TAKASHI HORISAKI(b.1974, Tokyo) currently lives and works in New York.
Horisaki's practice is a sculptural exploration of surfaces and the histories contained within their layers. Working with materials ranging from liquid latex and paint to plastic, wood, paper, and rudimentary electronics, Horisaki designs performative systems and object-making processes that become metaphors for the effects of time on our bodies and our environments.
Horisaki resided in New Orleans from 2000-2003 where he earned his BFA from Loyola University in New Orleans. He holds an MFA from Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri and a BA from Waseda University in Tokyo. Horisaki's work has been exhibited nationally and internationally at locations including the Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden (2008); Socrates Sculpture Park, NY (2007); Flux Factory Inc, Queens (2006, 2007); The LAB Gallery, San Francisco (2006); Collins C. Diboll Art Gallery, New Orleans (2006); Murray Guy Gallery, New York (2005); the Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis (2004); SCOPELondon (2004); Elliot Smith Contemporary Art Gallery, St. Louis (2004); Jonathan Ferrara Gallery, New Orleans(2002), and the International Sculpture Center Annual Conference (2004). He is the recipient of awards including the Dedalus Foundation Master of Fine Arts Fellowship and the Socrates Sculpture Park Open Space program grant. Most recently he has been commissioned to create works for the Queens Museum of Art, NY; Smack Mellon, NY; and Southeastern Louisiana University.
Takashi Horisaki is a 2008 Fellowship recipient from the Urban Artist Initiative/New York City, and is represented by Bruno David Gallery in St. Louis, MO.