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23 Nov–22 Dec 2024Ichi Tashiro is an artist whose practice centres on experimentation with materials, layering, and the interplay between additive and subtractive processes on a plane surface. Entirely self-taught, his approach to production is rooted in movement, instinct, and an intuitive response to the properties of his materials and tools. His works resemble improvised compositions, with each piece contributing to an ongoing narrative of his stylistic evolution.
Tashiro’s early works were collages composed of images and text cut from newspapers, books, and magazines, forming layered textures and imagined narratives. After working in this style for several years, he shifted focus to the material surface itself—particularly the interaction between two- and three-dimensional planes. Through carving and mark-making, he began cutting and gouging into wooden surfaces, layering them with paper, pigments, inks, and found materials to create abstract compositions of colour and form.