Yue Nakayama is an interdisciplinary artist working across video, performance, and installation to explore belief systems, societal rituals, and structures of power. Grounded in narrative and absurdity, her practice reimagines minor histories, personal anecdotes, and fragmented memories as sites of critical play. By weaving together humor and criticality, she creates uncanny worlds that subvert cultural norms and destabilize fixed identities, particularly around race, gender, society, and cultural inheritance.

Her work has been exhibited and screened widely, including at the ICA Philadelphia, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Visual Art Center at UT Austin, Contemporary Art Center New Orleans, DiverseWorks, White Columns, and international film festivals such as AVIFF (Prix Coup de Coeur), Onion City, and Athens International Film Festival (Programmer’s Award). Nakayama has received fellowships and awards from the Foundation for Contemporary Arts, Dallas Museum of Art, and the Houston Center for Photography (Carol Crow Memorial Fellowship). She has participated in residencies such as Skowhegan, the Core Program, Lighthouse Works, Vermont Studio Center, and Ox-Bow. Her work has been featured in publications including The New Yorker, The New York Times, Glasstire, and Peripheral Visions.

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