Alan Nakagawa is a Los Angeles–based interdisciplinary artist working with sound, archives, and community histories. His ongoing Invisible Architecture series layers recordings of historic interiors—from Hiroshima’s Atomic Dome to L.A.’s Watts Towers—into immersive listening experiences that reframe cultural memory through sound.
He is currently artist-in-residence with Kaya Press at USC and the Gerth Archives at CSU Dominguez Hills, engaging the National Coalition for Redress and Reparations collections. His book A.I.R.Head: Anatomy of an Artist in Residence(Writ-Large Press, 2023) reflects on his nine residencies across six years. Current projects include a sound portrait of Isamu Noguchi, mapping sites across the Pacific Rim.
Nakagawa’s honors include Art Matters, a City of L.A. Artist Fellowship, and a California Community Foundation Mid-Career Fellowship. He cofounded Collage Ensemble Inc., curated the Ear Meal webcast, produced the VISITINGSpodcast, and now runs the site Asian American Futurism.
