Judy Hiramoto

Japanese/American, b. 1951

Born in Japan, Hiramoto came to the United States as a child. She became a practicing artist after receiving her BA from Antioch University in 1973 and continued to develop her work through an MFA program at San Francisco State University. Hiramoto works in many mediums, including ceramics, installation, and digital prints. She is also a fierce advocate for women artists and an antiracist activist. Some of her best-known works deal with the consequences of nuclear technology and the human toll of the atomic bomb.