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Hiroko Takeda
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The world I see – like the world of warp and weft – has rules and constraints that are supposed to be good for us, but disorder happens naturally, and the other side of tension is fluidity. I love a chaotic moment amid stillness. As much as Ineed tocalculate, I welcome the unforeseen, the accidental and spontaneous.
It is not a conscious decision to create something sculptural or painterly, but more of a natural result.I dye and mixmaterials, colors and textures to create a palette, contrasting and unifying elements. By nature, I seek to break free from a two-dimensional world and repetition of small patterns or traditions. I change and adjust as I weave. If I am stuck, I try to think of all the possibilities. At some point, I’ll see a passage that may or may not lead me somewhere. Each step is an opportunity to decide where to go next.
For me, art is so much about observation, about slowing down and paying attention. The process makes me slow down, observe things from various vantage points and angles, and break free from rigid conventions, too. I try to eliminate anything that is not essential. I believe that the work should have a soul and not simply show off a certain technique. I want to express something present, what I feel now.
EDUCATION
2001
MA, Royal College of Art, London, UK, 2001
1991
BA, Joshibi College of Fine Art, Tokyo, Japan
EXHBITIONS
2024
Dialogues: A Convergence of Culture and Form (group show), Hunter Dunbar Projects, NYC
Untitled (group show), Dobrinka Salzman Gallery, NYC
Textile Design Now, Centre de design de l’UQAM, Montreal, Canada
2023
Selections (group show), Hunter Dunbar Projects, NYC
New Works, Hiroko Takeda + Jeff Martin, Egg Collective, NYC • 2023 Gaea (group show), TRNK, NYC
The Knockoff Show (group show), Colony, NYC
2022
Onward (group show), LongHouse Reserve, East Hampton, NY • 2022 Gray Area (group show), Egg Collective, NYC
2021
Join (group show), Colony, NYC
2020
An Unbound Chain (group show), Egg Collective, NYC
2019
Constructs (solo show), Micheko Galerie. Munich, Germany
2018
Pas de Deux (group show), Colony, NYC
2017
Hand Memory (group show), Arteque Gallery, Tama Art University, Tokyo
Designing Women (group show), Egg Collective, NYC
Lightness (group show), Colony, NYC
2016
Night and Day (solo show), Colony, NYC
The Perfect Imperfect (group show), Nishi Gallery, Melbourne, Australia
2015
Reclaim, Vol. 4 (group show), Colony, NYC
2014
Woven (solo show), Delson or Sherman, NYC
Reclaim, Vol. 3 (group show), Colony, NYC
2010 - 2011
warp + weft (group show), Oriel Myrddin Gallery, the National Wool Museum, Wales & Smith’s Craft in the Bay, England
Housebroken (group show), Flux Factory, NYC
2007 - 2009
Asian Art Fair (group show), Cavin-Morris Gallery, San Francisco
2006
The Fire This Time (group show), Cavin-Morris Gallery, NYC
2005
NUNO (group show), Ozone Design Center, Tokyo
2004
Surface to Air (group show), ISE Cultural Foundation, NYC
RESIDENCIES
2019
Josef & Anni Albers Foundation
PUBLICATIONS
2024
What We Keep. Jean Lin. Abrams. US
Whitewall Magazine, “To Watch: Hiroko Takeda”. Impact Issue.
2022
Cultured Magazine, “Hiroko Takeda Weaves Chairs Now”.
Luxe Magazine, “Striking a Chord”.
2021
TL mag, “What Is Contemporary Weaving”. Spring/Summer
2019
Confluences in Art: from the Old and New Worlds, 500 BC – Present. Paul Hughes Fine Arts, UK
2018
Weaving: Contemporary Makers on the Loom. Katie Treggiden. Ludion, Belgium
2017
Architectural Digest, “The On-the-Rise Textile Designer You Should Know”.
Wallpaper, “Material girls: Egg Collective Brings Together New York’s Female Design Talent”.
2016
Souen, “Who’s Next, What’s Next”. Japan.
2015
Perfect Imperfect. Karen McCartney. Murdoch Books. NSW, Australia
Bare Journal, "Threadbare”. The Netherlands, Issue 2.
2014
Dwell, "Spotlight: Hiroko Takeda".
Interior Design, "The Far East Side".
Cover Magazine, "Hiroko Takeda Textiles".
Cool Hunting, “Hiroko Takeda’s 3D Textiles”.
2013
The New York Times, “A New Spirit in the Material World.”
Interni, “ICFF Editors Awards 2013.” Number 634
Kinfolk, “The Expats.” Issue 8
2012
Warp and Weft: Woven Textiles in Fashion, Art and Interiors. Jessica Hemmings. A&C Black. London
2010
warp+weft. Oriel Myrddin Gallery and The Laura Ashley Foundation. Carmarthen, Wales
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