ABOUT
Takako Yoshikawa was born in Osaka. She developed a unique sensitivity
based on the energy she interacted with while traveling the world. As an
artistic creator, she has taken part in a number of branding projects for
major companies, and as a designer has won numerous international
awards abroad, such as in Germany and Italy.
Her artistic endeavors began abruptly at the beginning of 2018. She was
inspired by a mysterious feeling that arose when drawing amplified unique
shapes and symbols. She would become absorbed in the creation by the
brush tip more rapidly than the registering of that image in her mind.
She creates abstract paintings resembling proliferating cells, which are
composed of boars, swirls, triangles, dots, lines, curves, and other unique
shapes. The abstract artwork has a definite “starting point” and from
there, develops one part at a time without hesitation and finally reach its
completion.
There are the monochrome art drawn with pen on paper, as well as the
rich acrylic colors on canvas. For several months in the spring and
summer of 2019, she immersed herself in creative activities on Oahu,
during which period the colors became increasingly more vivid, and she
began to create works inspired by plants.
After the world went into lockdown in 2020, she visited Kyoto, where the
number of tourists decreased sharply. There, Nishikigoi (colored carp)
caught her eye. She became fascinated with the way those carp swam,
and for many days went to watch them swim. That was when she realized
she desired to draw them, and it was the first time for her to depict
concrete figures. The dynamic, bold, and yet simple paintings of the carp
has drawn much attention since then.
Around this time, she began to want to paint auspicious images which
would increase “energy”, such as a treasure ship with an abstract
depiction of the Seven Lucky Gods, or a series consisted of vigorously
prospering wondrous leaves.
TAKAKO YOSHIKAWA Exhibition Wonderful 2022 (TOYO KITCHEN STYLE OSAKA)
TAKAKO YOSHIKAWA Exhibition 2021 (Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae ARTE CASA)
TAKAKO YOSHIKAWA Exhibition 2022 (Nagoya Mitsukoshi Sakae ARTE CASA)
The major international design awards include "Red Dot Award 2018”,"German Design Award 2019”, "A'design Award 2019”, "A'design Award 2020”, and "German Design Award 2022”.
| July 2018 | Received “Red Dot Award 2018” |
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| February 2019 | Received “German Design Award 2019” |
| March to June 2019 | Art activities in Oahu, Hawaii |
| May 2019 | Received “Golden A'design Award 2019” |
| November 2019 | Recommended as DESIGN HERO for “A’design Award” |
| March 2020 | TAKAKO YOSHIKAWA exhibition at Mitsukoshi Sakae ARTE CASA in Nagoya |
| May 2020 | Received “Silver A'design Award 2020” |
| August 2020 | Nominated for “German Design Award 2021” |
| December 2021 | Received “German Design Award 2022” with Special Mention |
| March 2022 | TAKAKO YOSHIKAWA exhibition at Mitsukoshi Sakae ARTE CASA in Nagoya |
| April 2022 | Received “A’Design Award Bronze” and “A’design Award 2022” |
| October 2022 | TAKAKO YOSHIKAWA Exhibition WONDERFUL held at TOYO KITCHEN STYLE Osaka |
| April 2023 | TAKAKO YOSHIKAWA Exhibition AMAZING held at TOYO KITCHEN STYLE Nagoya |
| April 2023 | Performs first live painting in a real-time event at the solo exhibition WONDERFUL. Created “Voltex” F100 |
| September 2023 | Solo exhibition FANTASTIC held for 2nd consecutive year in TOYO KITCHEN STYLE Osaka, held for 96 days, the longest exhibition period until then, open until December 26th of the year. |
| September 2023 | Live painting performance on the stage at the World Peace Festival 2023 in Tsu Country Club. Created two F120 pieces,"Amaterasu" and "Toyoukebime" during the one hour live painting. |
| December 2023 | Received “German Design Award 2024” |