Artist

Kyota TAKAHASHI

Infinite Colors Where Your Cloud Goes Back 2023, Folk Cultural Artifacts Exhibition Hall in Matsu/ Nangan Island, Taiwan
photo:Mito MURAKAMI

HIKARIORI / Weaving the Lights (2017), (Echigo-Tsumari Auditorium,Tokamachi Central Community Center "Danjuro",Tokamachi,Niigata)
photo:Mito MURAKAMI

"Exterior lighting for Kyoto City KYOCERA Museum of Art" (Kyoto, 2020)
photo:Mito MURAKAMI

Kyota TAKAHASHI

Born 1970 in Kyoto, Live in Kyoto.

Completed a post-graduate program in sculpture at Kyoto City University of Arts in 1995.

Kyota Takahashi produces a wide range of works with light and images such as public projection, installations, and performances. Lighting projects for buildings such as the Kyoto City Kyocera Museum, Tokyo Station 100th Anniversary Illumination, and Towada Art Center create dynamic and sculptural works of light. He is also involved in many large-scale participatory art projects such as "Dream Seeds," "Hikari no Mi," and "Hikari no Hanabata," which he creates with many people.

Major Exhibitions

2022 Matsu Biennial, Nangan Island, Matsu Archipelago (Taiwan)

2021 Reborn-Art Festival 2021-22 (First Term), Ishinomaki Mangattan Museum (Miyagi)

2011 – 2021 Echigo-Tsumari Art Field Winter (Niigata)

Major Awards

Kukan Design Award 2022

34th Kyoto Art and Culture Award, 2021

Japan Architectural Arts and Crafts Association (AACA) Award, 2020

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