Makiko Nagaya was born in Nagoya, Japan in 1975. She is an artist and curator, the co-director of Redux Projects. She completed her masters in Curating at Goldsmiths College from 1999 to 2001 and curated 'Leftover 2' with Peter Lewis and Peter Suchin; in collaboration with Karl Lydon at ‘Concrete’ Cell Project Space in 2003. Nagaya was associate Curator of works by Japanese artists at the 6th International Sharjah Biennial, 2003. The co-direction at Redux is conducted with Peter Lewis and continues a working relationship commenced in 2003 through a series of 50 projects that invites artists into specific collaborations and projects. This has initiated various productions, installations, the manufacture of documents or publications, symposiums, exhibitions and performances, screenings and music collaborations, which have established a new and broad definition of the curator's role as a facilitator and artistic co-producer.