Jacob Hashimoto (b. 1973) is an American contemporary artist known for his immersive installations and intricately constructed wall works composed of modular, handcrafted elements, most notably his bamboo-and-paper “kite” structures. Born in Greeley, Colorado, Hashimoto currently lives and works in New York.

Hashimoto earned his B.F.A. from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago in 1996, where he developed an interdisciplinary approach that merged painting, sculpture, craft traditions, and architectural space. His work draws upon diverse influences including modernist abstraction, landscape painting, video game aesthetics, and Japanese artisanal practices, reflecting both personal heritage and global visual culture.

Best known for his large-scale suspended installations, Hashimoto assembles thousands of individual kite-like components into expansive environments that hover between painting and sculpture. These layered compositions evoke aerial landscapes, atmospheric phenomena, and imagined digital terrains, encouraging viewers to move through and experience shifting relationships of light, depth, and perspective. Themes of nature, cosmology, and the increasingly blurred boundary between physical and virtual worlds are central to his practice.

In addition to his signature kite works, Hashimoto has explored collage, printmaking, and sculptural constructions that extend his investigation of repetition and modular form. His work has been exhibited internationally in museums and galleries across the United States, Europe, and Asia, and is included in numerous public and private collections. Through his fusion of meticulous craftsmanship and monumental scale, Hashimoto has established a distinctive voice within contemporary installation and abstract art.