deweese, Wichita Center for the Arts, Wichita, KS

ANA 32, Juror – Richard Notkin, Holter Museum of Art, Helena, MT

Akio Takamori and Nobuhito Nishigawara, Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY

Clay: Making Connections, Juror - Chris Staley, Roswell Museum and Art Center, Roswell, NM

Hundreds of Cups, Santa Fe Clay Gallery, Santa Fe, NM

Shared Passion - Sara and David Lieberman Collection (catalog), Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

From the Neck Up (catalog), Garth Clark Gallery, New York, NY

Clay from the Permanent Collection, Ceramic Research Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

2002    
From the Ground Up XXI, Juror - Doug Jeck, The Richardson Gallery, Las Cruces, NM

Contemporary Realism, Juror - Bill Lykins, Mesa Contemporary Arts, Mesa, AZ

Formation and Deformation, Udinotti Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

Faculty Exhibition, Mesa Community College, Mesa, AZ

ASU Graduate Ceramics, University of Texas, TX

2001    
Arizona Artists Guild Scholarship Winner, Blue Willow Gallery, Phoenix, AZ

Clay Sculpture, Yuma Fine Arts, Yuma, AZ

RE/Surface, Marshall Arts Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ

1999    
ASU Graduate Ceramics, Central Arizona Community College, Coolidge, AZ

Thesis Show, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City, MO 

Awards and Honors

2003 Contemporary Forum: Phoenix Art Museum - Arizona Artist Material Found Grant

2002    Graduate Tuition Scholarships (1999 - 2002), Arizona State University

1998    Arizona Artist Guild Scholarship: 1st Place

1998    Best of Show - Annual M.F.A. Summer Exhibition, Arizona State University,

Harry Wood Gallery

1996-1999     Competitive Scholarships, Kansas City Art Institute

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