Living Here

TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American artist and scholar who interacts with found footage and archival materials to explore Asian American history, sexuality, and identity. Their work delves into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma existing within Asian and Asian American archives. Takemoto holds a PhD in Art and Art History from the University of Rochester, and an MFA from Rutgers State University of New Jersey, Mason Gross School of the Arts. They have exhibited artworks and appeared in film festivals in Asia, Europe, and throughout North America. Their writings have appeared in numerous journals and anthologies. They were a member of the Queer Cultural Center’s Board of Directors and co-founder of Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts. Takemoto lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area, where they are a professor at the California College of the Arts.