About Artist

HASHI　<< Yasuomi Hashimura >>
Yasuomi Hashimura was born in 1945 in Osaka, Japan. He moved to the U.S. in 1968, and established Hashi Studio in New York in 1974. Working for a multitude of advertising agencies in America and around the world, he has created images for over five hundred of the world's top corporations.

On the other hand, Hashi has been continuously creating fine art photography, exercising his unique perspective. In 1985, his work titled “Rainbow in Space” was created for WFUNA (World Federation of United Nations Associations) as a limited edition art print to accompany the commemorative stamp issue honoring the United Nations University. Posters were subsequently produced and its title was translated into seven languages. Previous selections for United Nations limited edition art prints have included such legendary artists as Salvador Dali, Joan Miró, Keith Haring, and Andy Warhol. Among other representative works of Hashi include Cheers (selected for Esquire Magazine's Fiftieth Anniversary Poster), Four Stones, Buffalo Dream, “Native American” series, and the “Future Déjà vu” series that express the world of HASHIGRAPHY, and “moment's eternity” that represent his Action Still Life works. In 2008, Hashi also opened a studio in Tokyo, Japan and has begun new projects in his native country.

Action Still Life
Action Still Life were comprised of moments that cannot be perceived by humans eyes and only captured by super high-speed strobes that flash at 1/100,000 second or a millionth of a second. According to Hashi, “From the perspective of the history of the earth which is said to be 4.6 billion years, a human life is as short as the moments that the super high-speed strobes used to take Action Still Life flashes for. The length of time is very much relative. Regardless of how finely it is captured, each moment is packed with countless dramas and incidents.” The works represent Hashi's passion to the “moment's eternity.”

HASHIGRAPHY
HASHIGRAPHY is the original expression of Hashi that is a mixture of photographic methods and painting techniques. Utilizing film negatives, using a unique processing technique, Hashi’s works are intentionally expressed in “a touch of accumulated time.” The commonality that runs through all HASHIGRAPHY works is a concept beyond time. “Landscapes of the 21st century that would have been discovered in a thousand years.” Hashi hopes the viewers “at present” see his works imagining as if they exist a thousand years from now. HASHIGRAPHY is to be a trigger to remind the viewers of the existence of a grand time-line, feeling an unexplainable sense of nostalgia, and openness to an unknown world, enjoying the feeling of time slipping to a still unseen world.

●Solo Exhibitions

2009 “ROME: Future Déjà Vu”　National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
2006 “a moment’s eternity & future déjà vu“　Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Photography, Tokyo
1989 Seibu Yurakucho Art Forum, Tokyo
1985 Mikimoto Gallery, Tokyo
1985 United Nations, New York

●Group Exhibitions

1998 International Exhibition of Photography & Related Visual Arts,
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan
1997 International Exhibition of Photography & Related Visual Arts,
National Taiwan Arts Education Institute, Taiwan
1989 New York 5, New York Art Directors Club, New York

●Publications

Hashigraphy: Rome: Future Déjà Vu (2009)
Still Life: a moment’s eternity (2006)
Hashigraphy: future déjà vu (2006)
The Eternity of a 100,000th of a Second with text by Wahei Tatematsu, Photos by Hashi (2006)
Still Lifes (1989)
On Burma (1989)
American Indians (1989)