http://erynkimura.com/visual-art daily 1.0 2026-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784306151962-IF0KBH51AZSGP5ZS643R/image-asset.png work - we never arrive alone collage on paper 12'“ x 14” oakland, ca 2023 — commission for renshi love letter project featuring: 1960s national geographic nihon clips, chiura obata watercolor of topaz prison camp, hand folded petals with upcycled paper, flora and fauna prints, washi, collage paper scraps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784306151962-IF0KBH51AZSGP5ZS643R/image-asset.png work - we never arrive alone collage on paper 12'“ x 14” oakland, ca 2023 — commission for renshi love letter project featuring: 1960s national geographic nihon clips, chiura obata watercolor of topaz prison camp, hand folded petals with upcycled paper, flora and fauna prints, washi, collage paper scraps https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784311330557-T15A1PRVS4ECBVZ6FB53/Screen+Shot+2020-12-04+at+10.44.45+AM.png work collage on paper 8” x 10” san francisco, ca 2020 — featuring: early-1970s photo along san francisco’s hyde street; photo capturing view from sherman island, from charles kennard’s 1987 ‘landmarks: reflections of four centuries’'; 富士山 (mt. fuji) captured by sekai bunka photo, published in 1997 ‘japan': the cycle of life’; 1765 painting from my favorite kyoto artist of edo period 伊藤若冲, snippets from a (small) advertisement flyer of his 200 year anniversary in kyoto; hand marbled paper picked up in firenze, italia in fall of 2018; random scraps from found print https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1484879838393-DN895G80TJSDMV0JIYG3/WantMyFruitButWhatAboutMySoil.jpg work - kinoko kween collage on paper 10" x 8" kyoto, japan 2016 nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition ・ osaka, japan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784308403596-4SCHWWDC23FQDIQEEDOE/solstice12%3A20%3A22.jpg work - chato collage on paper 8.5” x 11” san francisco, ca 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1587359967500-CVBGD7HL1X2AWGJA5GBV/image-asset.jpeg work - frisco tropicale collage on paper 8” x 10” san francisco, ca 2020 — muni raised me group exhibition・san francisco, ca featuring: 1964 ford thunderbird, 1969 magazine photo of san francisco from the vantage point of the excelsior, washi paper, french early 20th century flower illustrations, hand marbled paper, muni transfer https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1587361658111-E0BGC0MCCWAMBU33MOCE/Page0002.jpg work - her english was unusually good collage on paper 8" x 10" kyoto, japan 2016 — nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition・osaka, japan featuring: quote from early-1930s national geographic magazine article on japan (face) ; printed photo of fog rolling through japan’s moutains (hair) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1619302936807-Y33COCONL516DDBZUR8Q/Screen+Shot+2021-04-24+at+3.17.06+PM.png work - untitled [sketch, frisco fauna] collage on paper 11” x 8” san francisco, ca 2020 — muni raised me group exhibition ・ san francisco, ca featuring: collage sketch on the outskirts of the 415 featuring 1970s national geographic portrait of japanese femme; 1960s thunderbird advertisement; one of the last remaining december 7th 2017 muni bus transfers i procured prior to their retirement; leaves from french print collection of late 19th century; clip of matcha powder; gold washi paper; random scraps from the bottom of the barrel https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784311046755-LZ7K2LO7USBTE4XM8QZT/image-asset.jpeg work - back to the crib [sketch] collage on paper san francisco, ca 2020 — featuring: national geographic clip of post-wwii hawai’i + 2 chinese-american sistas; hella foliage; 1961 thunderbird advertisement; hand marbled paper from firenze; flamingos; 1994 map of sf (arboretum aka where some of my fondest childhood memories took place); origami instructions (pointing to the fractal nature of things, while also this folding/manipulation of bodies/cultures); mushrooms reminding me of composting + processing toxicity, trauma, ancestral pasts + generating fertile soil for future generations; butterflies / moths are everywhere in my pieces not just because i came up on a huge book of butterflies, but also because in chinese + japanese cultures they represent ancestors floating in from the past https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784317846346-ACN0FKY16L8K92OI5J9R/untitled.12.18.2020.jpg work - untitled [sketch, frisco fauna] collage on paper 10” x 8 san francisco, ca 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1560455406522-MZ8F2MI6C91RNR4LDRLO/02aa.jpg work - untitled [redevelopment] collage 7.5” x 5.5” paris, france 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1547666911662-H0BXICSPNAMAJGH05JLE/drugz1-16.jpg work - ancestors' intergalactic travel collage on paper 8" x 11" san francisco, ca 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784308519756-LYOU2EJRAO443SMBJPRF/untitled.2020.jpg work - untitled [江戸] collage on paper 11” x 14” san francisco, ca 2020 — featuring: late 1960s photo of tokyo sista on the pay phone; animal