Taiki Hori is an artist who was born in Gifu prefecture in 1965 and is currently based in Aichi prefecture. He depicts human faces, animals, and plants through oil painting and watercolor while producing mixed media using drawing techniques. His interest lies in the beauty of simple lines that are reminiscent of those drawn by children and the allure and implications of unfinished states. This is similar to the process of sketching fragments of memories that exist in us all.
Hori studied oil paintings at Aichi University of the Arts, and he currently runs an art school in Aichi prefecture for children while producing his own works of art.
Taiki Hori
1965 Born in Gifu prefecture
1990 Graduated from Aichi University of the Arts, Oil Painting major
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2016 Gallery MOCA (Nagoya)
2011 Peugeot Showroom (Ichinomiya)
2008 Peugeot Showroom (Ichinomiya)
Gifu City Culture Center, Machinami Gallery (Gifu)
2002 Gallery MOCA (Nagoya)
2001 Gallery One twenty eight (New York)
Gallery MOCA (Nagoya)
2000 Gallery MOCA (Nagoya)
1999 Gallery MOCA (Nagoya)
1998 Gallery MOCA Part 1 (Nagoya)
Gallery MOCA Part 2 (Nagoya)
1997 Gallery MOCA (Nagoya)
1996 Gallery Canolfan (Nagoya)
1995 T’s Gallery (Nagoya)
Selected Group Exhibitions & Art Fairs
2022 London Contemporary – Extended (London)
London Contemporary 2022 (London)
2021 Discovery Art Fair (Frankfurt)
ALDILÀ 2021 International Art Exhibition (Milano, Italy and Canary Islands, Spain)
2019 The 5th Miyamoto Saburo Award for Original
Sketch Exhibition“Pioneering New Expressions” (touring exhibition: Tokyo, Komatsu City)
EWAA: East-West Art Award Kyoto (Kyoto)
FAPDA KYOTO Art Exhibition
2017 Kameyama Triennale 2017 (Mie)
EWAA: East-West Art Award Kyoto (Kyoto)
2016 BERLINER LISTE (Berlin)
Oribe-tei Feature Exhibition “Mada Minu Sekaie” (“Into an Unknown World”)(Ichinomiya)
The 11th Daikokuya Open Call Contemporary Art Exhibition (Tochigi)
MOCA’s Group Exhibition (Gallery MOCA, Nagoya)
2015 Kameyama Triennale 2015 (Mie)
EWAA: East-West Art Award Kyoto (Kyoto)
2012 “Zou no Ori” (“Elephant’s Cage”) Exhibition (Kyokushou Museo, Gifu)
MOCA’s Group Exhibition (Gallery MOCA, Nagoya)
“20th Anniversary Show” (Gallery One twenty eight, New York)
2004 “Shinsedaisakka Kakishibugami-to-tomoni” (“New-generation Artists –With Kakishibu Paper”) (Gallery Yohaku, Nagoya)
2001 “Fetish” Exhibition (Gallery Onet wenty eight, New York)
2002 (Every year) MOCA’s Group Exhibition (Gallery MOCA, Nagoya)
1996~1999 “Machi wa Art de Afureru” (“The Town is Filled with Art”) (Oribe-tei, Ichimoniya)
1994 “sequence – rensa” (Nagoya Citizens’ Gallery)
Awards
2019 Miyamoto Saburo Award for Original Sketch (Komatsu City)
2016 The 11th Daikokuya Contemporary Art Exhibition (Tochigi)
1997 URBANART #3 (Tokyo)
1996 URBANART #2 (Tokyo)
1990 Object Tokyo Exhibition (Tokyo)
PAINTING
I mainly use oil paint. I feel that the properties of oil paint match my creative style. My subjects range from people’s faces and…
DRAWING
For me, drawing is a means of expression when creating art. It’s not about making a rough drawing. I construct one piece of artwork by…
SCULPTURE
I find that sculptures spark my creativity from time to time. The creative process of using physical materials requires…
