Artist Profile - Haroshi

The talented sculptor Haroshi, gives us an introspective tour of his Tokyo studio, life and creative process, as he prepares the prototype sculpture for the POW!WOW! Hawaii art festival.

HAROSHI.
Haroshi was born in 1978 in Tokyo, Japan. He has been skating ever since his transition from childhood to adolescence, and he still does. During these years, Haroshi gathered a very impressive knowledge about the skateboard anatomy – about its parts: decks, trucks and wheels, the way they are connected and how they function together. The complete absence of the formal art education, he compensates with the enormous passion for skateboarding and his proven talent and a unique artistic vision. Haroshi’s freedom of expression comes from the DIY ethos of skate culture he follows in creating works of art from old skateboards used to the utmost, inspired by the striking and stylish pop-culture images.