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I donated this piece “The Use of the Useless” to Kala Art Institute for their 50th Anniversary auction in 2024. The work was created by using the scrap wood from my previous project “Treadling a Lost Journey” for which I … Continue reading
The John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation kindly granted me a travel grant which allowed to attend MacDowell residency program.
Well, sadly I could not get the prize itself, but I really appreciate that they had selected me as a finalist, that itself was an honor, and gave me an opportunity to meet Joseph Becker, Associate Curator of Architecture and Design, SFMOMA, and Jasmine Wahi, Founder and Co-Director of Project for Empty Space, at my studio visit.
I felt honored to be able to have my residency at MacDowell. It was a beautiful experience with quiet times, excitingly creative artists, filmmakers and writers and ever changing natural landscapes and creatures.
Why Do We Sing?, 2022
Wood (walnut), sound, audio components
28″x6″x6″
Courtesy of the artist
These songs were sung by refugees from Bhutan, Iran and Tibet, Jyoti Gurung, Sholeh Asgary, Robin Gurung, Sherab Dolma and Shaghayegh Cyrous for Hattori’s project “Exinclusivity -Space of Inclusion” originally exhibited at Kala Art Institute and partially funded by California Arts Council and the Zellerbach Family Foundation.
I participated in SFMoMA’s Soapbox Derby with some of CCA students and alumni, Emma Kazamaki, Teirra Miller, Derek Zhang, Alex Uranga and Josh Coolidge. We received “The Best of the Worst” award and the trophy was made by Barbara Stauffacher Solomon!
I feel honored to be one of the recipients of grants from the Phyllis C. Wattis Foundation in 2021. This is for my project with ARTogether “Pedaling Point” also working with great artists such as Sahba Aminikia and Patricia Rojas-Zambrano.
I am so excited to know that I have been selected as a recipient of a Creative Work Fund grant. They will fund my upcoming project “Pedaling Point” in collaboration with ARTogether.
Installation artist Taro Hattori, in collaboration with ARTogether, is instigating conversations between refugees and non-refugees, helping them to bridge gaps of understanding and alleviate isolation through dialogue, singing, and shared narratives. The resulting public art exhibition, Pedaling Point, will feature six confessional-like, enclosed structures, each attached to a bicycle to highlight the restricted mobility of refugees. Audience members will experience the stories and songs within the enclosures.
We received an “Impact Projects” grant form California Arts Council for a film-making project “I Hear A Butterfly” working with Robin Gurung at Asian Refugee United in Oakland. We will have workshops of film-making with the youths in refugee communities mainly in Oakland and organize a refugee film festival.
Jennifer Hattam wrote a beautiful article about “Sounds Like Home: Longing and Comfort through Lullabies” at SOMArts curated by Bengü and Duygu Gün.
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I am showing this work “Treading A Journey” curated by Duygu and Bengu Gün, showing at SOMArts in SF.
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I am donating this study piece with bars of burnt redwood which back side is painted with fluorescent red/pink.
This album was produced being inspired by Milan Kundera’s “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.” All written in Japanese. Sorry if Japanese is not your language. The album will be issued on December 23, 2020.
I am donating this drawing work. I normally don’t publish a drawing as my official artwork but I have been thinking about exploring and expanding this area.
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Center for New Music San Francisco 55 Taylor Street, San Francisco, CA 94102 (415) 275-C4NM (2466) Thu, Nov 7, 2019 — Sun, Jan 5, 2020 “Dragging the Right Chord” is a functioning harpsichord made of corrugated cardboard and installed on … Continue reading
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Around challenging lives of refugees, “Exinclusivity -Space of Inclusion” is a project designed to be a multi-media installation piece which consists of interviews, singing and other contributions from participants who are refugees or asylees. The core idea of this … Continue reading
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39th Annual Connect & Collect Art Auction and Exhibition September 28 – October 26, 2019 560 South First Street San Jose, CA 95113 > MAP I am donating my piece to San Jose ICA again this year. The title is … Continue reading
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I presented a new participatory sound installation called “If You Dive In, It’s There” at Agapolis, Portola Valley in conjunction with the residency reception of Agapolis + Building 180 Artist Residency program. Voice in water: Kanyon Sayers-Roods from indian Canyon, … Continue reading
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Stuck Stick Study II (2019) In the last summer 2018, a master carpenter Aikawa in Wakayama taught me the beauty of the surface of wood when its cut or carved with a blade tool, without sanding it. Here I just … Continue reading
