Jacob Hashimoto
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Jacob Hashimoto is an artist based in New York
. Drawing on his Japan
ese heritage, he creates light three-dimensional structures such as wall hangings comprising thousands of miniature 'kites': bamboo
-stiffened rice paper
hexagons suspended with nylon fishing line
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Hashimoto has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including The Nature of Objects at Studio la Citta in Verona
, XIV Quadriennale di Roma at Galleria Nazionale d’Arte di Roma, and Made in California NOW at the Mary Boone Gallery in New York. He is represented by Mary Boone in New York, Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, Studio la Citta in Verona, Italy, and Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles.
New York
New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...
. Drawing on his Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
ese heritage, he creates light three-dimensional structures such as wall hangings comprising thousands of miniature 'kites': bamboo
Bamboo
Bamboo is a group of perennial evergreens in the true grass family Poaceae, subfamily Bambusoideae, tribe Bambuseae. Giant bamboos are the largest members of the grass family....
-stiffened rice paper
Rice paper
Rice paper usually refers to paper made from parts of the rice plant, like rice straw or rice flour. The term is also used for paper made from or containing other plants, such as hemp, bamboo or mulberry...
hexagons suspended with nylon fishing line
Fishing line
A fishing line is a cord used or made for angling. Important parameters of a fishing line are its length, material, and weight...
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Hashimoto has shown work internationally in many exhibitions including The Nature of Objects at Studio la Citta in Verona
Verona
Verona ; German Bern, Dietrichsbern or Welschbern) is a city in the Veneto, northern Italy, with approx. 265,000 inhabitants and one of the seven chef-lieus of the region. It is the second largest city municipality in the region and the third of North-Eastern Italy. The metropolitan area of Verona...
, XIV Quadriennale di Roma at Galleria Nazionale d’Arte di Roma, and Made in California NOW at the Mary Boone Gallery in New York. He is represented by Mary Boone in New York, Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, Studio la Citta in Verona, Italy, and Martha Otero Gallery in Los Angeles.