depictions by my favorite kyoto artist of the mid-edo period, ito jakuchu; hand marbled paper i found in firenze; lots of washi paper; fragments of block print by utagawa kunisada; early 1960s phone advertisement; origami instructions; san francisco map; minuscule scraps from flyers + pamphlets i collected when living in japan; late-1960s thunderbird; 1969 belgian travel pamphlet photo of japan’s rice field; horenso (japanese greens); butterfly from albertus seba’s 18th century plates https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1619302867220-6EUEMH6K4VXQFX3165OA/Screen+Shot+2021-04-24+at+3.16.48+PM.png work - untitled [sketch] 6” x "6” collage san francisco, ca 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1425419263210-S9DBTYAXPJYKMX0GORZ6/image-asset.jpeg work - where i'm from collage on paper 12" x 12" san francisco, ca 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1547666951845-UWHKT85WNM56UR50MHNN/img011.jpg work - free? collage on paper 8" x 11" san francisco, ca　 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1495633631988-HRD4KHW9N3LHME85X7UX/citysituation.jpg work - migration collage on paper 8.5" x 11" kyoto, japan 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784245056113-9P9PIS02LZTI2NMQK1KV/traveling.jpg work - travelin' man collage on paper 8.5” x 11” oakland, ca 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1474784549069-TKOXA9M51FR8PJJI2M3P/6987987.jpg work - origins pt. 4000 [trippin' on orange sunshine] collage on paper 6" x 8" kyoto, japan 2016 — nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition ・osaka, japan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1593235451718-NSZWLAMSWOYK04SCE2N7/img038.jpg work - untitled [sketch, redevelopment] collage on paper 8” x 10” san francisco, ca 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1593235666371-NKCVR25AJ8NOIA96COJV/img267.jpg work - the quantum slide [space trek gion] collage on paper 6” x 6” san francisco, ca 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1619302867468-R8XJ41XI05602U5N7NCI/Screen+Shot+2021-04-24+at+3.16.55+PM.png work - kweens of the 415 collage on paper 3” x 4” san francisco, ca 2020 — muni raised me group exhibition・san francisco, ca featuring: 1970s national geographic photo of bride au japon, ito jakuchu exhibition flyer (kyoto, 2017), early-1990s photography book (fukuyama book-off, 2016) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1547703735223-84WMODMRODFK1W8UFUX9/img055.jpg work - yung shoyu collage on paper 4” x 6” kyoto, japan 2016 — featuring: hand marbled paper, gold washi, vintage shoyu ad https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1495167813570-EZZ70G03N12JUGNBIEPW/liltokyo1.jpg work - lil tokyo [album cover] collage 8” x 8” kyoto, japan 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1485953685244-W82PMZBFUEDS4D9QSOQ8/file136.jpg work - planet funktron collage 8.5" x 11" kyoto, japan 2016 — nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition・osaka, japan https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1547703713676-NXNFX0UA4QAVPEM247C8/img116+copy.jpg work - untitled 8.5” x 11” mixed media collage san francisco, ca 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1425325884638-B2F18KMF6ZGNZYXFMM3A/10390409_10153017265847288_5931101437809680754_n-2.jpg work - femme fighters feat. the resilient & brilliant: paula ann x fannie lou hamer x yuri kochiyama x audre lorde x gloria anzaldua x sylvia rivera 6" x 6" pen on paper san francisco, usa 2014 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1432770601148-UEJU1M9X0XSBMBES9GGL/image-asset.jpeg work - untitled [sketch] collage on paper 11” x 8.5” san francisco, ca 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1560280909814-8SOOPW3KMOC3RMLMZDMA/02.jpg work - journal side 2 [udon dreamz] 8” × 10” collage on paper paris, france 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1428009542355-A5ODMHSB5XD0ZM6ME6EB/img765.jpg work - to the 5" x 7" ink on paper san francisco, usa 2015 we will be respected campaign https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1495147426417-S8TOSK2X80BXMJYBZ7Q5/SpittinStraightSass.jpg work - spittin' straight sass 11" x 8" pen on paper osaka, japan 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1484878623316-M5Q3NCMN14CJ9RZ474F5/AWomansPlace2.jpg work - a woman's place 10" x 16" mixed media collage kyoto, japan 2016 nowhere but everywhere solo exhibition - osaka, japan 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784308403775-9I5G6O2XH4UDRRJM9T1I/journal2023.front.jpg work - itadakimasu collage on paper 8.5” x 11” oakland, ca 2022 — muni raised me group exhibition・san francisco, ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1432771636450-IXUY3ZYJN2LKBEU5QU9T/image-asset.jpeg work - yung yu collage 2015 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1425325860595-SPHJ9PBM345I38LAHMXX/img453.jpg work - #comMUNItytaughtme 8" x 11" pen/acrylic marker on paper san francisco, usa 2013 #keepthesfcsuckafree series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1560280731810-2EOF46V1S4BZA9AIAG34/01.jpg work - journal side 1 collage on paper 8” x 10” paris, france 