TT Takemoto is a queer Japanese American artist and scholar exploring Asian-American history, sexuality, and identity. Their work delves into hidden dimensions of same-sex intimacy and trauma existing within Asian and Asian-American archives. Takemoto interacts with found footage and archival materials through performance and labor-intensive processes of painting, lifting, and manipulating 16mm/35mm film emulsion using clear tape, razor blades, and nail polish. Their work honors queer Asian-Americans who lived, loved, and labored together during the prewar era and beyond. 

Takemoto has exhibited and performed at the Asian Art Museum, de Young Museum, Catharine Clark Gallery, Chinese Culture Center, Oakland Museum of California, Peabody Essex Museum, SOMArts, SFMOMA, Vargas Museum in the Philippines, and Blindspot Gallery in Hong Kong. They have received grants from Art Matters, ArtPlace, Fleishhacker Foundation, Lucas Artists Program, and San Francisco Arts Commission. Over the past two decades, Takemoto has taught at California College of the Arts. Takemoto lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area.