Pioneer of fog sculpture, born 15 May 1933 in Sapporo; daughter of physicist Ukichiro Nakaya. Created the world’s first water-based atmospheric fog sculpture in 1970 at the Pepsi Pavilion at Expo ‘70 Osaka with engineer Thomas Mee under the Experiments in Art and Technology umbrella. Founded Japan’s first video art space, Video Gallery SCAN, in Harajuku in 1980.
- Born
- 1933
- Nationality
- Japanese
- Roles
- artist
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- Cloud #07156 → Designed by
- Pepsi Pavilion fog sculpture → Designed by
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- Bourse de Commerce installations: Nakaya's fog, 2026 primary 11 Jun 2026