Kaori Takamura is an artist who was born in Tokyo Japan but lives and works surrounded by beautiful desert in Arizona. Once a graphic designer by trade, she balances the relationships between design, art and craft through explorations within her body of work. What Takamura is constantly seeking to capture in her work is the essence of long forgotten memories embodied in letter forms and familiar icons found in everyday objects. Her pieces have been shown at the Phoenix Art Museum, Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Mesa Contemporary Arts Museum (solo exhibition), the San Jose Museum of Textile and Quilts and numerous other galleries both nationally and internationally.