Chiho Harazaki

Having grown up in Japan, Chiho Harazaki lives and works in Los Angeles as a tape artist. She cuts adhesive tape into tiny pieces with a precision knife and scissors in order to compose a whole picture. This unconventional art medium gives her works unique lines, patterns, and textures, evoking the feel of modern graphic design while also lending itself to works reminiscent of traditional Japanese arts like woodcut and paper cutting. Synthesizing elements of Eastern and Western, traditional and modern culture in her art, Chiho's work reveals her unique and distinctive personality and identity.

Chiho's artwork has been exhibited individually and collectively, including at the Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Art Share L.A, and the Japanese Friendship Garden in San Diego. She has also been commissioned to create large-scale installations for the Japanese American Cultural & Community Center in Los Angeles, the City of Santa Clarita, as well as for commercial clients like John Lobb.

Solo Exhibitions
2023-08 - Saddleback College, Mission Viejo, CA
2023-07 - Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA (Duo exhibition)
2022-05 - Canyon Country Community Center, Santa Clarita, CA
2021-10 - Art Space at Town Center, Valencia, CA
2021-05 - The Japanese Friendship Garden, Balboa Park San Diego, CA
2019-08 - Remembering Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Blue Whale
Los Angeles, CA
2018-08 SOVO//Magazine, Venice, CA

Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 Bendix Building, DTLA, CA
2020 The Progress Gallery, Pomona, CA
2020 Santa Clarita City Hall, Santa Clarita, CA
2019 Windows of Little Tokyo 2019, JACCC, Los Angeles
2019 WE RISE, Art District, Los Angeles, CA
2019 Open I Art Space, Santa Barbara, CA
2019 SoLA Contemporary Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2018 Windows of Little Tokyo 2018, JACCC, CA
2016 LA Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA