Artist
Irisawa Taku
Untitled. 2021. Wood. Installation view from Geidai Factory Lab 2017–2021: Material Complex, Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2021. H. 150, W. 300, D. 150 cm.
Formation. 2022. Wood. Installation view from Kaika Tokyo Award 2022, Kaika Tokyo by The Share Hotels, 2022. H. 200, W. 160, D. 180 cm.
Irisawa studied carpentry at graduate school before going on to develop an original wedging technique, which he uses to create versatile installations from thinly cut strips of wood. The wedging allows his works to be easily assembled or disassembled. Irisawa constantly plays with his wedge design, creating works with an effortless sense of spontaneity that shift and expand in response to the installation space. His work for this exhibition consists of an organic, crisscrossing form that freely fills a shoin study at Natadera Temple.
Profile
Irisawa Taku
Born in 1985 in Gunma Prefecture. He completed an MFA in woodworking at the Tokyo University of the Arts in 2012 and opened his own studio in Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, in 2021. A professional carpenter, Irisawa’s art focuses on carpentry and joinery techniques. His past exhibitions include the Kaika Tokyo Award 2022 (Kaika Tokyo), Geidai Factory Lab 2017–2021: Material Complex (University Art Museum Chinretsukan Gallery, Tokyo University of the Arts, 2021), and Derived Technology: Between Art and Design—From Handicraft to High Technology (Tokyo University of the Arts Toride Campus, Agency for Cultural Affairs Educational Project for Emerging Artists, 2013).