Aya Nakamura
Aya Nakamura is a Chicago-based visual artist. Her work consists of pencil drawings on two- and three- dimensional paper surfaces that she casts out of natural fibers and recycled materials. She is currently interested in the notion of drawing as healing gesture, its slow accrual allowing for a negotiation though and reckoning of difficult issues and mind-states. Nakamura holds a BA in fine arts and political science from the University of Pennsylvania and an MFA in painting and drawing from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She has shown at a diverse range of venues in the US and abroad.