Biography
高木耕一郎
違和感"をコンセプトに作品を制作。
彼の作品はスナップ写真を合成したように動きのなく描写された人や物、鮮やかで眩しい人工的な色彩、現在と過去、現実と空想を混ぜ合わせて描かれた彼の心象風景。その風景は不可思議な違和感を感じさせる神秘的な世界を作り出す。
サンフランシスコでシルクスクリーンを主に版画を学ぶ。その後New Yorkに移りペインティングに転向、アメリカはサンフランシスコとニューヨークと言う両海岸で全く違う息吹を感じながら精力的に活動。2005年に日本に帰国。様々な企画展やグループ展の参加や個展開催で画家として活躍する傍ら、グラフィカルなデザインも得意とし、イラストやステンシルも手がけ、ポールスミスやビームスを始め様々なブランドにデザインを提供している。
Koichiro Takagi
Koichiro Takagi is a Japanese artist, making artworks on the theme, "uncomfortableness".
He creates the bright colored mystic world by distorting and patchworking of the present and the past, the reality and the fantasy.
Koichiro Takagi learned silk-screen printing in San Francisco then he moved to New York after graduation from school, and started his career as a painter.
Enjoying quite different atmosphere from both the east and west coast of the U.S.A., he has been produced a lot of artworks.
In mid 2005 he jumped back to his hometown, Tokyo. He joins many group exhibitions as well as holds some solo exhibitions. He is proficient in graphical design such as Illustration and stenciled spraypainting. Koichiro's designs have been applied to Paul Smith, Beams and others.
::Solo Exhibition::
2010
Concrete Hermit At The Conran Shop" The Conran shop, Tokyo, Japan
2009
"Paint it Black" No.12 gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2007
"Holy Property" Paul Smith Space, Tokyo, Japan
"echo" BEAMS café, Kobe, Japan
"a STATE OF GOLD" Mirai gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006
"Old Fellow" Ojiyan Café, Tokyo, Japan
"Welcome Back!" No,12Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2005
"Mercury Bargain" Pink Pony, Los Angels, CA
2004
"kid in the gloomy forest", Phoebe's, Brooklyn, NY
2001
"insecurity in security" Bush gallety, San Francisco, CA
::Group Exhibion::
2009
"BETTER DAYS" No.12 gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2009
"NYConnection" Gallery Target, Tokyo, Japan
2007
"The Wurstminster Dog Show" Wurst Gallery/Ace Hotel, Portland, OR
2005
ELLE present "みんなのアート(art for everybody)" L'ECLAIREUR, Tokyo, Japan
ELLE presents "ELLE LOVES ART" Roppongi Hills, Tokyo
"Art Jam2005" Kyoto Museum、kyouyo, Japam
"Vintage Vandals" Wurst Gallery, www.thewurstgallery.com
2004
"Look Closer" About Glamouor, Brooklyn, NY
"Summer Printing Pool" Rocket Gallery, Tokyo,Japan"
55DSL/8.5x11 presents "Two Steps Back" traveling art show
KINZON, Berlin Germany (Jul. 2004)
Vinyl Factory, London UK (Sept. 2004)
Iguapop Gallery, Barcelona Spain (Sept. 2004)
La Palma Club, Roma Italy (Sept. 2004)
Espace 07, Paris France (Sept. 2004)
Hotel Claska, , Tokyo (Oct. 2004)
Superstudio Piu, Milan Italy (Dec. 2004)
Spin Gallery, Toronto Canada (Mar. 2005)
"Texas Soap" 2 persons show, About Glamour, Brooklyn, NY
"SLON de EXPACE" Transplant Gallery, New York, NY
"Group Show" Max Fish, New York , NY
2003
"Up Our Sleeve" traveling art show
55 DSL Gallery, San Diego (Sept. 2003)
Designer & Agents, Los Angeles (Nov. 2003)
Rocket Gallery, Tokyo (Nov. 2003)
Conquest, Kyoto (Nov. 2003)
Vooruit, Ghent Belgium (Feb. 2004)
Tommy'z, Amsterdam Holland (Feb. 2004)
Inshallah Gallery, Los Angeles (Jun. 2004)
Vooruit, Ghent Belgium (Jul. 2004)
Aurora Gallery, New York (Oct. 2004
"1000 night of Drawings" Artist Space, New York, NY
"Harvest Moon" CB's Callery/CBGB, New York, NY
2001
"Mastermind" juried show, Richmond Art Center, Richmond, CA