Takashi Hilferink bio

I live and work in Toronto. I love Canada (or Turtle Island), beer, dogs, graffiti, long walks on train tracks by the bomb shelter…

Experiences at present which compel me to make work:

• that capital (the means to ‘surplus’) is fundamental to scarcity; that art institutions often function to preserve the “scarcity” of artistic skill or talent.

• hamburgers, hoodies and high art alike – the means, methods and origins of our consumer goods go largely unacknowledged and are often hidden from view.

• that North American cultures seem characterized by an almost complete amnesia and poor sense of agency.

• that the widening gulfs between theory and application (in most things anyway) may have ever been this great – but never this multivalent

Exhibitions

2010

• Queen West Art Crawl (Trinity Bellwoods Park) September 18 – 19

• Junction Arts Festival (Triple Z)  September 10 – 12

• The Nesting Habit (South of 60 Arts Centre) July 16 – August 1.  with Catherine Toth and Cara Bleskie

2009

• Fake Future (@ Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum) December 11 – 13.

• Loiterers (@ Gordon Daniel Gallery)  July 9 – 20.

2008

• CONTACT w/ Northeast Collective (@ the Gladstone Hotel) May 1- 31.
• Articulations. (@ Niagara Gallery) April 9 – 19.
• Racing Thoughts.  (@ the Propeller Centre) April 3 – 13.

2007

• FARrAGO. (@ 9 Ossington) September 19 – October 13
• Opus. (@ Whippersnapper Gallery) April 2 – 13.
• Kunsthaus Tacheles. January 10 – March 5.
  Berlin, Germany.

2006

• HYPOCRITE. (@ Le Prison) October 23 – December 2. Vevey, Switzerland.
• Media Darling. (@ the Propeller Centre) April 12 – 22.
• Looks Like/Seems to Be. (@ Lennox Contemporary) April 4 – 16.

2005

• Random Super Fun. (@ the Goldfarb Gallery) October 23 – 29.

Collections

• 2010:  Mural for CROW Art Design Build @ 2968 Dundas West.
• 2008:  Commemorative mural for the residents of the Unitarian House (Ottawa, Ontario).
• 2007:  Commissioned portraits for private clients.

Publications

• Gelinas, Ben. “Web of art on display at Barber Gallery”. Guelph Mercury May 2007: A4
• Gloin, Douglas. “Webs of Mystery”. Barry’s Bay This Week September 2006: 10

Education

2008: BFA with Honours at York University.