about

I am a mixed media artist, curator, and owner of Arc Gallery in San Francisco. My works explore the nuances of cultural misunderstandings between Japanese and Western cultures in the area of taboos, beliefs and myths. More recently my works have focused on American politics, particularly the extreme divide in belief systems among people. In my painted works, paper is combined with canvas and acrylics to create texture. Collages are created from scraps and Japanese papers. Three-dimensional and installation pieces are made with fiber, paper from funeral stores and objects harvested from recycle centers.  I am the President of the Board of Northern California Women's Caucus for Art and together with partners Matthew Frederick, Stephen Wagner and Michael Yochum, I founded Arc Studios & Gallery in 2009.