Masaru Takiguchi

Masaru "Taki" Takiguchi (born 1941 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese-born American artist and arts educator, based in Texas. He is best known for his sculpture, his work is often abstract and made of wood, stone or metal.

Biography Takiguchi received a B.A. degree in 1964 and M.A. degree in 1966 from Kyoto City University of Arts. Takiguchi outdoor sculpture is included in the following collections; Blaffer Art Museum with the works Orbit I and Orbit II, and Austin College with the work Quest.

He specialized in sculpting large abstract and semi-abstract pieces in stone; often using granite and other dense, heavy igneous rocks. He was a regular on the social scene in the Montrose–area of Houston and was very popular in the local artist community.