Tkaronto (Toronto) and Kjipuktuk (Halifax)
takashi.hilferink@gmail.com / Instagram: @tacklbox
MFA - NSCAD University 2021
BFA - York University 2008
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
Spectral Estates. The Ross Creek Centre for the Arts. Canning, Nova Scotia.
2021
Spectral Estates. The Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2009
Loiterers. Gordon Daniel Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2021
Unpunctuated. The Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Forever Home. Wonder’neath Art Society. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
2020
Fresh Paint and New Construction. Art Mûr. Montreal, Quebec.
2019
Not Everybody* is a Painter. The Anna Leonowens Gallery. Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Comfort In. Samara Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
The Kensington Market Art Fair. Kensington Market. Toronto, Ontario.
Dundas West Fest. Elephant in the Attic. Toronto, Ontario.
2018
The Landscape. Gallery 1313. Toronto, Ontario.
QWAC Art Show and Fundraiser. Steamwhistle Roundhouse Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2017
Why The @#&! Do You Paint? The Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, Ontario.
Queen West Art Crawl. Trinity Bellwoods Park. Toronto, Ontario.
2013
Patio Art Show. Guu Saka Bar. Toronto, Ontario.
2012
Everything is Fine Here... Earl Selkirk Gallery at ARTiculations. Toronto, Ontario.
2011
What Would Nam Jun Do? Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum. Cincinnati, Ohio.
2010
Queen West Art Crawl. Trinity Bellwoods Park. Toronto, Ontario.
Junction Arts Festival. Triple Z. Toronto, Ontario.
The Nesting Habit (with Catherine Toth and Cara Bleskie). South of 60 Arts Centre. Barry’s Bay, Ontario.
2009
Fake Future. Museum Gallery/Gallery Museum. Cincinnati, Ohio.
2008
CONTACT (with Northeast Collective). Gladstone Hotel. Toronto, Ontario.
Articulations. Niagara Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
Racing Thoughts. The Propeller Centre for Visual Arts. Toronto, Ontario.
2007
Selected paintings hung at Kunsthaus Tacheles. Berlin, Germany.
FARrAGO. 9 Ossington St. Toronto, Ontario.
Opus. Whippersnapper Gallery. Toronto, Ontario.
2006
HYPOCRITE. Le Prison, Rue du Panorama 4. Vevey, Switzerland.
Media Darling. The Propeller Centre for Visual Arts. Toronto, Ontario.
Looks Like/Seems To Be. Lennox Contemporary. Toronto, Ontario.
PUBLICATIONS
Korbila, Maria. “Voice of Artists.” Artit Magazine, Issue #8. July 2019.
Suzuki, Dawn. “Takashi Hilferink on Fleeting Mortality and the Material World.” Nikkei Voice July 2016.
Butty, Christina. “Jekyll & Hyde Exhibits”. Trendhunter Magazine. July 16, 2009.
Gelinas, Ben. “Web of art on display at Barber Gallery”. Guelph Mercury May 2007: A4
Gloin, Douglas. “Webs of Mystery”. Barry’s Bay This Week September 2006: 10
AWARDS
MFA Scholarship, NSCAD University, 2019
People’s Choice Award, Queen West Art Crawl, 2017
COLLECTIONS
The Art Bank of Nova Scotia
York University
Private Collections