Takeshi Moro

About the artist:

Takeshi Moro was born in Fukaya, Japan and spent most of his childhood in the UK. Moro attended Brown University, where he double majored in Economics and Visual Arts, while also taking photography courses at the Rhode Island School of Design. He worked in corporate finance before receiving his MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Moro's work primarily utilizes lens-based media, such as photography and video. For the past decade, he has focused on working with communities and the collaborative process of art making. He is currently Associate Professor of Art and Art History at Santa Clara University. He is the founder and director of tmoro projects, a 501(c)(3) non-profit community art space in the Bay Area. He has participated in fellowships and residencies in Finland, Germany, Iceland, Japan, and South Korea. Moro’s work has been exhibited internationally, including solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago and Serlachius Museot, Finland. 

Artwork in exhibition:

Takeshi Moro, Benign Neglect: Historical Japanese American Bonsai, 2023, series of 12 Photographs, 16.5 x 20.5 in. (each), Courtesy of the artist