Jacob Hashimoto Exhibitions and Paintings at Saatchi-gallery

Jacob Hashimoto was born on 1973 lives in New• Silent Rhythm, Galleria
York City and Verona. Jacob Hashimoto cuts riceTraghetto, Venice
paper into small geometric shapes and glues the• Finesilver Gallery, San
shapes to delicate wooden frameworks, which heAntonio
attaches to black fishing line and ties to long2001
wooden pegs at the top and bottom of his• Giant Yellow, Patricia Faure
rectangular, wall-mounted, waterfall-like hangings.Gallery, Santa Monica
The pegs are evenly spaced from side to side• Big Mountain, Patricia Faure
across the top and bottom of the piece.Gallery, Santa Monica
The artist ties six roughly overlapping layers of2000
shapes onto each peg, creating a dense,• Carte Blanche Ã
kaleidoscopic multi-level field in which a givenHélène de Franchis,
shape may be visible or hidden, depending on theGalerie Lucien Durand-Le Gaillard, Paris
angle of view. The hanging seems to move as• Project Room, Patricia Faure
we walk past. But is it a sculpture or a painting?Gallery, Santa Monica
Where is the figure? Where is the ground?• Giant Yellow and Other
Hashimoto's show, titled "skip skitter start tripStructures, Galerie Lucien Durand-Le Gaillard, Paris
vault bounce -- and other attempts at flight"1999
opened at Chicago's Rhona Hoffman Gallery in• Armada, Chicago Cultural
mid-November, but closed early when everythingCenter, Chicago
sold. The show featured one ceiling piece along• Infinite Lightness, Studio la
with seven wall works, constructed of likeCittà , Verona
elements but with varying content.• Galleria La Nuova Pesa,
Slip into Vapor could almost be a landscape.Rome
Measuring five feet high and four feet wide by 7.51998
inches deep, it is composed of paper ovals, each• Infinite Expanse of Sky,
roughly four inches wide, which are mounted onMuseum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
X-shaped frameworks and suspended between 13• Project Room, Patricia Faure
wooden pegs at the top and 13 below. White andGallery, Santa Monica
blue ovals, suggesting clouds and sky, comprise1997
the upper half of Slip into Vapor, while darker• Ann Nathan Gallery, Chicago
ovals in the lower half could be rocks, soil or1996
vegetation. The artist collages long slices of green• Sky Canopy Installation, Ann
paper-like grass onto some ovals and puts fancifulNathan Gallery, Chicago
decorative designs on others. As the viewerGROUP EXHIBITIONS
walks by, these peep out to surprise and amuse.2005
Face Ache at Ice Cream Social measures eight• Italian Feeling, XIV
feet square and employs hexagon shapes with aQuadriennale di Roma, Galleria Nazionale d'Atre di
mad variety of designs. Dark and dense aboveRoma, Rome
and light below, this piece seems to sparkle,2004
bubble upward, and move in all three dimensions,• White, Patricia Faure Gallery,
but it is never busy because the artist alternatesSanta Monica
decorated and plain white hexagons, both across• Artseasons, Cas Pellers,
the face of the work and in its layers. HashimotoPalma de Mallorca
begins by making wooden frames from tiny• Jen ne regrette rien, Studio
sticks, tying them together with thread, andla Città , Verona
affixing translucent rice paper to them. If he2003
wants color or a design, he collages it onto the• Structure, Patricia Faure
paper shape -- nothing is painted. When a framedGallery, Santa Monica
shape is ready, he dips it in acrylic resin for2002
strength. After creating a large inventory of these• Intermezzo, Studio la
elements, he selects shapes of different size andCittà , Verona
design, and strings them on nylon line, which he• Officina America -
employs because it does not stretch. Now he isReteEmiliaRomagna, Palazzo dell'Arengo, Rimini
ready to tie the strings to the pegs. Hashimoto2001
also exhibited Super Abundant Atmosphere II, a• Phoenix Triennial, Phoenix
ceiling-hung work made of pale forms thatArt Museum, Phoenix
suggest billowing clouds. Apparently one of the• Conceptual Color: In Albers'
"attempts at flight" in the show title, this pieceAfterimage, San Francisco State University, San
brought the sky indoors and almost seemedFrancisco
ready to levitate the gallery.2000
SOLO EXHIBITIONS• Made in California NOW,
2007Boone Children's Gallery, Los Angeles County
• Mary Boone Gallery, NYMuseum of Art West
20061997
• Studio La Città ,• Perennial, Carleton College
VeronaBoliou Art Gallery, Northfield, Minnesota.
2005• Headless, William Cordove
• Superabundant Atmosphere,and Jacob Hashimoto, Lineage Gallery, Chicago
Rice Gallery, Rice University, Houston1996
• Skip Skitter Start Trip Vault• Thesis Exhibition, School of
Bounce - and other attempts at flight, Rhonathe Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Hoffman Gallery, Chicago• Young Americans of Asian
2004Ancestry, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago
• Bloom, San Jose Museum ofConclusions:
Art, San JoseJacob Hashimoto show, titled "skip skitter start
• Altadena, Tacoma Arttrip vault bounce -- and other attempts at flight"
Museum, Tacomaopened at Chicago's Rhona Hoffman Gallery in
2003mid-November, but closed early when everything
• The Nature of Objects,sold. The show featured one ceiling piece along
Studio la Città , Veronawith seven wall works, constructed of like
2002elements but with varying content.
• Studio la Città ,What to Do Next...
Verona