Takashi Horisaki

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  • Social Dress New Orleans
  • Social Dress Lower East Side - Material Memories

Studio-based Artwork

  • Social Dress San Francisco
  • Untitled (ABC No Rio)
  • Metabolic Plans A-D
  • Re-Zoning 1975
  • Drawings, Wall Hangings & Misc.
  • Metabolic Morphology
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Takashi Horisaki
#InstaBonsai Palm Shadows
AUG 9-17, 2025

monade contemporary, Kyoto, Japan
Thursday-Sunday, 2-7pm

Takashi Horisaki, #InstaBonsai_PalmTree_purple2025 and #InstaBonsai_Non-Native_Surface, 2025 © Takashi Horisaki
PRESS RELEASE

Room 2, B1F Yasaka Bldg, 10-2 Tsukimi-cho,
Higashiyama-ku, Kyoto, 605-0829 

 

 

 

Past News

Nüwa’s Garden: A Summer Offering in Clay, Fire, & Water
JUN 29-JUL 20, Opening 12-5PM

Curated by Ann Shi
Presented by a poco art collective & Charles Arnoldi Studio


Takashi Horisaki, #InstaBonsai_PalmTree, 2025 © Takashi Horisaki
PRESS RELEASE

CHARLES ARNOLDI STUDIO
721 HAMPTON DR, VENICE, CA
 

 


 

TAKASHI HORISAKI #InstaBonsai_PalmTree /#InstaBonsai_Wall

Artist Spotlight curated by Ambre Kelly +Andrew Gori
BOOTH E3 (map below)  May 8 – 12, Noon – 7pm

SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2025:
“PARADISE LOST + FOUND” Exhibition
75 Varick Street, NYC 10013  


Takashi Horisaki, #InstaBonsai_PalmTree, 2025 © Takashi Horisaki

Online Artwork Sales: https://springbreakartfair.com/
Art Fair Info: https://www.springbreakartshow.com/
Tickets: https://springbreakartshow.eventbrite.com

 


 

Takashi Horisaki
#ColonizingGazes: From Landscape, Cyberspaces to Mindscapes

Curated by Ann Shi

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2492-2494 Huntington Drive, San Marino, CA 91108

November 16 – December 21, 2024

 

For further images see: https://www.h4arts.org/takashi

 


 

Yellow rectangle with a black outline of an irregular trapezoid and text reading: 18th Street Artist Open Studios

Change the Future
Sunday, October 20 | 3-7 PM

18th Street Arts Center
Olympic Campus
1639 18th Street. Santa Monica, CA 90404
Free + Open to the Public

Can artmaking protect the planet? Find out at our family-friendly art event that blends creativity, technology and environmental action.

18th Street Arts Center presents “Change the Future” featuring Tom Van Sant’s historic  GeoSphere Project, a visionary digital model of Earth designed for citizens and scientists to care for our planet before it’s too late

The artists at 18th Street Arts Center Olympic Campus are opening their studios to the public on Sunday, October 20th from 3 to 7 PM as part of our Change the Future event.

Participating Artists: David McDonald, Diana Taylor, Anne Krinsky, Debra Disman, Dan Wang, Ara Oshagan, Labkhand Olfatmanesh, Luciana Abait, Les Guthman, Susan Kleinberg, Takashi Horisaki, Yvette Gellis, and Dan Kwong

FREE & OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. ALL AGES WELCOME!

RSVP at https://18thstreet.org/event/change-the-future/

Image of two ceramic bonsai glazed in pink, rust, and dark green glaze, rotating to reveal haphazard scaffolding on the back.

 


TAKASHI HORISAKI:
#InstaBonsai

SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2024:
Los Angeles

5880 Adams Blvd, Culver City, Los Angeles

First Look (Invitation Only)  Tue, Feb 27, 2-5P
Opening Night                         Tue, Feb 27, 5-8P
Regular Show Weekdays   Wed-Fri
                                                        Feb 28-Mar 1, 2-8P
Regular Show Sat                  Mar 2, 12P-8P
Regular Show Sun                 Mar 3, 12P-6P

Art Fair Info: https://www.springbreakartshow.com/
Tickets: https://springbreakartshow.eventbrite.com
Artwork E Sales: https://springbreakartfair.com/collections/takashi-horisaki-la-2024

PRESS RELEASE

 


 

Takashi Horisaki:
#InstaBonsai Kaiten Kuru Kuru

SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2023:
‘!WILD CARD!’ Exhibition

625 Madison Avenue New York, NY 10022

First Look |Wednesday, Sept 6th, 11AM – 5PM
Opening Night | Wednesday, Sept 6th, 5PM – 8PM
Regular Show Days | Thursday, Sept 7th – Monday,Sept 11th, 11AM – 7PM

Art Fair Info: https://www.springbreakartshow.com/
Tickets: https://springbreakartshow.eventbrite.com
Artwork E Sales: https://springbreakartfair.com/

PRESS RELEASE

Two red, blue, and lavender glazed ceramic pieces on turntables, turned to reveal front and rear three-quarters' views. One features a tree root system partially covering the carving of a face, the other reveals a scaffolding-like structure on the back of a tree trunk growing out of a tiled sidewalk.

