Shallow performing electronics with Fujima Yoshinojo at Harris Theater Chicago, courtesy of Studiothread

Takashi Shallow (he/they/it) is a socially specific artist* whose experiments test notions of medium and taxonomy. His ongoing projects include operating the label Gesamt, organizing Percent–a collective of mixed-race artists–and independently publishing Insider Art, a series of provocations. Dazed Digital includes Shallow in the article 10 of the best Chicago artists right now, and he has received fellowships and residencies at spaces like The Arts Club of Chicago, The Cliff Dwellers, Villa Albertine, and Fondation Fiminco. It shows work and collaborates with venues and platforms like Links Hall (r.i.p.), Elastic Arts, Homeroom Chicago, AIRMW, Chicago International Film Festival, FPE Records, Archer Ballroom, and Evoke Gallery. Shallow’s transdisciplinary practice lends them to have taught across departments including art, theater, media, design, education, and music. It is a lecturer at the University of Chicago where Shallow has introduced new topics to the curriculum including video game sound production, experimental DJing, and multimedia fashion design.

Portfolio and CV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1TzX5R4CrjL2keJ3JKpYwLnv3qCXpWmwI

Contact Shallow at senseishallow@gmail.com

*Literary critic Andrew Dorkin once combined the terms “socially engaged art” and “site specificity” to describe Shallow’s work during an artist talk.