C.K.Itamura is a Yonsei, Nikkei interdisciplinary artist. Her conceptual, visual, performance and community engagement art serve to engage intergenerational audiences in the exploration of observation, contemplation, and expressive imagination.
Itamura is a recipient of the 2019 Discovered Awards for Emerging Visual Artists made possible, in part, by Creative Sonoma and Community Foundation Sonoma County. She is a co-founder of Book Arts Roadshow, the creator of Collab Arts Lab, the founder and publisher of Kanreki Press, an artist/director on the board of Berkeley Commonplace, and a former director of San Francisco Center for the Book.
Itamura is an Artist-in-Residence of the San Francisco Unified School District Library Department via SFArtsEd, and works with San Francisco Public Library, The Contemporary Jewish Museum, San Mateo County Libraries, San Mateo County Office of Education, and South San Francisco Unified School District via Young Audiences of Northern California, and others to create and provide professional development workshops for educators; hands-on art making workshops for students; and to make art making accessible to the general public.
