Takashi Kawashima is a designer and media artist living in San Francisco. His work explores the re-contextualizing of commonplace items to create new awareness of the mundane. Takashi was featured as one of ten emerging artists in the March/April 2004 issue of RES magazine in an article entitled “Who’s Now/Who’s Next.” His work has been shown in the One Show Interactive, Ars Electronica, Siggraph and Sónar Music Festival, to name a few. Takashi received his BA in Information Technology with a Dean’s Award from Keio University in Japan and MFA in Design | Media Arts from UCLA in the U.S. He is the recipient of a Japanese Government overseas study program grant for artists and a licensed chef in Japan.

Selected Honors

2010
One Show Interactive – Bronze (Sprint Center Wall Installation)
One Show Interactive – Merit (Resotweetion)
Djerassi Resident Artists Program, Woodside, CA., Resident Artist
Asahi Foundation Artist Grant

2009
One Show Interactive – Silver (Ten Thousand Cents)
Finalist for Experimental category, South by Southwest Interactive Festival

2008
Jury Recommended Work- 2008 Japan Media Arts Festival
Bronze Prize, Adobe Prize – Yahoo! Japan Internet Creative Award

2007
Jury Recommended Work- 2007 Japan Media Arts Festival

2006
Jury Recommended Work- 2006 Japan Media Arts Festival
Bronze Award – :output09, Germany
UCLA Regents Stipend

2005
Grand Prize – Digital Art Award 2005, Tokyo Japan
Excellent Award – Asia Digital Art Award, Fukuoka Japan
Honorable Mention – :output08, Germany
Jury Recommended Work- 2005 Japan Media Arts Festival
Japanese Government overseas study program Artist Grant
UCLA Regents Stipend

Selected Exhibitions, Performances, Screenings

2010
Re:Group: Beyond Models of Consensus, Eyebeam New York
2009
South by Southwest , Austin

2008
Japan Media Arts Festival , Tokyo Japan
Ars Electronica, Linz Austria
Sónar “SonarMática,” Barcelona Spain
SIGGRAPH ASIA Art Gallery. Singapore

2007
SIGGRAPH 2007 Art Gallery, San Diego USA
Joe Dark Shadow Theater, Joshua Tree USA
Joe Dark Shadow Theater: Contemporary Puppet Videos & Art – Seminal Projects, San Diego USA
Japan Media Arts Festival , Tokyo Japan

2006
Ars Electronica, Linz Austria
Electrofrienge, New Castle,Australia
ACM Multimedia 2006, Santa Barbara USA
Tokyo Type Directors Club, Ginza Graphic Gallery Tokyo Japan
VIPER International Festival for Film Video and New Media – Basel, Switzerland.
MFA exhibition “Lost in Border,” New Wight Gallery, Los Angeles USA
Japan Media Arts Festival , Tokyo Japan

2005
Digital Art Festival (DAF) TOKYO, Tokyo Japan
ACM Multimedia 2005, Singapore
NHK TV show “Digital Stadium,” Tokyo
Microsoft Design Expo 2005, Seattle USA
Hull Film Festival, Hull UK

2004
Los Angeles International Short Film Festival, Los Angeles USA.
Newport Beach Film Festival, Newport Beach USA