Kazuhito Takadoi

Kazuhito Takadoi studied first at Hokkaido Agricultural and Horticultural School at Sapporo, Hokkaido, in Japan before moving to the United Kingdom to study for one year at The Royal Horticultural Society at Wisley. This was followed in 1997 with a one year training programme at Longwood Gardens, Pennsylvania, United States of America. In 1999, Kazuhito returned to the United Kingdom and spent a year working in a large private garden in Surrey. From there, he went on to study at Leeds Metropolitan University, graduating in 2003 with a B.A. Hons in Art and Garden Design. 

Kazuhito’s art is created from natural materials, much of which this perfectionist grows himself in his allotment. This is how Kazuhito describes his work: ‘I like the colours in Nature. I marvel at the constant changes throughout the year. I am fascinated by shadows, from the deepest black in midsummer to pale silver grey in the weak winter sun. I take joy in the slow decay when everything eventually returns to the earth, only to be re-born.

‘Some of my work is designed for outdoors and is intended to be transitory. It will eventually be re-claimed by Nature, but in return Nature will provide me with more materials for my art.’

international artist Kazuhito’s work has shown at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London; National Vlecht Museum, Holland and at Sofa, in Chicago, USA.