Statement
I consider my work to be artifacts of my own particular culture.
The culture in reference is not a generalized Japanese American
culture but a smaller, more specific unit made up of my own
immediate family, where customs and idioms are born out of misunderstandings
or idiosyncrasies, and myths and legends are often formed through
the struggles of everyday life.
I
am fascinated by and curious about my culture’s development.
I see my art-making as an investigation that captures and documents
my ever-changing, mutating, polyglot reality. My work is informed
by my life, contingent on my ordinary, real-world experiences
as a middle class Japamerican dad, who is simply trying to make
sense of it all.
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