Suzuki Takako (b. 1984, Japan) received her training at Meiji University, Tokyo, and Emily Carr College of Art & Design, Vancouver. Her practice translates everyday sensory experience into a distinctive visual language of elongated human figures and whimsical creatures inhabiting worlds where humans and animals coexist freely. Central to her work is an interrogation of contradiction: through abstracted figures that are human, animal, or hybrid, apparent simplicity gives way to notes of vulgarity, folly, and absurdity, prompting viewers to examine their own assumptions. In this way, Suzuki elevates the ephemeral pleasures of ordinary life into an open and quietly profound artistic language.
Solo exhibitions When your shining eyes touch mine, a story blooms between you and me, ATELIER AKI, Seoul (2024); We Will Meet Up Soon!, Lorin Gallery, LA (2022); Ambiguous Us, Lorin Gallery, LA (2020); Nympholepsy Cider, HK (2018).
Group exhibitions gyroid resonance, Spiral Garden, Tokyo (2025); grid next 2025, AWASE gallery, Tokyo (2025); UNFOLDING, ATELIER AKI gallery, Seoul (2025); Drawing Show #3, ARTAIGA, Tokyo (2025); ART TAIPEI, with Lucie Chang Fine Arts, Taipei, Taiwan (2025); Art Central HK, with ATELIER AKI, HK (2025); ART BUSAN, with ATELIER AKI, Busan (2025); Exploring the Boundaries of Reality and Imagination, RE’VAN Art Space, China (2024); Exhibition Maker, WATARI-UM, Tokyo (2024); ART BUSAN, with ATELIER AKI, Seoul (2024); Kiaf Seoul, with ATELIER AKI, Seoul (2024); West Bund Art & Design, with ATELIER AKI, China (2024); Art Central HK, with Lorin Gallery, HK (2023); CHRONICLES VOL5, Galerie Droste, Germany (2022); Art Central HK, with Lorin Gallery, HK (2022); Kiaf Seoul, with Lorin Gallery, Seoul (2022); Asia Now, with Lorin Gallery, Paris (2022); Art Central HK, with Lorin Gallery, HK (2021) ; Kiaf Seoul, with Lorin Gallery, Seoul (2021); Without Warning, Lorin gallery, LA (2020).