Haroshi

{{Short description|Japanese artist}} '''Haroshi''' (born 1978, Tokyo) is a Japanese artist.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Branch|first=John|last2=Lee|first2=Chang W.|date=2020-01-26|title=Japan’s Skateboarders Roll, Warily, Out of the Shadows|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/sports/olympics/skateboarding-olympics-tokyo.html|access-date=2021-05-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite web|last=Benson|first=Eben|title=Juxtapoz Magazine - Haroshi: The Building Blocks of Life|url=https://www.juxtapoz.com/news/magazine/features/haroshi-the-building-blocks-of-life/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=www.juxtapoz.com|language=en-gb}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Branch|first=John|date=2020-01-26|title=The Stories Their Skateboards Could Tell|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/sports/olympics/japan-skateboarding-tokyo-olympics.html|access-date=2021-05-26|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Haroshi's sculptural works are primarily constructed out of recycled skate decks.<ref name=":1">{{cite web|last1=Lendrum|first1=Alex|date=2016-05-12|title=Haroshi Transforms Skater Trash Into Fine Art Treasure|url=https://hypebeast.com/2016/5/haroshi-skate-art-interview-transforms-decks-into-sculptures|website=HYPEBEAST}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2015-02-12|title=Haroshi "Still Pushing Despite the Odds" Exhibition @ Jonathan LeVine Gallery|url=https://hypebeast.com/2015/2/haroshi-still-pushing-despite-the-odds-exhibition-jonathan-levine-gallery|access-date=2021-05-26|website=HYPEBEAST}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Artist Carves Stacked Skateboard Decks Into a Colorful Collection of Sculptures|url=https://mymodernmet.com/haroshi-skateboard-art/|access-date=2021-05-26|website=mymodernmet.com}}</ref>

== Creative practice == In addition to sculpture, Haroshi is a collector, painter, architect, and industrial designer.<ref name=":0" /> Haroshi's art studio in located in the outskirts of Tokyo.<ref name=":0" /> Haroshi sources the skateboards he uses in his sculptures from his skater friends and skate shops he is friendly with.<ref name=":1" /> He had the idea to use skateboards as a sculptural materials one day when he was staring at a stack of used skateboard decks in his room.<ref name=":0" /> Haroshi has also collaborated with MediCom and Karimoku Furniture to create bearbrick toys. <ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-12-27|title=Haroshi and Karimoku Reunite for Another Medicom Toy BE@RBRICK Collaboration|url=https://hypebeast.com/2020/12/haroshi-karimoku-medicom-toy-bearbrick-vertical-collaboration-release-info|access-date=2021-08-07|website=HYPEBEAST}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Haroshi}} Category:1978 births Category:Living people Category:Artists from Tokyo Category:Japanese contemporary artists Category:Artist skateboarders Category:21st-century Japanese sculptors