Moemi Takano

Moemi Takano

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Degree: BFA
University: Goldsmiths, University of London
Graduation Year: 2015

New Blood Art Commentary

Using urban tapestries to reflect the contemporary world, emerging artist Moemi Takano combines culturally potent handcraft with contemporary reinvention.
 
Looking at Takano’s work, it’s a delight to see that the distinctive ethnic traits of her craft are not lost to modernism. Instead, Takano uses a variety of mark-making, embroidery, and dyeing techniques to create captivating homages to traditional Japanese handcraft; the artist then compliments these creations to sensational effect by reimagining them in a contemporary light.
 
The effect of Takano’s work is striking, and emits a powerful message which serves to remind us all of the resilient bonds between new and old.

Artist Statement

My current artistic practice revolves around the idea of subversive aspect of handcraft, particularly that of textiles. By applying various mark-making methods such as print, dyeing and embroidery, I create surfaces that explore intersections between text, textile and art history.

Solo Exhibitions

(2022) Thread Poetics, GALLERY HAYASHI + ART BRIDGE, Tokyo, Japan

(2021) Possibilities in a Filthy Flow, WHYNOT.TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan

(2020) I’d Rather Be Your Travel, WHYNOT.TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan

(2019) Preparation for the Happiest Vacation - Patterns, Threads and Another Place -, Tokiwa Building 303-a, Yokohama, Japan

(2017) Landscapes of an Imploding Self, Iwasaki Museum Gallery, Yokohama, Japan

(2017) Intangible Surface, Spring Valley Brewery Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan

Group Exhibitions

(2024) Redcar Summer Exhibition 2024, Redcar Contemporary Art Gallery, Redcar, UK

(2023) Extra PREVIEW (vol. 1), HUG FOR__., Kamakura, Japan

(2023) In Different Ways, GALLERY HAYASHI + ART BRIDGE, Tokyo, Japan

(2023) WHAT CAFE EXHIBITION vol.29, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo, Japan

(2022) WHAT CAFE × WHYNOT.TOKYO EXHIBITION, WHAT CAFE, Tokyo, Japan

(2021) AFTER THE 3331, GALLERY HAYASHI + ART BRIDGE, Tokyo, Japan

(2020) Two-person Exhibition with Towa Takaya, WHYNOT.TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan

(2020) The Inevitable, WHYNOT.TOKYO, Tokyo, Japan

(2019) Artist in the Garden, Art Base Garden OBAEN, Fujisawa, Japan

(2017) Art TAICHUNG, Millennium Hotel Taichung, Taichung, Taiwan

(2017) Youth Peak New Star Art Exhibition, Ke-Yuan Gallery, Taichung, Taiwan

(2016) SIXTY, LUBOMIROV / ANGUS-HUGHES, London,UK

(2016) On the Threshold II : Formal Presence, Oriental Museum, Durham, UK

(2015) On the Threshold, Oriental Museum and Teikyo University, Durham, UK