Biography

Tina Takemoto is an interdisciplinary writer, theorist, and performance artist whose work explores issues of race, illness, queer identity, memory, and grief. Her current work explores the gay and lesbian experience of the Japanese American Incarceration Camps during World War II. She has presented artwork and performances internationally and has received grants funded by Art Matters, James Irvine Foundation, San Francisco Arts Commission, Andy Warhol Foundation and the Rockefeller Foundation.

Takemoto's articles appear in Afterimage, Art Journal, Performance Research, Women and Performance, and the anthology Thinking Through the Skin. Takemoto is associate professor of visual studies at the California College of the Arts in San Francisco, California. She is a board member of the Queer Cultural Center and co-founder of Queer Conversations on Culture and the Arts. On occasion, she makes guerilla appearances as Michael Jackson and Bjork-Geisha.