Hisham Akira Bharoocha (NYC, Immigrant Identity, Music & Visual Art Practices)

Hisham Akira Bharoocha is a Japanese born multimedia artist based in Brooklyn New York . Bharoocha works in various mediums creating large scale mural paintings, drawings, collage, sound, installation work, and performance. He has had solo exhibitions in Japan, New York and The Netherlands, not to mention the countless group exhibitions his work has been displayed around the world. Bharoocha is known for being one of the founding members of the experimental rock group Black Dice (1997-2004) alongside other bands he was a member of such as Pixeltan, Soft Circle, IIII, Boredoms (live show member 2007-2015) Currently Bharoocha is a member of Kill Alters. He creates electronically focused music under the name YOKUBARI, performing live under his own name using drums and Sensory Percussion drum sensors. Bharoocha has performed at renowned spaces such as Rockefeller Center, MoMA, MoCA, The Sydney Opera House (Australia), MoMA PS1, Barbican (London) to name a few, organizing large scale performances including up to 100 musicians, mainly drummers performing together.

IG: https://www.instagram.com/softcircle/

TW: https://twitter.com/HishamBharoocha

Fine Art: https://www.hishamakirabharoocha.com

Commercial Work: https://www.hugoandmarie.com/artists/hisham-akira-bharoocha/

Solo Performance: https://hishamakirabharoocha.bandcamp.com/album/live-at-h0l0-01-31-2020-2

Solo Electronic: https://chinabot.bandcamp.com/album/sakai

Band (Kill Alters): https://killalters.bandcamp.com/track/time-warp

DJ Mixes: https://www.mixcloud.com/YOKUBARI_SoftCircle/

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