#InstaBonsai Street Tree and #InstaBonsai Ruins, 2023 Photo by Yoko Haraoka, artwork © Takashi Horisaki

 


 

Alternating Image Gif: Image 1: White and pink text on black background reading "Spring/Break 'Secret' shhhh show shhh NYC, Opening Night May 10, 5pm-8pm, 32 Prince" Image 2: White text on green background reading "Spring/Break 'Secret' shhhh show shhh NYC, The Old School May 11-20, noon-6pm, 32 Prince"

 Snake-like ceramic bonsai glazed in pink, blue, yellow, and green with trapezoidal leaves alternating with rear view of sculpture revealing unglazed architectural scaffolding-like support structure

SPRING/BREAK Art Show announces a Spring ‘Surprise’ Secret Show

Another WHOA moment! SPRING/BREAK Art Show announces a SPRING ‘SURPRISE’ SECRET SHOW

May 10–20, 2023
Old School, 32 Prince Street, New York City

Notable Dates:

Press Preview May 10th 2pm – 5pm
Public Show Days May 11th – 20th, Noon – 6pm

Get Tickets Here: springbreakartshow.eventbrite.com


 

White on black futuristic text logo for Space 776

Ceramic lemon yellow banyan tree bonsai with a few bits of pink polygonal foliage and a fire-engine red base

KILN GODS

Dec 8, 2022-Jan 11, 2023
Opening Reception Thursday, Dec 8, 6-8 pm

Space 776, 37-39 Clinton St., New York, NY, 10002

Dave Alexander, Dasha Bazanova, Dasha Ziborova, Wendy Foster, Frank Olt, Susan Carr, Beth Dary, Jackie Shatz, Kiichi Takeuchi, Dan Christoffel, DeepPond Kim, Takashi Horisaki, Keisha Prioleau-Martin, Jeff Gomez, Peter Goldwater, Joan Digby.

KILN GODS Press Release
 

 

 

#InstaBonsai Banpaku Remix Description (2021)

 

Extraordinary Still Life

September 9 – October 20, 2022
The NJCU Visual Arts Gallery

Reception: September 9, 4 – 7 p.m. (part of JC Fridays)
Jersey City Artist Studio Tour: Saturday, October 1, 12 – 6 p.m.

Curated by Midori Yoshimoto

ten square images of details from contemporary artists' works on the theme of "still life" featuring objects including flowers, textiles, ceramics, and abstractsions of natural forms

The exhibition, Extraordinary Still Life, examines the ways in which current artists challenge the traditional genre of still life by representing contemporary subjects or/and using new techniques. Participating artists are Nakeya Brown, Mia Brownell, Lisa Ficarelli-Halpern, Takashi Horisaki, Phaan Howng, Ashley Lyon, Margaret Murphy, Lina Puerta, Laurie Riccadonna, and Jeremiah Teipen.

LEARN MORE

 


 

Takashi Horisaki: #InstaBonsai Banpaku Remix

October 29 & 30, November 5-7, 2021
1-6pm and by appointment
250 Moore Street 1st Floor, Brooklyn, NY 11206

 

Zoom Live Exhibition
     (click on today’s date to access Zoom)
Nov 5 (Friday) 7am-6pm
Nov 6 (Saturday) 7am-6pm
Nov 7 (Sunday), 1-6pm

Press Release

This project is made possible by the New York City Artist Corps

New York City Artist Corps

@socialdress   #InstaBonsai #takashihorisaki   #CityArtistCorps

 


 

My work has been selected for Smack Mellon’s 2020 Hot Picks! Check out a selection of my recent work on Smack Mellon’s website using the link below!

http://www.smackmellon.org/artist/takashi-horisaki/

 

http://www.smackmellon.org/artist/takashi-horisaki/

 


 

ZOOM Studio Visit with Hisamatsu Tomoko, resident artist at TOKAS, Tokyo
3-4PM Japan Time, August 30, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/events/309063440150631

 


 

Instabonsai at Spring Break Art Show 2020

#Instabonsai was included in the three-person show “Neo-Ornamentalist Redux,” curated by Nina Horisaki-Christens
Featuring work by Naomi Kawanishi Reis, Tammy Nguyen, and Takashi Horisaki
March 4-9, 2020
Booth 1116 at Spring Break Art Show
625 Madison Ave (between 58th & 59th Streets)

#Instabonsai got great press at Spring Break Art Show!
Check out the articles at the following links!

 

 

 


 

The Internet Yami-Ichi in NY3

Location: NOWHERE, 40 Wooster St, NYC 10013

The world renowned “Internet-ish” flea market returns to NY
this Thanksgiving holiday weekend in SOHO’s newest hub for creatives.

