Layne Takahashi is a mixed media artist born in Tustin, California, and working in Brooklyn, New York.

Layne works with materials that feel visually heavy, reflecting a sense of expansion while sometimes feeling confined in an imperfect form, discovering beauty in the midst of messiness. At other times, their work becomes lighter and more ethereal, capturing moments of simplifying the complex. This duality—between perfection and imperfection, the crafted and untouched, analog and technology—expresses a yearning for something older, unspoiled by commercialism, strip malls, and societal conditioning.

She observes a cultural tipping point, where much of what lacks historical value risks being replaced by sleek, modern approaches, potentially erasing layers that make American culture strange and compelling. Her curiosity drives an exploration of fragmented cultural corners—examining their Japanese family’s assimilation, the impact of Executive Order 9066, and the contrasting values between regions. These forces have profoundly shaped the artist, a person formed by divergent cultural currents.

Layne completed her BA in Studio Art and Design at UC Davis in 2022.