Hidden Histories Artists

Lauren Chun is a local Bay Area artist pursuing her BFA in Digital Media Art at SJSU. She expresses her art practice in the virtual and real realms with 3D digital artwork. She specializes in Augmented and Virtual Reality as well as 3D sculpture with new technologies.

Sabrina Kwong is an artist, dancer, and lover of life and stories. A Digital Media Arts major at San Jose State, she creates works of art that center around self identity, cultural upbringing, wellness, and the spaces between bodies with her never-ending learning of technology and traditional mediums.

I'm a part-time illustrator, perpetual over-thinker, and lover of avocado toast. My biggest passions in life are art and food (and finding ways to combine the two together!).

Fine art filmmaker and animator Sean Morijiro Sunada O'Gara's 35mm motion pictures and installations have been official selections at international Asian American film festivals since 1994. O'Gara created the first hand-painted and handprinted 70mm IMAX film, "Ayamori," in 1989. His recent digital works have focused on the Topaz incarceration camp.

Carole Rast is a 4th generation San Jose native who grew up in Japantown. Roy's Station is her family's coffee shop and community gathering spot. Her family converted the corner and building from what had been a gas/service station her father's family purchased after being released from internment camp.

Designer by trade but artist at heart, Karen is a graphic designer who enjoys the process of creation both in the digital and printmaking realm. She currently works as a graphic designer and printmaker in San Jose, California.