James Harris Gallery | Lena Takamori "Light and Pit"

Lena Takamori "Light and Pit"

May 29, 2024—July 20, 2024 | Reception Saturday June 1st, 4-6PM

James Harris Gallery is pleased to present our first solo exhibition by American artist Lena Takamori who currently lives in the United Kingdom. Working primarily in ceramics, her small-scale sculptures are culled from her imagination. Titled “Light and Pit”, this exhibition explores the artist’s interest in liminality as the point where light and darkness merge. Her figurative work is an investigation of the female body. The figures emerge into perceptibility as well as bare the bones that give the body its strength. Takamori’s landscapes of a tree, house or clouds become aesthetic thresholds wherein she visualizes the moments of transition.

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Lena Takamori (b.1990 in Seattle, Washington) is an artist with a background in sculpture. She received her BFA from the Cooper Union in New York and has also studied at Kyoko Seika University in Japan. Takamori currently resides in Bristol, England where she maintains her studio practice. Takamori has had solo exhibitions at Lucy Lacoste Gallery (Concord, MA), Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland. Takamori’s work has been included in group exhibitions in the US, Europe and Japan. Her work is in the collection of the Musee Ariana, Geneva Switzerland.Lena Takamori (b.1990 in Seattle, Washington) is an artist with a background in sculpture. She received her BFA from the Cooper Union in New York and has also studied at Kyoko Seika University in Japan. Takamori currently resides in Bristol, England where she maintains her studio practice. Takamori has had solo exhibitions at Lucy Lacoste Gallery (Concord, MA), Kunstforum Solothurn, Solothurn, Switzerland. Takamori’s work has been included in group exhibitions in the US, Europe and Japan. Her work is in the collection of the Musee Ariana, Geneva Switzerland.