Main Event Website: http://yami-ichi.biz/ny3/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/2473624329623439/
Instagram: @socialdress #InstaBonsai #インスタ盆栽 #yaminy3

 

 


 

 

Komagome Soko Installation First Floor, featuring Takashi Horisaki's work

Thank you to everyone in Tokyo who stopped by for Surface and Structure ~ Latex and Real Estate at Komagome Soko, my two person exhibition with Keita Saito. And thank you to our wonderful panelists over the six days of discussions! Thank you for your great discussions Dan Isomura, Sou Suzuki, Arata Hasegawa, Mederu Kiritori, Asako Taki, Euske Oiwa, Nao Kimura, and Yumi Song!

We also got some great press as well! Check it out at the links below:

BTLogo communeplus

 


 

 

BKLYN IMMERSIVE installation of Social Dress New Orleans, 2017
Photo by Tetsugo Hyakutake

Social Dress New Orleans — 730 days after 10 years after at BKLYN IMMERSIVE, curated by SPRING/BREAK, was a great success! Thank you to everyone who came out, spread the word, and lent a hand!
We received articles on the project in a variety of press, including the following:
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I also want to extend a special thank you to everyone who helped provide for the preservation of Social Dress New Orleans through donating to and spreading the word about my Indiegogo campaign! We raised 75% of our goal, enough to be able to set up storage near the New York area until we are able to exhibit it again!

I’d especially like to thank the dozens of backers who contributed to the campaign! I could not do this without you!
Thank you so much to Tracey Wilson, Rattanamol Singh Johal, Sneha Ganguly, Tamana Araki, Tsukiko Matsuda, nishimurarie, Aki Inomata, RA Friedman, bloodypixy, Kat Ryals, camera.sophia, Miwa Koizumi, Takako Oishi, Jia-Jen Lin, Amy Youngs, Maki Teshima, akiraline, world.flaneur, Masako Shiba, Hidenori Ishii, zhiromi, Kosuke Fujitaka, snjmrkm, Toby Kasper, Laura Blereau, Yuichi Yazaki, Andrew Thompson, Elana Mann, Junya Yamamine, Roseann Weiss, Kyoco Taniyama, Christopher K. Ho, mweinst, Maia Murphy, and the many many anonymous donors!

BKLYN IMMERSIVE, curated by SPRING/BREAK Art Show, City Point, Brooklyn, NY
On view May 7-May 14, 2017  Noon-7PM every day!
300 Flatbush Avenue Extension, Brooklyn NY

This opportunity developed at the last minute, and requires many resources and much labor to put on view. Please help support the return of this work to New York AND its PRESERVATION for the future!  Your help is greatly appreciated!


 

 


 

Data Plan for a Preserving Machine, curated by L.O.G. at Lump
On view May 5-27, 2017
Featuring Elizabeth Ferry, Takashi Horisaki, and William Paul Thomas
505 S. Blount St, Raleigh, NC 27601
www.logintolog.com     www.teamlump.org
@logintolog                  @lump_raleigh

 


 

Of Record, Takashi Horisaki and Gautam Kansara, Grizzly Grizzly, Philadelphia PA
On view June 3-June 26, 2016
319 N 11th Street, 2nd Floor, Philadelphia PA

 


 

InFinite Futures + The Past Will Be The Present, ABC No Rio, NYC
On view June 10-June 23, 2016
156 Rivington Street, New York NY

 


 

New work up in SPRING/BREAK Art Show 2016 in Knife Hits, curated by Rachel Phillips, Booth 4032.
On display March 1 – March 7, 2016
March 1, 5-9pm VIP Vernissage
March 2 – March 6, 12-8pm
March 7 12-6pm.

Skylight at Moynihan Station, 421 Eighth Avenue, New York NY

 


 

New work up in Miami as part of Cemetarium, presented by Regina Rex at Emerson Dorsch Gallery in Wynwood, Miami, FL. On display Monday Dec 1, 10am-11pm and Tuesday Dec 2 – Saturday Dec 7, 2014, 10am – 5pm.

Join us for the opening reception with live performances on Friday Dec 5 at midnight!

Directions: 151 NW 24th Street, Miami, FL

 


 

Come join us for the Paths to Pier 42 Fall Open House at Pier 42, Sat. Sept 27, 12-4pm

We will have results of the Social Dress Lower East Side workshops installed on-site, so come check it out!

Click here for Google Maps directions to Pier 42

 


 

Collaboration with Nina Horisaki-Christens at Recess art space in Soho, March-May 2014.

 


 

Awarded Harvestworks 2013/14 New Works Residency with Nina Horisaki-Christens

 


 

Participating in LMCC’s Paths to Pier 42, June-October 2014

 


 

Teaching “Casting, Architecture + Community” Adult Workshop at Abrons Arts Center on Feb 11, 18 and 25, 2014.

 


 

Images of my work featured in set design by Anna Etsuko Tsuri for the Labyrinth Choir‘s rendition of Faure’s Requiem, Nov 9 and 16, 2013.