Taku Obata

Japanese artist born in 1980. Graduate of Tokyo University of the Arts. Lives and works in Saitama (Japan). Former member of the "Unityselections" dance group in the 90's, he transmits his passion in works influenced by hip-hop and b-boy cultures. He then created his own iconography, made up of stylized, geometric characters performing various dances. A multidisciplinary artist, Taku Obata also seeks to revive ancestral Japanese techniques.