Tara Tamaribuchi connects current issues of xenophobia with the history of incarcerated Japanese Americans weaving thousands of camouflage nets for the US Army in World War II. Tamaribuchi weaves strips of kimono fabric onto ric rac to send pride of heritage back in time to her elders and to celebrate the midcentury aesthetics of that generation. As camouflage works as a visual blender, the artist rereads this war technology to be a filter through which we see all people as interconnected. 

Tamaribuchi’s work has been featured in local and international exhibitions including Galpão (São Paul), Mass MoCA, Arts Mid-Hudson, Seattle University Hedreen Gallery, Northwest African American Museum, SOIL gallery, and Method Gallery.