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Takashi Murakami

Takashi Murakami (Born 1962) was active/lived in New York, California / Japan.  Takashi Murakami is known for Installation sculpture, images of commercial merchandise, female dolls, watches.

Murakami made his debut as a modern artist with the 1991 solo exhibition "Takashi, Tamiya."  In 1994 he was invited to New York to participate in the P.S.1 International Studio Program on a fellowship grant from the Rockefeller Foundation Asian Cultural Council, and founded his N.Y. studio during this stay.

He returned to Japan the following year, 1995, and founded the HIRPON FACTORY in Asaka City, Saitama, as a production studio to help create his own works, as well as nurture and handle production for young artists.  In 1998 he was invited to join the New Genre curriculum of the UCLA art department as guest professor (www.hiropon-factory.com).

The artwork of Takashi Murakami draws from the language of popular and traditional Japanese culture to comment on their relationship to contemporary life. Murakami's life-sized cyborgs, or human machines, are meticulously crafted sculptures inspired by the sometimes hard-core computer-generated imagery of   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5006 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Takashi Murakami

Murakami made his debut as a modern artist with the 1991 solo exhibition "Takashi, Tamiya."  In 1994 he was invited to New York to participate in the P.S.1 International Studio Program on a fellowship grant from the Rockefeller Foundation Asian Cultural Council, and founded his N.Y. studio during this stay.

He returned to Japan the following year, 1995, and founded the HIRPON FACTORY in Asaka City, Saitama, as a production studio to help create his own works, as well as nurture and handle production for young artists.  In 1998 he was invited to join the New Genre curriculum of the UCLA art department as guest professor (www.hiropon-factory.com).

The artwork of Takashi Murakami draws from the language of po  ...  Displaying 750 of 5006 characters.

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