RECENT AND RELATIVELY RECENT:

UPSTAIRS LOUNGE REUNION

As part of “Future House Heads This Was Tu’s House”/ Alan Nakagawa @ Counterpublic 2026 in STL, a joint effort to have a party and invite as many former Upstairs Lounge DJ’s, staff, family and patrons as possible, 6-9PM CT/ November 15, 2025 @ Sophie’s Artist Lounge, STL MO, RSVP

NUCLEAR INJUSTICE EXHIBITION

A new version of Peace Resonance: Hiroshima/ Wendover (sound participatory room and new watercolors) will be included in this group exhibition @ PACE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY, NEW YORK NY, Opens November 18 2025

NAKAGAWA TO PRESENT HIS WORK AT CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR THE ARTS

December 4, 2025 , 4;30 PM PT, Paul Brach Visiting Artist Lecture Series at CalArts, Thank you to Michael Ned Holte and Nathan Cheung.

PROPHECIES: CRAFT AS DIVINATION

The exhibition will be on view February 20 – August 2, 2026, in the Caldwell Gallery, Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena California

I’ll be exhibiting a new iteration of my sound work, “Peace Resonance: Hiroshima/ Wendover”, a re-mix for vibratory sound experience, photos, oral history and video by Tom Clancey.

Big thank you’s to Taylor Bythewood-Porter and Leslie Ito.

unterweltfrequenzen

Nakagawa is the first featured artist on a new platform titled “UNTERWELTFREQUENZEN”: This is a sound-reliant project, designed to be experienced in a quiet environment. For the best results, please use stereo headphones or studio-quality speakers with a minimum frequency response of 70 Hz – 30 kHz. The project also includes wide-format visuals, which are somewhat integral to the experience. To ensure proper display and legibility, please: Set your view to "Default" . Your environment, sound setup, and display all play an essential role in how this work is perceived. LINK

THE NIGHT AQUARIUM

A new alternative art room curated by Bo Kim: LINK

VOIDWAVE/ KCHUNG RADIO/ ALAN NAKAGAWA

Nakagawa is interviewed by Kim Zumpfe, Katya Urban and Bo Kim for VOIDWAVE. This is a one hour sound collage of Alan’s sound practice and process: link (1:00:00)

NAKAGAWA/ UMI HSU/ PATRICK SHIROISHI/ TANGLED/ DUBLAB

Alan and Umi talk about their solo sound work as well as their participation in Kaya Micro Operas at USC ONE Archive: link

VOIDWAVE/ DUBLAB interview NAKAGAWA about his four decade art practice

Nakagawa is interviewed by Kim Zumpfe, Katya Urban and Bo Kim for VOIDWAVE. This is a two hour sound collage of Alan’s sound practice and process LINK (04-30-2025) (2:00:00)

ART MEDIA AGEnCY: Catching A.I.R. by Emily Wilson

an interview of Nakagawa about his A.I.R. experiences (12-31-2024) : link

ILLUMINATE

Artists whose lives and art practices intersect with Downtown Los Angeles will convene to discuss forgotten histories and recent transformations in Downtown’s landscape. They will draw on this research and their personal stories for this virtual panel on Thursday, October 27, and a series of audio tours released in late Fall 2022 and Winter 2023.

Curated: Anuradha Vikram, Curative Projects, Artists: Carmen Argote, Sebastian Hernandez, Alan Nakagawa, Isaac Michael Ybarra : LINK

A.I.R. HEAD anatomy of an artist in residence (first book)

NOW AVAILABLE: Alan’s first book, an attempt to answer the question; “how did Alan get six artist-in-residencies in four years?” A collaboration with the WritLarge Press team led by poet and publisher Chiwan Choi (Yellow House). Book design by Manforte Studio. FOR SALE AT WRIT LARGE PROJECTS.

Sounds of Apostasy

CENTER FOR INQUIRY/ A review of POINT OF TURN’s premier at the Museum of Contemporary, Los Angeles: LINK