Chiho Harazaki was born and raised in the countryside of Japan. After moving to the US and discovering tape art in college, Chiho became fascinated with using various kinds of adhesive tape for her art. Tiny pieces of tape, cut by precision knife and scissors, create each detail used to compose a whole picture. Her works are at times evocative of traditional arts such as woodcut and paper cut, while other pieces fuse Western pop art. Her exploration of tape art includes work in small and large scale, in two and three dimensions, and on various kinds of surfaces, often embellishing objects with intricate patterns. Informed by her experiences living in both Japan and America, Chiho’s subject matter includes a variety of cultural, historical, and narrative elements as well as social comments.
CV
2022-05 - Canyon Country Community Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2021-10 - Art Space at Town Center, Valencia, CA
2021-05 - The Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park San Diego, CA
2019-08 - Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Blue Whale
Los Angeles, CA
2018-08 SOVO//Magazine, Venice, CA
2022-05 - Canyon Country Community Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2021-10 - Art Space at Town Center, Valencia, CA
2021-05 - The Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park San Diego, CA
2019-08 - Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Blue Whale
Los Angeles, CA
2018-08 SOVO//Magazine, Venice, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022-04 - The Art of Healing, First Floor Gallery Santa Clarita City Hall, CA
2021-08 - Fields, Factories, Fame, and Fallacies, Art Share L.A., DTLA, CA
2021-07 - Ultra!, High Beams, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2021-04 - Laser Snake, High Beams, Bendix Building, DTLA, CA
2020-12 - On the Paper, The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2020-11 - TOUCH, Gestalt projects and BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2020-02 - Flight, First Floor Gallery Santa Clarita City Hall, Santa Clarita, CA
2019 -11 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2019, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -10 - Poe, 3rd Annual Art Exhibition, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
2019 -09 - The Art & Democracy VI, Visual Artists Guild, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -05 - WE RISE, Art District, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -05 - TIME, Open I Art Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2019 -02 - FRESH, South Bay SoLA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 -12 - Murze Magazine, Art for Advent project, Los Angeles, CA
2018-04 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2018, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2016 -08 - Play, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 -02 - I <3 Sci-fi, Carter Sexton Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2014 -05 - Student art show, LAVC, Valley Glen, CA
2022-04 - The Art of Healing, First Floor Gallery Santa Clarita City Hall, CA
2021-08 - Fields, Factories, Fame, and Fallacies, Art Share L.A., DTLA, CA
2021-07 - Ultra!, High Beams, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2021-04 - Laser Snake, High Beams, Bendix Building, DTLA, CA
2020-12 - On the Paper, The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2020-11 - TOUCH, Gestalt projects and BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2020-02 - Flight, First Floor Gallery Santa Clarita City Hall, Santa Clarita, CA
2019 -11 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2019, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -10 - Poe, 3rd Annual Art Exhibition, Gallery Azul, San Pedro, CA
2019 -09 - The Art & Democracy VI, Visual Artists Guild, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -05 - WE RISE, Art District, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -05 - TIME, Open I Art Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2019 -02 - FRESH, South Bay SoLA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 -12 - Murze Magazine, Art for Advent project, Los Angeles, CA
2018-04 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2018, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2016 -08 - Play, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2015 -02 - I <3 Sci-fi, Carter Sexton Gallery, North Hollywood, CA
2014 -05 - Student art show, LAVC, Valley Glen, CA
Selected Bibliography
Weekly LA LA LA, 平和への願い、テープアートにこめて,
Liberated Arts, "How to Survive a Quarantine" cover page, July 27, 2020
Rafu Shimpo. November 8, 2019
Metal Jazz, Greg Burk, August 8, 2019
Murze Magazine Issue 4, January, 2019
Diversions LA, Genie Davis, August 9, 2018:
art and cake, Genie Davis, 31 August 2018:
SOVO//Magazine Issue 1, MAR 10, 2018
Weekly LA LA LA, 平和への願い、テープアートにこめて,
Liberated Arts, "How to Survive a Quarantine" cover page, July 27, 2020
Rafu Shimpo. November 8, 2019
Metal Jazz, Greg Burk, August 8, 2019
Murze Magazine Issue 4, January, 2019
Diversions LA, Genie Davis, August 9, 2018:
art and cake, Genie Davis, 31 August 2018:
SOVO//Magazine Issue 1, MAR 10, 2018
Workshop
2021-09 - Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, CA
2019-10 - Bella Terra Associates, Long Beach, CA
2019-09 - Nibei Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2019-03 - South Bay SoLA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2021-09 - Japanese Friendship Garden, San Diego, CA
2019-10 - Bella Terra Associates, Long Beach, CA
2019-09 - Nibei Foundation, Los Angeles, CA
2019-03 - South Bay SoLA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Commissions
City of Santa Clarita
Level Ground
John Lobb
The Angele City Jazz Festival 2020
Cafe Demitasse
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
Sustainable Little Tokyo
Strymon, NAMM Show 2019
Kyokushin Karate Dojyo
Chiba Restaurant
SOVO//Magazine, Issue 1
City of Santa Clarita
Level Ground
John Lobb
The Angele City Jazz Festival 2020
Cafe Demitasse
Japanese American Cultural & Community Center (JACCC)
Sustainable Little Tokyo
Strymon, NAMM Show 2019
Kyokushin Karate Dojyo
Chiba Restaurant
SOVO//Magazine, Issue 1