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1432852418215-TZ9U2JPMIQR6LICKJGXZ/image-asset.jpeg work - we still here (resilience) 5" x 7" pen on paper san francisco, usa 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1463001796078-LOWQ33FP68VLC8K0O3HM/image.jpg work - mama makin' waves 11" x 8" pen on paper kyoto, japan 2015 resistance exhibition, soma arts - san francisco 2016 SOLD https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1425325927920-CU4IM35RQ57PGLSI5ATD/1497500_10152313663502288_1524858718_n.jpg work - fuck off (og kush) acrylic on wood 4' x 3' san francisco, usa 2013 — thank you for failing exhibition kearny street workshop・oakland, ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1427606284077-IQQAMU8375FW40VQ2G3A/img603.jpg work - community over corporate conformity community youth art workshop 2015 2" x 4" pen on name-tags san francisco, usa 2015   https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1425325928024-WC0UD9S6KR524BZ9K2P3/1496584_10152099292862288_887507116_o.jpg work - sf connects 5" x 4" digital print san francisco, usa 2013 sf connects, community event (co-organizer/brander) - san francisco, usa 2013 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/54f4b72ce4b0ba5e061e6ff7/5e9d318d0343e60e1d2edcb5/1784307799330/ work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784308606659-ASYAAKHB6YSVOHKDA8UA/img150.jpg work - untitled [sketch, tanabata] collage on paper 8” x 10” paris, france 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1428009559800-BTLQW80UHJQMORF4BTYZ/img454.jpg work - it's all relative educational worksheet 8.5 " x 11" pen/acrylic marker on paper san francisco, ca 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784244292646-1FFLNZGND81HK3ZPU0BY/image-asset.png work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784245003109-9BV10KNJH57XCA7JD520/image-asset.jpeg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1426993795199-RLB0UQQD7AXKEHLD6805/img641.jpg work 8.5 x 11 pigment markers, ink, paper https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784309308613-BDIR1CV9N94BXV0QYFJM/IMG_0647.JPG work - gold mountain collage on paper 8” x 10” san francisco, ca 2017 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1475739141693-7RKS33H63056PRNDQYIT/file136.jpg work - planet funktron 8.5" x 11" collage (recycled errthang - old photos from 1930s national geographic magazine, washi paper, art fliers collected around kansai area of japan) 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784309472303-CD8N2IXTWZG576TYOEL9/IMG_6128.JPG work - resistance ink on paper 11” x 8.5” san francisco, ca 2015 — resistance group exhibition・san francisco, ca https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1468507568976-YMPP9NAX50BBZVVM7309/SMALLhustlestruggle-1.jpg work - respect the struggle, don't knock the hustle 16" x 10.5" digital illustration 2016 #keepthesfcsuckafree series https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784308493611-3G0GRM93N6P5EPV0UNDR/img131.jpg work - inaka collage on paper 8” x 10” san francisco, ca 2018 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784308445352-9EY9V4C1YKFWSH724798/CaliforniaPoppy.jpg work - california poppy collage on paper kyoto, japan 2017 — featuring: hand marbled paper, vintage flower print, the miseducation of lauryn hill album cover https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1433373601897-Y8RENBI6JUJQH068WEOW/image-asset.jpeg work - untitled [sketch] collage on paper 7" x 10" san francisco, ca 2015 https://static1.squarespace.com/static/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/54f4b72ce4b0ba5e061e6ff7/6a5a62f22ffd8520af12f857/1784308984919/ work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784308716998-GAFVK3P4O7TEG5Q3F5ES/Screen+Shot+2022-08-12+at+9.12.18+PM.png work - untitled [sketch, kamaboko kween] collage on paper 4” x 6” kyoto, japan 2016 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1784309050977-A60HLUE4KSB66L6KDFIR/img272.jpg work https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1425324742915-8IRIHE0DMUAF1N3Y7QN6/image2.jpg work - disorient the orient mixed media collage on paper 8" x 11" san francisco, ca 2013 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1587361406931-GNH0KR94LN1JCNKRS75F/image-asset.jpeg work - 番組 collage on paper 8” x 10” san francisco, ca 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1433377004356-NVXGXEMO8XNVYPJVONLZ/img306s.jpg work - untitled ink on paper 7" x 10" san francisco, ca 2015 http://erynkimura.com/411 daily 0.75 2020-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1389035416212-RJI8GOM6TQMU8W6X94KI/securedownload.jpg about https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1554454163107-HVXHIOBME4T3ZSSF72YK/10359031_521821134587563_3940287414063553152_o.jpg about Credit: Souls of San Francisco 2014 http://erynkimura.com/new-page-1 daily 0.75 2026-07-16 http://erynkimura.com/-cv daily 0.75 2026-07-17 http://erynkimura.com/about daily 0.75 2026-07-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/52c9355ce4b06ee56cbbed27/1617042959355-W4V3N5P0YFQMDWD6AMFI/KariOrvikTintypes_2021_ErynKimura-2.jpg about tin type photo by kari orvik