Hidemi Takagi was born in Kyoto, Japan and currently living in New York City, Takagi has exhibited both nationally and internationally for several years.  Recent exhibitions have been at: The Bronx Museum (Bronx, NY), The Dollinger Art Project (Tel Aviv, Israel), Flaere Gallery, (London, UK), AC Institute (NYC, NY), Hudson Guild Gallery (NYC, NY), Longwood Art gallery (Bronx, NY), BAC gallery at Brooklyn Arts Council (Brooklyn, NY), Chambers Fine Art (NYC, NY), Dumbo Arts Center (Brooklyn, NY), White Columns (NYC, NY), and LMCC Building 110; Exhibition space. The 'Blender’ project has been selected for "Times Square Public Arts" 2011. Takagi participated in the AIM program at The Bronx Museum of the Arts in 2003 and Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Swing Space in 2010. Her work has been reviewed in Time Out Tel Aviv, Time Out New York, NY Times and Village Voice. The 'Blender' project was published on Current, the New York Foundation for the Arts magazine for artists.