Judy Nakagawa’s work begins with the question “what would happen if?” Compelled by light weight and natural materials, her works grow from unexpected mistakes and new emergences that direct her creative practice and allow the work to have a life of its own. 

Judy Nakagawa began studying sculpture at the Corcoran School of Art & Design in Washington, D.C. in 1998 and in 2002 was awarded the Berthold Schmutzhart Award for sculpture. In 2001 she had a solo show in the National Press Club Building in downtown Washington. In 2004 she moved to Vancouver and had solo shows at the Japanese Canadian National Museum in Burnaby, the Murakami Boatworks building in Richmond, B.C. and the Visual Space Gallery in Vancouver. Nakagawa has participated in numerous group shows and has created large commissioned works for two theatrical installations.