Born in 1968 in Nagano prefecture, Japan. Noriyuki Nakayama graduated from the Painting Department of the Musashino Art University in 1993, and won an award at Shell Art Award in 2003. Nakayama has participated in solo exhibitions including "Noriyuki Nakayama 1999-2002" (2007, Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto); "Noriyuki Nakayama - Paintings and Print" (2008, Galleri s.e, Norway); and group shows in "Shell Art Award 2003" (2003, Tokyo); "VOCA 2006" (2006, The Ueno Royal Museum, Tokyo); "KIAF 2006" (2006, Seoul); "KIAF 2007" (2007, Seoul); "CIGE 2008" (2008, Beijing); "Harmony Analysis: Noriyuki Nakayama, Kaori Watanabe" (2010, Imura Art Gallery, Kyoto).