'Camouflage Skulls (Rainforest Camo) (Dark Green / Yellow)', 2020

Artist Skateboard / Skate Deck

This Rainforest Camo skateboard deck is a collaboration between contemporary Japanese artist Takashi Murakami and Tonari no Zingaro Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan. Made of maple wood. Dimensions (approx.): 32" x 8-1/4" x 1/2" (81 x 21 x 1.5 cm). © Takashi Murakami / Kaikai Kiki Co., Ltd. BRAND NEW / Excellent condition in original packaging (shrink-wrap).

'Takashi Murakami: Past Precious' will be on exhibit at Kaikai Kiki Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 7/26 - 8/7/2023.

In addition, 'Takashi Murakami: Unfamiliar People — Swelling of Monsterized Human Ego' will be on view at the Asian Art Museum, San Francisco, CA, 9/15/2023 - 2/12/2024.

'Takashi Murakami: An Arrow through History' recently had simultaneous presentations spanning two of Gagosian's New York galleries (2022).

In addition, 'Takashi Murakami: Stepping on the Tail of a Rainbow' was recently on view at The Broad, Los Angeles, CA (2022).

Takashi Murakami was born in 1962 in Tokyo, where he lives and works. Collections include 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan; Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA; San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, CA; and Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.

Recent institutional exhibitions include Murakami Versailles, Château de Versailles, France (2010); Murakami: The 500 Arhats, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo, Japan (2015); Murakami by Murakami, Astrup Fearnley Museet, Oslo, Norway (2017); The Deep End of the Universe, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY; Under the Radiation Falls, Garage Museum of Contemporary Art, Moscow, Russia (2017); The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, IL (2017, traveled to Vancouver Art Gallery, Canada, and Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX, in 2018).

Murakami is the founder of Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd., an art production and art management corporation, which both produces his work and functions as a supportive environment for emerging artists.