- email tyamamoto@massart.edu
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education
- Master of Fine Arts in Visual Studies, Pacific Northwest College of Arts, Portland, OR
- Digital Photography, University of California Extension, Los Angeles, CA
- Bachelor of Arts in Communication Studies: Minor in Theatre Arts, California State University, Northridge, CA
Courses: SIM Major Studio, Experimental Ensembles, Interrelated Media Practice, Performance Art Fundamentals, Art in/with/on/from Time, Choreography & Performance, Performative Drawing, Publication & Performance
Takahiro Yamamoto is a multidisciplinary artist and choreographer. His current conceptual investigations revolve around phenomenological effects of time, embodied approach to the presence of nothingness, and the social/emotional implications of visibility. He has received support from Creative Capital, New England Foundation for the Arts, Bogliasco Foundation, Oregon Community Foundation, MacDowell, NCCAkron, National Performance Network, Japan Foundation, Regional Arts & Culture Council, Africa Contemporary Arts Consortium and others. His performance and visual art works have been presented at Tufts University Art Galleries, Portland Art Museum, Portland Institute for Contemporary Art, Diverseworks, Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, The Henry Art Gallery, GoDown Arts Centre Nairobi among other venues. Yamamoto holds an MFA in Visual Studies from Pacific Northwest College of Art. He co-directs the performance company madhause with Ben Evans, and is part of the Portland-based support group Physical Education with Allie Hankins, keyon gaskin, and Lu Yim.
Takahiro’s knowledge base includes
- Performance Art
- Conceptual Art
- Post-Structuralist Theories
- Contemporary Art
- Dance
- Postmodernism
- Non-Fiction writing
- Professional Practice
- Devised Theatre
- Interdisciplinary Practice
- Independent Publishing
- Independent Art Collective and Curation
