ARTIST

Takeshi Harada

Takeshi Harada / born 1984, Aichi Prefecture

STATEMENT

I express the poetry of daily life using the traditional metalworking techniques of raising, chasing and casting. Colour, too, I express through the chemical changes of metal. My works take as their motif the small world close at hand — insects and small creatures. By rebuilding them on the basis of landscapes and sensations held in memory, I aim at work in which something nostalgic can be felt within a realistic expression. As a child I simply watched, absorbed, discovering the small world close at hand. I hope my work can be an occasion for remembering the sense we forget in the rush of adult life.

PROFILE

1984 Born in Aichi Prefecture 2009 Completed the metal forming course, Graduate School of Arts, Hiroshima City University 2011 Encouragement Prize, EAST-WEST Art Award Competition 2011 (London) 2014 Grand Prize, Tokyo Midtown Award 2014 2016 Selected for the 19th Taro Okamoto Award for Contemporary Art 2023 Solo exhibition "scenery" (Gallery Seek, Ginza) 2024 Takeshi Harada metal sculpture exhibition "Landscapes in Memory" (Mirasaka Peace Art Museum, Hiroshima) Currently lives in Akitakata, Hiroshima Prefecture

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WORKS

87 works

EXHIBITIONS