Roger Shimomura

American, b. 1936

Roger Shimomura is a third-generation Japanese American born in Seattle, Washington. Shimomura and his family were forcibly relocated to an internment camp for Japanese Americans after the attack on Pearl Harbor. Through his art, Shimomura often reflects back on this experience and the psychological hardships which it brought to his family. He does this by combining elements of Japanese woodblock prints with American pop culture images.

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Roger Shimomura es un japonés estadounidense de tercera generación nacido en Seattle, Washington. Shimomura y su familia fueron trasladados a la fuerza a un campo de internamiento para japoneses-americanos tras el ataque a Pearl Harbor. A través de su arte, Shimomura reflexiona con frecuencia sobre esta experiencia y las dificultades psicológicas que supuso para su familia. Para ello, combina elementos de las xilografías japonesas con imágenes de la cultura pop estadounidense.