Hisham Bharoocha
| Hisham Bharoocha | |
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| Born |
March 12, 1976 Niigata, Japan |
| Origin | Providence, Rhode Island |
| Genres | Noise rock, experimental rock |
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| Years active | 1994–present |
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| Website | hishamakirabharoocha |
Hisham Akira Bharoocha (born March 12, 1976 in Niigata, Japan) is an American musician and visual artist, best known as an ex-member of the Providence bands Lightning Bolt and Black Dice. Currently, Bharoocha is involved in his band Soft Circle and works as an artist in New York City.
Hisham was born in Niigata, Japan to a Japanese mother and Burmese father. As a newborn, the family moved to Tokyo, and then to Toronto when he was two, then to Los Angeles when he was six, and spent the rest of his elementary school years in San Diego. Bharoocha's mother moved the family back to Tokyo after his father died of cancer. It was at this time he began to study the bass guitar and found an interest in heavy metal.
After graduating from high school, Bharoocha attended the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in Providence, Rhode Island, where he studied various art forms such as video and photography.
In addition to music, Hisham is also a visual artist and photographer. He 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 Artforum, V, i-D, Flaunt, Tokion, and more.
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