PROFILE
Biography
[Solo Exhibition]
August 2021 December 2021 April 2022 December 2022
Memories of the Earth (JCAT Gallery, Online)
Whisper of the Earth (JCAT Gallery, Online)
Sand Castle (JCAT Gallery, Online)
CREATION and DEATH (Beyt Naima Art, Jerusalem)
[Group Exhibition]
March 2021 GAIA-The Origin (MADS Art Gallery, Milan)
December 2021 The Gift 2021 (JCAT Gallery, Online)
April 2022 Spring Small Works Exhibition (Gallery Kunitachi, Tokyo)
December 2022 Made in Jadpan (Galerie Mona Lisa, Paris)
March 2023 Medicine and Art, that art MEDICINE (Beyt Naima Art, Jerusalem)
June 2023, The Gift (Al Ma'mal Foundation, Jerusalem)
July 2023, LOVE EXHIBITION (NOHO Gallery, New York)
April 2024, Palestinian Embroidered Belts and Ethnic Costume Exhibition (Palette Gallery, Tokyo)
July 2024, NATURE EXHIBITION (NOHO Gallery, New York)
July 2024, Palestinian Embroidered Belts and Ethnic Costume Exhibition (Palette Gallery, Tokyo)
September 2024, MONSTER Exhibition 2024 (Shibuya Hikarie 8/COURT, Tokyo)
January 2025, Palestinian Embroidered Belts and Ethnic Costume Exhibition (Palette Gallery, Tokyo)
March 2025, Palestinian Embroidered Belts and Ethnic Costume Exhibition (Palette Gallery, Tokyo)
[Record of Awards]
March 2022, 15th JCAT Gallery Award
Key Points of Artwork Creation
My works are created using the "sand" of the land. I feel that the material contains memories, history, and landscapes, and by placing it on the canvas, I try to erase the invisible stories of the land.
I value the technique of layering using Lil paint medium and then sand, consciously incorporating light and shadow. Rather than "painting," it is closer to the feeling of "evoking" or "excavating," cherishing the process of touching the strata of memory.
recommendation letter
Takashi Hattori's works contain a deep prayer and tranquility that connect with the earth.
Recalling natural materials like earth and sand, they gently touch the memories and senses of the viewer, evoking emotions that transcend time and place.
Nevertheless, works made with conflicted earth have a strength that resonates beyond that.
Project Theme: What does "a place to return to" mean to you?
For me, a "place to return to" is sometimes a physical location, and sometimes an inner space of the heart where memories and emotions quietly settle.
When I become aware of things like the voice of my hometown or loved ones, or a sudden scent in the wind—there are moments when, no matter where I am, I feel that I have "come home."
That is precisely why I may continue to seek in my work a sense of "belonging" that certainly remains even in the flowing passage of time, through the transient material of sand.
