Jacob Hashimoto

Hashimoto’s practice draws from Western art traditions, the modular language of the digital age, and Japanese construction techniques. The Immeasurable Equation is one of his brightly colored and intricately patterned handmade Japanese rice paper “kites” that suggests organic forms, vistas, or even scrolling video games.

Clouds, waves, and grass are consistent motifs in his works. Untitled #8 is a subtle exploration of an ambiguous landscape, where Hashimoto creates depth through layers of cut paper glued to canvas. In the sculptural pair Positive and Negative N.2, Hashimoto captures opposing entities – black and white, sky and sea – that become one when laid on top of the other. Exhibited together, his works simulate nature and entrance the viewer with a sense of wonder and flight.

Jacob Hashimoto was born in 1973 in Greeley, U.S.A. He lives and works in New York. He graduated from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He has exhibited at MOCA Pacific Design Center (Los Angeles), Schauwerk Sindelfingen (Germany), Mary Boone Gallery (New York), and MACRO Contemporary Art Museum (Rome).