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Ken Okiishi is an American Postwar & Contemporary artist who was born in 1978. Their work will be on exhibit at 303 Gallery in New York on March 07, 2025. Numerous key galleries and museums such as apexart have featured Ken Okiishi's work in the past.Ken Okiishi's work has been offered at auction multiple times, with realized prices ranging from 166 USD to 8,750 USD, depending on the size and medium of the artwork. Since 2018 the record price for this artist at auction is 8,750 USD for Gesture/data, sold at Sotheby's Online in 2018. Ken Okiishi has been featured in articles for Hyperallergic, ArtDependence Magazine and ArtDaily. The most recent article is “Digital Diaries” at Julia Stoschek Foundation, Düsseldorf written for MOUSSE Magazine in December 2024.
Although it occurred more than 80 years ago, the incarceration of Japanese Americans in US concentration camps still resonates with today’s relevant issues.
How does someone who has not experienced war, or the extreme racism that drove the Japanese incarceration campaign in the US, access these painful memories?