Background: Noritaka Tatehana, famous for creating the “no heel” heel shoe where popular artist, Lady Gaga was wearing in one of her performances. Born in 1985, in Tokyo a city called Kamakura, Tatehana graduated from Tokyo University of the arts and graduated with his bachelors degree. His family comes from the business of running a public boathouse called “Kabuki-yu”. Tatehana has shown his art in Japanese fashion for over 30 years now.
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Noritaka Tatehana has persisted in fusing elements of traditional Japanese culture into his works, even outside of his heel-free footwear. 'Hairpin Series' (2014–2019) reimagines the intricate hairpins of oiran at an exaggerated size as sculptures wrapped in unique patterns that resemble abstracted gates or butterflies. What I have noticed is that his art seems to be acrylic and have a pattern of using cloud art. All of his painting are all handmade and seem to be worth a lot of money.
Solo Exhibitions:
2023 “Syncretism” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan “Distance” Hagi Uragami Museum, Yamaguchi, Japan
2022 “RETHINK” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan “Primary Colors” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan 2021 “RETHINK” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
2020 “Dual Dialogue” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan “FORM AND COLOR” KAIKA TOKYO by THE SHARE HOTELS, Tokyo, Japan
2019 “It's always the others who die” POLA Museum Annex, Tokyo, Japan “NORITAKA TATEHANA: Refashioning Beauty” Portland Japanese Garden, Oregon, USA “WOODCUTS” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
2018 “Beyond the Vanishing Point” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan “Noritaka Tatehana & the Art of Japanese Scents” Kudan House, Tokyo, Japan
2017 “NORITAKA TATEHANA: RETHINK” OMOTESANDO HILLS space O, Tokyo, Japan “NORITAKA TATEHANA: CAMELLIA FIELDS” KOSAKU KANECHIKA, Tokyo, Japan
2016 “NORITAKA TATEHANA: Aesthetics of Magic” Taro Okamoto Memorial Museum, Tokyo, Japan
2015 “NORITAKA TATEHANA: TRACES OF A CONTINUING HISTORY” Wakeijuku Foundation, Tokyo, Japan
2014 “NORITAKA TATEHANA Solo Exhibition” 8/ ART GALLERY/ Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
https://www.noritakatatehana.com/biography/