Fascinated by using adhesive tape as her art medium, Chiho Harazaki develops her practice in drawing, painting, objects, and installation. Her unconventional art medium; adhesive tape, gives her work unique patterns, lines, and textures, evoking the feel of modern graphic design while also lending itself to works reminiscent of traditional Japanese arts like woodcut and paper-cutting. Perceiving life as a first-generation immigrant from Japan, Chiho's works express her own identity, synthesizing elements of Eastern and Western, traditional and modern culture.
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Educations
2019 ArtCenter College of Design Extension
2014 Los Angeles Valley College, Associate of Arts in Art: Two-Dimensional Studio
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2024-07 - "Ingrained" Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023-08 - "East to West" Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
2023-07 - "Synthesis" Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Duo show)
2022-05 - "Transforming Tradition: Tape Art" Canyon Country Community Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2021-05 - "Tape Art" The Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park San Diego, CA
2019-08 - "Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki", Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA
2018-08 - "Issue 2.5" SOVO//Magazine, Venice, CA
Educations
2019 ArtCenter College of Design Extension
2014 Los Angeles Valley College, Associate of Arts in Art: Two-Dimensional Studio
Solo and Duo Exhibitions
2024-07 - "Ingrained" Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2023-08 - "East to West" Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
2023-07 - "Synthesis" Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Duo show)
2022-05 - "Transforming Tradition: Tape Art" Canyon Country Community Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2021-05 - "Tape Art" The Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park San Diego, CA
2019-08 - "Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki", Blue Whale, Los Angeles, CA
2018-08 - "Issue 2.5" SOVO//Magazine, Venice, CA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2024 - 06 - Brand 52, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA - upcoming
2024 - 05 - Divergent Synthesis, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA - upcoming
2024 - 05 - Positive Exposure, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - upcoming
2024 - 03 - A Woman's Place, Ebella of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022 - 04 - The TOCA 2022 Fine Arts Juried Show, the SouthBay Festival of the Arts, Torrance, CA
2021- 08 - Fields, Factories, Fame, and Fallacies, Art Share L.A., DTLA, CA
2021- 07 - Ultra!, High Beams, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2020- 11 - TOUCH, Gestalt projects and BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2019 -11 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2019, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -05 - WE RISE, Art District, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -02 - FRESH, South Bay SoLA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018- 04 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2018, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2016 -08 - Play, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2024 - 06 - Brand 52, Brand Library & Art Center, Glendale, CA - upcoming
2024 - 05 - Divergent Synthesis, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA - upcoming
2024 - 05 - Positive Exposure, Tag Gallery, Los Angeles, CA - upcoming
2024 - 03 - A Woman's Place, Ebella of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
2022 - 04 - The TOCA 2022 Fine Arts Juried Show, the SouthBay Festival of the Arts, Torrance, CA
2021- 08 - Fields, Factories, Fame, and Fallacies, Art Share L.A., DTLA, CA
2021- 07 - Ultra!, High Beams, Torrance Art Museum, Torrance, CA
2020- 11 - TOUCH, Gestalt projects and BG Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2019 -11 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2019, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -05 - WE RISE, Art District, Los Angeles, CA
2019 -02 - FRESH, South Bay SoLA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018- 04 - Windows of Little Tokyo 2018, JACCC, Los Angeles, CA
2016 -08 - Play, LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Selected Bibliography
2024 Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide, May 2024
SD Voyager, November 7, 2022
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
2024 Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month Calendar and Cultural Guide, May 2024
SD Voyager, November 7, 2022
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
2023-11 - Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, 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
2023-11 - Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, 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
Robinson S.P.A.C.E
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
Robinson S.P.A.C.E
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
