HISHAM AKIRA BHAROOCHA
Born March 12, 1976, Niigata, Japan

Education
1994-1998    BFA, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island USA

Solo Exhibitions

2007  Vleeshal, Feel The Light, curated by Ton Van Gool, Middelburg, The Netherlands.

2006   D'Amelio Terras gallery, SETS, New York, NY.

Group Exhibitions

2009  Fuse Gallery, Animalania, curated by Aliya Naumoff, New York, NY

2008  James Fuentes LLC, 8 1/2 x 11 / A4, New York, NY

2008  Normal Space, Chicago, IL

2008  Mountain Fold Gallery, Anti-Hero, curated by Hisham A. Bharoocha                         
          and Ports Bishop, New York, NY

2008  Luggage Store Gallery, Kick Out The Jams, San Francisco, CA

2007  Galerie Frank Elbaz, Deaf 2 "From the Audible to the Visible" curated by Peter
           Coffin, Paris, France

2007  Jack Hanley gallery, The Innocent Gaze curated by Dina Pugh, San Franscisco,  
           CA

2007  Alt. Gallery, Harry Smith Remixed Anthology Collection, Newcastle, UK.

2006  Le Meridian Hotel, Project room, organized by Rene Deguzmen, San Francisco,
           CA

2006  John Connelly Presents, Kamp 48, Let's Go Camping, Curated by Scott Hug, New     
           York, NY

2006  Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, Cosmic Wonder, curated by Betty Nquyen,
            San Francisco, CA

2005  Live Through This: 2005, Book Publication Exhibition, Curated by  
            Deitch Projects, Art Basel Miami, FL

2005  PLAY: A Photographic Exploration, Curated by Alicia Mcdole and Yasha Wallin,
            Jen Bekman Project Space, New York, NY

2005  Carry On, Curated by Rich Jacobs and Abigail Scholar, Feigen         
            Contemporary, New York, NY

2005  Move #13, Curated by Rich Jacobs, Clementine Gallery, New York, NY

2004  Open Space, Curated by James Fuentes, Gavin Browne project space, New York, NY

2004  Cave Canem, John Connelly Presents, New York, NY

2003  We Are Electric, Curated by Chris Perez and Ratio 3, Deitch Projects,
            New York, NY  

 

2001  Culture Keeps A Model Brain Handy Made With Its Grain To Put In
            The Place Of Your Own, Curated by Brian Degraw, American Fine Arts Co,
            New York, NY

 

Artist Residencies

2008  Le Confort Moderne, Poitiers, France.

2007  Okra India, Hyderabad, India.

Bibliography

Books

Apocalypse / Rapture, Published by Front Forty Press, 2008

Revisionaries / A Decade of Art in Tokion, Published by Abrams Image, 2007

Live Through This NYC 2005, Published by Deitch Projects, NY, 2005

Xtreme Interiors, Concept by Courtenay Smith and Annette Ferrara, Photographs of Fort
Thunder by Hisham Bharoocha, Published by Prestel, 2003

Magazines and Advertisements

Flaunt, The Power of Ten, Issue 100, 2008
Studio Voice, Photo Books Now, Photographers curated by Hisham A. Bharoocha, Vol. 394, 2008
Flaunt, Cover story, Issue 96, 2008
Blend, 2008
Fader, Converse / Fader collaboration, 2008
i-D, Art Section, "Size Does Matter" Issue No. 275, April 2007
Riddim, Photo Issue No. 289, May 2007
Converse, advertisement artwork for Chuck Taylor All Star Slip, 2006
Elle, Phillip Lim (collaboration with), June 2006 No. 250, 2006
Bidoun, "Trancendental Ruckus", Spring/Summer 2006 Issue 07, 2006
Nylon, "Fine Tuning", Article On United Bamboo Collaborations, February 2006
i-D, "The Faith" Issue No. 260, November 2005
i-D, “ i-Do Cosmic Wonder”, The Name Issue #258, September 2005
Soma, “47 Hours On the Road”, Written and photographed by Hisham Bharoocha, Vol. 19.5 Music Issue, 2005
Tokion, “King Of Art Glen Baldridge”, Photograph by Hisham Bharoocha, September/October, 2005
Me, Guest Editor and Photographer Hisham Bharoocha, Issue #4 Summer, 2005
Tokion, “Holding Court”, Interview with Andrew Kuo, High Low Issue March/April, 2005
The Fader, “Hisham The King”, #28 March Issue, 2005
i-D, “New York”, Article on Music Compilation Curated and Designed by Hisham Bharoocha, #253 The Migration Issue/April, 2005
Trace, “Codemode”, #54 March/April, 2005
Index, “Yoshimi”, Interview by Hisham Bharoocha, February/March, 2005
K48, K48 Is An Animal Issue #5, 2004
Spin, “The Art Of Noise”, Photographs by Hisham Bharoocha, December, 2004
The Fader, “Among Natives”, November, 2004
The Fader, “Mix Tape Cds”, Review of They Keep Me Smiling Compilation Curated by Hisham Bharoocha, Issue #24 September/October, 2004
Vogue Japan, “Exoticism”, #59 July, 2004
Studio Voice, “The No New Wave”, Vol. 342 June, 2004
Switch, “Streets of N.Y. With Hi-MD Walkman”, Favorite 45 Records chosen by Hisham Bharoocha, Special NY Issue #6 Vol. 22 June, 2004
Index, “Beautiful People”, Photographed by Mark Borthwick, April/May Issue, 2004
Ryuko Tsushin, “NY Underground, United Bamboo and Black Dice”, Music x Fashion Issue Vol. 489 March, 2004
Tokion, “The Commodification Of Street Art”, Photographs by Hisham Bharoocha, #39 The Creativity Now Issue January/February, 2004
Studio Voice, “Art Book 150”, Favorite Art Books Chosen by Hisham Bharoocha, Vol. 335 November, 2003
Tokion, “Milton Glaser”, Photograph by Hisham Bharoocha, The First Class Issue November/December, 2003
Switch, “New New York”, Re:Build NYC Issue #5 Vol. 21 May, 2003
Frieze, The Sound Of Speed, Article on Black Dice Written by Dan Fox, Issue #72 January/February, 2003
Spoon Men, Boys Of Summer Issue Vol. 05, 2003
Paper, “The Year New York Broke”, June/July Issue, 2002
i-D, “It’s All In The Wrist”, Article on Black Dice, The Together Issue #216 December
2001/January, 2002

Nest, “Les Harris”, Photographed by Hisham Bharoocha, Slits And Slashes Issue Winter, 2001-2002
Nest, “Fort Thunder”, Photographs by Hisham Bharoocha, Joint Issue, Summer 2001
Self Service, “What Makes A Star Rock?”, Black Dice Photographed by Terry Richardson, New Perplexity Issue #15 Fall/Winter, 2001