In the Studio with Jacob Hashimoto

Using sculpture, painting, and installation, Jacob Hashimoto creates complex worlds from a range of modular components: bamboo-and-paper kites, model boats, even astroturf-covered blocks. His accretive, layered compositions reference video games, virtual environments, and cosmology, while also remaining deeply rooted in art-historical traditions notably, landscapebased abstraction, modernism, and handcraft.

Jacob Hashimoto was born in Greeley, Colorado in 1973 and is a graduate of The School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He lives and works in Ossining, New York. Hashimoto has been featured in solo museum exhibitions at MOCA Pacific Design Center in Los Angeles, MACRO - Museum of Contemporary Art in Rome, Fondazione Querini Stampalia in Venice, LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Schauwerk Sindlefingen in Germany, Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art in Finland, Crow Museum of Asian Art in Dallas, and SITE Santa Fe in New Mexico. He has also had solo shows at Mary Boone Gallery in New York, Rhona Hoffman Gallery in Chicago, Studio la Città in Verona, Galerie Forsblom in Helsinki, Anglim Gilbert Gallery in San Francisco, and Leila Heller Gallery in Dubai, among others. His work is in the collections of LACMA - Los Angeles County Museum of Art, EMMA - Saastamoinen Foundation, Schauwerk Sindelfingen, The California Endowment, and numerous other public collections.

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Jacob Hashimoto in the studio.

WALL WORKS

The Halo (Infinite Expanse of Sky), 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood and Dacron 42” x 96“ x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio — The Halo (Infinite Expanse of Sky), 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood and Dacron 42” x 96“ x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio

Detail of The Halo (Infinite Expanse of Sky) — Detail of The Halo (Infinite Expanse of Sky)

The Long Reach of Time, 2019 acrylic, bamboo, wood, paper and Dacron 32” x 27” x 7.75”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio — The Long Reach of Time, 2019 acrylic, bamboo, wood, paper and Dacron 32” x 27” x 7.75”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio

The Necessity of Boundaries, Aberrations, and the Reinvention of Silence, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 32”x 27” x 7.75”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio — The Necessity of Boundaries, Aberrations, and the Reinvention of Silence, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 32”x 27” x 7.75”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio

The Gorgon, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 54” x 48” x 8”. Photos: Michele Alberto Sereni Courtesy of Studio la Citta — The Gorgon, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 54” x 48” x 8”. Photos: Michele Alberto Sereni Courtesy of Studio la Citta

Detail of The Gorgon — Detail of The Gorgon

This Dark Uncivil Forest, All Atwinkle with Madness, 2020 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 54” x 48” x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio — This Dark Uncivil Forest, All Atwinkle with Madness, 2020 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 54” x 48” x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio

All of our Tumbled Memories Momentarily Forgotten in the Numinous Celestial Garden, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 120” x 144“ x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio — All of our Tumbled Memories Momentarily Forgotten in the Numinous Celestial Garden, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 120” x 144“ x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio

On the Fate of All Stars, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 120” x 96“ x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio — On the Fate of All Stars, 2019 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and Dacron 120” x 96“ x 8.25”. Courtesy of Jacob Hashimoto Studio

INSTALLATIONS

In the Heart of this Infinite Particle of Galactic Dust, 2019. paper, UV ink, resin, bamboo, Spectra, acrylic, screen prints and stainless steel. 16 ft x 42 ft. Willis Tower, Chicago. Photos: Courtesy of Willis Tower — In the Heart of this Infinite Particle of Galactic Dust, 2019. paper, UV ink, resin, bamboo, Spectra, acrylic, screen prints and stainless steel. 16 ft x 42 ft. Willis Tower, Chicago. Photos: Courtesy of Willis Tower

Gas Giant, 2014 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and cotton dimensions variable. MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA. Photos: Fredrik Nilsen — Gas Giant, 2014 bamboo, paper, acrylic, wood, and cotton dimensions variable. MOCA Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA. Photos: Fredrik Nilsen

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This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance, 2019 paper, UV ink, resin, bamboo, Spectra, acrylic and stainless steel. 9 ft. x 39 ft x 9 ft. Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Francisco International Airport. Photos: Courtesy of San Francisco Arts Commission&… — This Infinite Gateway of Time and Circumstance, 2019 paper, UV ink, resin, bamboo, Spectra, acrylic and stainless steel. 9 ft. x 39 ft x 9 ft. Grand Hyatt Hotel, San Francisco International Airport. Photos: Courtesy of San Francisco Arts Commission

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The Eclipse, 2017- 2018 bamboo, screen prints, paper, wood, acrylic and cotton dimensions variable. St. Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island, NY. Photos: Timothy Schenck — The Eclipse, 2017- 2018 bamboo, screen prints, paper, wood, acrylic and cotton dimensions variable. St. Cornelius Chapel, Governors Island, NY. Photos: Timothy Schenck

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Suzanne RandolphJune 22, 2020