What type of ancestor do I want my art to be?
As a performance artist, my research moves through the social, cultural, and political landscape of post-internment Japanese-America. I draw inspiration from Japanese folkloric ghost tales of yūrei and yokai to tease at the seams of perceived reality, making space for the logic of spirits, dreams, and the afterlife to emerge.

I create performances rooted in dance, bringing together forms such as postmodern, butoh, and pole. These practices reflect the disparate nature of my training and allow me to navigate the body as both archive and apparition—slipping between the abstract, unsocialized body and one that is deeply socialized, sensual, and erotic.

While grounded in the body, my work often spills across mediums, incorporating video, installation, and other visual materials. My practice unfolds in both traditional studios and lived spaces, drawing from the intimacy of everyday rituals—lighting incense, dancing in the bathroom mirror when you’re already late, journaling, tending to plants, FaceTiming friends, watching old home videos. I archive these moments and translate their essence into live performance—delicately weaving together the sacred and mundane, and the private and public.

My work has been presented at  the Center for Performance Research, Triskelion Arts Center, Colorado College, and the Brooklyn Arts Exchange. I am currently the 2025-2026 Trisk Fellow at Triskelion Arts Center and a 2026 Chocolate Factory Artist in Residence. I have been a MANCC Forward Dialogues Artist in Residence (2024), Franklin Furnace FUND for Performance Art Recipient (2024), New Dance Alliance Artist in Residence (2024), Colorado College Crown Family Professorship for Innovation in the Arts Artist in Residence (2023), BAX Space Grant Recipient (2022), and Gallim Moving Artist Resident (2022).