Candela Books + Gallery releases Memory Orchards, February 1, 2024

I am pleased to announce that work from Balancing Cultures is included in the new publication, Memory Orchards, edited by Gordon Stettinius, founder of Candela Books.

Memory Orchards presents a broad survey of family experience—through highs and lows, through lust and loss—creating a survey of work that reflects our understanding of “family” in this…

Spain’s Dodho Magazine Interviews Jerry Takigawa

Join us as we engage with Jerry Takigawa on art as a medium of expression and resistance, on navigating between two cultures, and on the legacy and lessons that emerge when voice is given to silenced stories. Prepare for an enriching dialogue that promises to inspire reflection and admiration for the transformative power of…

Takigawa’s False Food Work Published Online by Spain’s Dodho Magazine

“In 2010, I watched a documentary on the Monterey Bay Aquarium in which a volunteer held up a jar for the audience to see. She explained that the colorful plastic pieces filling the jar were collected from the remains of a dead albatross on Midway Atoll.” —Jerry Takigawa

When False Food was created, the…

Takigawa’s False Food Work at The Photographer’s Eye Gallery and Collective

The Photographer’s Eye is proud to present Jerry Takigawa’s unique and thought-provoking work which addresses the toll that plastic takes on our natural world, which includes humans.

The exhibition will run from October 14 through November 18, 2023. A reception for the artist will be held on October 14, 4-7pm, and Jerry will be on…

Takigawa Awarded California Arts Council 2023 Individual Artist Fellowship

I am grateful and excited to announce that I have been selected as a 2023 Individual Artist Fellow for the Central California Region. Thank you to the @calartscouncil and the administering organization @svcreates for recognizing me as an Established Artist with $10,000 in unrestricted funding to support my artist practice

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