I create artwork on the theme of "gathering".
It all started when I read Leo Leoni's picture book "Swimmy" when I was in elementary school.
The story is about the main character, Swimmy, who was able to swim in the wide ocean by imitating big fish, along with the fish who could not get out from behind the rocks because they were afraid of big fish.
The big fish that he imitated created a new existence and world. Through this story, I found the act of gathering fascinating.
There are many events, both good and bad, in the process and results of gathering and accumulating.The individual charms and times that have formed them are also very different.
However, there are few opportunities to learn about the backgrounds of these events, and I feel that people often have only superficial or universal understandings and interpretations of these events.
I wanted to consider the balance between respect for the individual and society in the world from the act of "gathering".
I am working on a series of "TYPE" as one of the ways of expression.
- A work in which a Kanji is assembled into other words that have the meaning of the kanji (e.g.,愛 → LOVE, 望 → HOPE) and printed on multiple acrylic boards.
- Because each piece is printed by hand, colors and text density vary.
- Each kanji expresses different “personalities” such as tastes, thoughts, and personalities of different people by changing typefaces and expressions (colors, printing, etc.).
- I want to convey the fact that while the meaning of each Chinese character and the words created by assembling them is universal, each person's consciousness is unique, and there is a reality that is not bound to a single value.
- The layering of acrylic panels creates depth and expresses a deeper individual consciousness.
Graduated from Musashino Art University Junior College of Art and Design.
In addition to Japan, he has participated in group exhibitions in New York (2014, 2017, 2019), London (2019), Milan (2020), and the Affordable Art Fair in New York (2014).
Aug,1977
born
Mar,1998
graduated from Junior College at Musashino Art University
Jun,2000
NATSUYO TAKAHASHI EXHIBITION VOL.01 @ Ono Gallery II (GINZA-JAPAN)
Apr,2001
NATSUYO TAKAHASHI EXHIBITION VOL.02 @ Ono Gallery II (GINZA-JAPAN)
Mar,2003
NATSUYO TAKAHASHI EXHIBITION VOL.03 @ Pepper's Loft Gallery (GINZA-JAPAN)
Jul,2003
OTONA N2(DJ EVENT) in ART CROSS PROJECT @ Pepper's Gallery (GINZA-JAPAN)
Mar,2005
NATSUYO TAKAHASHI ENHIBITION VOL.04 @ Pepper's Loft Gallery (GINZA-JAPAN)
Feb,2007
Sep,2007
CONJOINT STORE @ PATER'S Shop and Gallery (AOYAMA-JAPAN)
Feb,2009
May,2010
SICF 11 @ Spiral (AOYAMA-JAPAN)
Oct,2010
Fragments(Group Exhibition) @ Gallery ART POINT (GINZA-JAPAN)
Jun,2011
Modern Art Style2011 @art box (GINZA-JAPAN)
Aug,2011
EARTH By HEART 2011 @ART POINT (GINZA-JAPAN)
Jan,2012
New Year Selection 2012 @ART POINT (GINZA-JAPAN)
Feb,2012
Art Wave Exhibition vol.2 RECTO VERSO GALLERY (KAYABA-CHO-JAPAN)
Oct,2012
Signe 8 ornamental artists Exhibition @ART POINT (GINZA-JAPAN)
May,2013
Jun,2013-Apr,2014
Anjin @ DAIKANYAMA-TSUTAYA BOOK STORE (DAIKANYAMA-JAPAN)
Oct,2014
Art Wave Exhibition vol.21 @ RECTO VERSO GALLERY (KAYABA-CHO-JAPAN)
Jan,2014
New Year Selection 2014 @ ART POINT (GINZA-JAPAN)
Sep,2014
Sep,2014
Jan,2017
Feb,2019
Sep,2019
Feb,2020
Feb,2020
Dec,2020
Tagboat art show in Independent Tokyo @ Tagboat（Tokyo Hamamatsucho）
Mar,2021
Tagboat art Fair @ Tagboat（Tokyo Hamamatsucho）
Mar-May,2021
Kaiho-ku-eats-nihonbashi @ Tagboat（Tokyo Mitsukoshimae）
Mar,2022
Tagboat art Fair @ Tagboat（Tokyo Hamamatsucho）
Jun,2022
「TAGBOAT ART SHOW」 @ Hankyu MEN’S OSAKA
Mar,2023
Tagboat art Fair @ Tagboat（Tokyo Hamamatsucho）
May,2023
EMERGING @ M.A.D.S. Art Gallery（Spain Adeje）
Sep,2023
Sep,2023
ART FAIR GINZA（art fair） @ Tagboat（Ginza）
Oct,2023
Mar,2024
Tagboat art Fair @ Tagboat（Tokyo Hamamatsucho）
Nov,2025
Tagboat art Fair online
2025年 4月
Solo exhibition @nyc