Motohiro Takeda
Bio: Motohiro Takeda (b. 1982, Japan) is an interdisciplinary artist based in New York. He has exhibited his work at Baxter St. at CCNY, Photo España, Madrid, Ibasho Gallery, Antwerp, hpgrp gallery, NY, among others. Selected residencies and fellowships include Baxter St residency program (2011), AIR at Woodstock Center for Photography (2015), Tierney Fellowship (2008).
www.motohirotakeda.com
Instagram: @motohirotakeda
Artist Statement: My artistic practices include photography, sculpture, ceramics, and performance. They are often installed to create a relational space where viewers can encounter a renewed experience with time—a kind that existed before time was divided into fractions. Through a vigorous investigation of natural and industrial materials, I draw out the ephemerality, scope of time, and memory inherent in their physicality. By doing so, my work seeks to resist the speed of contemporary life and reestablish our interconnectedness to the cosmos. Ultimately, I am cultivating a garden of time or something that holds the garden within it, like a Japanese stone garden that contains the universe.
First Year Exhibition
L to R: Untitled (72" x 32", Gelatin silver prints, archival board, sintra, wood panel, 2022); Untitled (22" x 21" x 12", Glazed ceramics, found concrete, steel, 2022); Untitled (Natural blossoms, wood, 2022)
