Website: www.hidemitakagi.com

Gallery Representative: Flaere Gallery (London/Paris)

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Currently lives and works in New York City.

 

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

 

2012 "Blender Project" at Le Chéile Art Space (New York, NY)

2011 "Blender Project" at The homefront gallery (LIC, NY)

2010 "Blender Project" at Hudson Guild gallery (New York, NY)

2007 "Blender Project" at The Dollinger Art Project (Tel Aviv, Israel)

2002 "Happie Photographie" at The Green Lounge Gallery (Brooklyn, NY)

 

COMMISIONS

 

2011 "Blender" Times Square Art By Times Square Alliance (Times Square, NY)

 

PUBLIC ART PROJECTS

 

2009 "Blender" at The 13th DUMBO Art Under the Bridge Festival (Brooklyn, NY)

2009 "ArtBridge2009: First Exposure" Public Exhibition (23rd St bet 9th & 10th Ave, New York, NY)

2005 "ACURRENT" Rider Project 2005 Art Happening in a moving truck (New York)

  

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

 

2012 “ReImagine: Ourselves” Yara Arts 2012 Winter Festival at The Ukrainian Institute (New York, NY)

2011 "Mobility" at Momenta Art (Brooklyn, NY)

2010 “You are here: at Flaere Gallery (London, UK)

2010 “Floating World” at LMCC exhibition space at Building 110 (Governors Island, NY)

2010 “Irrelevant” at Arario Gallery (New York, NY)

2009 "Dream Sequence" at Longwood Art gallery (Bronx, NY)

2006 "3rd Wave" at BAC gallery, Brooklyn Arts Council (Brooklyn, NY)

2006 "RE: Surface" at 237 Space Gallery (Toledo, OH)

2005 "Movement in Art" at Hudson Guild gallery (New York, NY)

2005 "Celebrating Color" at Hudson Guild Gallery II (New York, NY)

2004 "Fake Rolex" at HDC gallery (New York, NY)

2003 "AIM23"at The Bronx Museum of the arts (Bronx, NY)

2002 "In Pursuit of Visual Pleasures" at DUMBO ARTS CENTER (Brooklyn, NY)

2002 "AsianLens August 2002 Exhibit" at CHAMBERS FINE ART (New York, NY)

2002 "Dodeca Mensual Salon" at THE HALL OF ART at Williamsburg (Brooklyn, NY)

2002 "Face Value" at WHITE COLUMNS (New York, NY)

2001 "Swing Space" at Gallery Dam, Stuhltrager (Brooklyn, NY)

 

ART FAIRS

 

2010 CHIC Art Fair, Flaere Gallery, Paris, France

2010 Madrid Foto 3, Flaere Gallery, Madrid, Spain

2011 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, Flaere Gallery, London, UK

2011 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Flaere Gallery, London, UK

 

AWARDS/HONORS

 

2010 Lower Manhattan Cultural Council "Swing Space" residency

2003 1 of 18 Artists selected in the Artists in the marketplace program 2003 at The Bronx Museum

2002 AsianLens: 1 of 12 photographers selected in national Asian American photography juried exhibit

 

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Mazzocchi, Sherry. "Foodstuffs, in every language and hue, as art", Manhtattan Times, (Jan, 2012)

Spina, Sabrina. “Un Frullatore di Brand Giapponese Atterra Su Times Square” , Subvertising Magazine (Nov, 2011, Published in Itatly)

Polito, Tiziano. “New York la "multiculturelle" se reflète dans ses emballages”, Emballages Magazine (Nov, 2011, Published in France)

Furlan Julia. "Hidemi Takagi Turns Imported Food into Art at Times Square ", WNYC Culture (Aug, 2011)

Pasquesoone Valentine. "New York racontée par ses emballages alimentaires", Rub89 (Aug, 2011, Published in France)

Mohora Bogdan. "Artist brings flavors of immigrant neighborhoods to Times Square", The Neighborhood Beat Box (Aug, 2011)

Polsky Sara. "Trash Becomes Art in Times Square; Move-Ins Begin at The Yard", Curbed NY (Aug, 2011)

Daley, Elizabeth. “This pudding mix will be a star!”, Queens Chronicle (March 2011)

Maurer, Daniel. “It’s Not Junk Food, It’s Hight Art!”, New York magazine (Feb 2011)

Soma, Yasuko. “Who's Next What's Next New York”, SOEN Japanese magazine (Sep 2011, Published in Japan)

Shuster, Robert. “Irrelevant: Local Emerging Asian Artists Who Don't Make Work About Being Asian at Arario Gallery”, The Village Voice (July 2010)

Berman, Judy. “Art’s Island Getaway” Flavorpill.com (June 2010)

Sokol, David. “Building 110: art on the Island” Nycgo.com, NYC & Company (June 2010)

Zeldin, Jordana. “ArtBridge Blog” Featured artist Hidemi Takagi (Sep 2009)

Chang, Rona. “Nym Photo”, conversation with Hidemi Takagi "Blender" (Aug 2008)

NYFA Current Featured artist "Blender Project" Hidemi Takagi (Nov 2007)

Yahav, Galia. "Taste Buds: Blender Project", Time Out Tel Aviv Israel (Sep 2007)

Perfect 8 Magazine, "Blender Project" article By Hidemi Takagi (Nov 2006)

Phillip L. Kaplan "Space 237's RE:surface exhibit" Toledo City Paper OH (Feb 2006)

AIM23 catalogue The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY (July 2003)

Johnson, Ken. "A mix of works in the Bronx Museum", NY Times (Aug 15. 2003).

Rosenberg, Karen. "Market Share", The Village Voice (Aug 22. 2003)

Cowing, Julia. "Feature Photographer" Monolid Magazine, Vol. 3 (Jan 2003)

Valdez, Sarah. "AsianLens," Time Out New York (Aug 29-Sept. 5, 2002)

Leung, Adrian. "AsianLens Captures the Vision of 12 APA Photographers,"

AsianWeek, Vol. 23, No. 50 (August 2002)

  

WORKSHOPS

 

Guest Panelist, Brainstorm! Selling Work Online, A presentation of the Asian American Arts Alliance, co-produced by the Queens Council on the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts. (March 2010)

  

PERMANENT COLLECTIONS

 

Chambers Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY

  

EDUCATION

 

1999 Attended International Center of Photography (New York, NY)

1999 Attended National Academy of Design (New York, NY)