NEW YORK

AIR: Naomi Nakazato

Jul 5 - 19, 2020

Tiger Strikes Asteroid New York is excited to introduce TSA STAR, a short-term artist residency for the production of performance, video, and installation projects. Artists are invited to use our exhibition space as a “recording studio” of sorts, producing projects that will be displayed remotely via our website and social media platforms during and after their stay.

2020 Artists-in-Residence:

  • July 5 - 19: Naomi Nakazato

  • July 26 - August 9:  Kameelah Janan Rasheed

  • August 16 – 30: Michael Paul Britto


Naomi Nakazato’s (b. 1992 Arlington, VA) multidisciplinary work spans drawing, painting, sculpture, printmaking, and installation to examine belonging, faulty language, and location within hybridity. She received a BA from Anderson University, South Carolina and an MFA from The New York Academy of Art, New York. Her work has recently exhibited at Field Projects (NY), Geary Contemporary (NY), Paradice Palase (Brooklyn), and VACATION Gallery (NY). Nakazato was awarded two Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grants, an initiate Brandon Fellowship at the Greenville Center for the Creative Arts in Greenville, South Carolina, a 2017 summer residency at the Leipzig International Artists Program in Leipzig, Germany, and a 2018-19 Keyholder Residency at The Lower East Side Printshop. She lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.