Hisham Akira Bharoocha
Hisham Akira Bharoocha is an artist currently based in Brooklyn, New York. He concentrates on creating music, visual art, and photography. Bharoocha has had solo exhibitions of his work at D’Amelio Terras gallery in New York, as well as Vleeshal, a state run space in The Netherlands. He has been in numerous group exhibitions at galleries such as Deitch Projects, John Connelly Presents, and Yerba Buena Center for the Arts. His work has been published in Art Forum, V, i-D, Flaunt, Tokion, Dossier to name a few. Hisham is well known in the underground music scene for being a founding member of the bands Lightning Bolt and Black Dice. After leaving Black Dice, he created Soft Circle, a solo project that allowed him a more personal exploration of his own musical interests. His first solo album, 'Full Bloom' was released in January 2007 on Eastern Developments. He has a split 12 inch release with High Places that came out in July 2009 on PPM. Soft Circle is now a duo consisting of Bharoocha and Ben Vida (Bird Show/Singer) and they are working on a new album which will come out in the Spring of 2010. Hisham has collaborated with artists such as Doug Aitken on a sound piece that was performed at MoMA during his 'Sleep Walkers' installation, as well as musicians such as the experimental rock group Boredoms in which he helped organize the legendary 77 BOADRUM (which happened on 7/07/07 where 77 drummers performed with the band in Dumbo Brooklyn), 88 BOADRUM (which happened on 08/08/08 where 88 drummers performed with Boredoms in LA, 88 drummers playing with Gang Gang Dance in NYC at the same time) and 9 BOADRUM performances (which happened on 9/09/09 where 9 drummers performed with the band as well as other dates including playing the ATP Festival curated by Flaming Lips).
