Ana Takahashi is a London-based makeup artist.
Beauty is her portal to create never-before-seen characters.
Channelling a high-octane vision of femininity, Takahashiββwho is of Japanese, Spanish and Brazilian descentββcreates memorable personas that destabilize the boundaries of beauty itself.
With a practice grounded in both her training in theatrical makeup, and her adolescence surrounded by our new digital reality, Takahashiβs diverse influences have a single thread at their heart: that of a kind of beauty always pushed to its most visually exciting, emotionally-resonant limits.
Possessing highly original techniques and esoteric references, Takahashiβs image making through makeup holds a mirror up to the energies of the current moment.
Takahashiβs reputation for risk-taking has led to her ongoing collaborations with genre-defying musicians like Caroline Polachek, and photographers such as Harley Weir, Elizaveta Porodina and Rafael Pavarotti.
Her clients have included Miu Miu, Balenciaga, Acne Studios, Marc Jacobs, Moncler, Isabel Marant, Blumarine, Adidas, M.A.C. Cosmetics, Stella McCartney, Kiko Kostadinov, Chopova Lowena, Byredo and KNWLS, and her work has appeared in titles such as The Face, Vogue, Document Journal, Beauty Papers, Pop Magazine, Purple and Dazed, among others.
She is represented by Art Partner and you can find her portfolio HERE
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