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Born 1962 Tokyo, Japan. 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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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... Read full biography
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Keywords (25)
Art Method
- •Conceptual
- •Easel Painting
- •Illustration, Illustrator
- •Installation Art
- •Murals: Design, Painting, Fresco, Mosaic, Glass
- •Sculpture, Three Dimensional Forms, Sculptor
Art Media
Art Style
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
Awards/Recognition
- •Rockefeller Foundation Scholarship and/orTravel Grant
Chronology
- •Late 20th Century After 1950
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Asian
- •Japanese