Asa Nakata, is a printer and book artist based in Daly City, California. She has an MFA in Printmaking from San Francisco Art Institute, and worked as a studio assistant at Gazelle and Goat Press and Flying Fish Press. She makes limited-edition prints and artist’s books, custom cases for books and mementos.
Education
2017
Bachelor's in Fine Art, Printmaking, San Francisco Art Institute
Exhibitions
2019
Book Smart, The American Bookbinders Museum, San Francisco, CA
The Open Book Show, Arionpress, San Francisco, CA
The Book as Place: Visions of the Built Environment, Curated by Julie Chen, Environmental Design Library, UC Berkeley, CA
2018
The Open Book Show, Root Division, San Francisco, CA
Initial Impression, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
Bibliophoria V, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
BFA Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Initial Impression, Fort Mason Campus, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2017
BFA Exhibition, San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco, CA
Fort Mason Campus Opening Spectacle Exhibition, San Francisco, CA
The Open Book Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
In My Blood, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2016
THE ART OF THE BOOK, Sebastopol Center for the Arts, Sebastopol, CA
Sashiko, Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2014
The Possible exhibition, Berkeley Museum, Berkeley, CA
Grants/Awards
2018
Outstanding Undergraduate Award, The Printmaking Department, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
Bronze Roller Award, The Printmaking Department, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2017
Honors Studio Open Studios, Honors Studios, San Francisco Art Institute, CA
2016
Miniature Book Society Student Project Grant
2015
Book Club of California’s Bay Area Book Arts Programs: Student Showcase, San Francisco, CA
2010
Award of Excellence, 9th High School Student Poster Contest, Ogaki Poster Museum, Japan
Publications/ Web magazines
2019
”Open Book Show 6: Life and Resistance in the Everyday” Bob Cut Mag, August
2017
“MBS Student Scholarship’s First Recipient: Asa Nakata,” The Miniature Book Society Newsletter, July 2017, p23
Book/ Print Fairs
2017 Miniature Book Fair, MBS Conclave XXXV, Oakland, CA
16th Annual San Francisco Zine Fest, County Fair Building: Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, CA
Collections
Private collection, Sterling, VA
UC Berkeley Libraries, CA
Professional Experience
2018 - 2020 Flying Fish Press
2015 - 2019 Gazelle & Goat
Teaching Assistant
2017
Workshop with Alisa Golden, MBS Conclave XXXV, Oakland, CA
Workshop with Judith Serebrin, MBS Conclave XXXV, Oakland, CA