Recipes to Nourish Communities

Taiji Terasaki is a Japanese-American artist based in Honolulu, Hawai’i. Growing up in a family of scientists and creatives, Terasaki has immersed himself in exploring innovations in his craft, working in photography, sculpture, immersive and large-scale installations, and pioneering mediums like mist projections as canvas. Through his work, Terasaki has long considered the interconnectedness of humanity within its natural environment. Whether it's the global effects of climate change or the delicate balance of local food systems, he considers the direct consequences our actions and bodies have within the larger web of the environment.  

In 2018, Terasaki traveled to the Palmyra Atoll for an artist residency with The Nature Conservancy. Since then, a large part of his practice has centered on the conservation efforts taking place on the atoll and the broader effects of environmental preservation. In 2022, Terasaki participated in the UN Ocean Conference in Lisbon, Portugal as a featured artist in the Schmidt Ocean Institute’s Artist-at-Sea exhibition. Through collaboration with non-profit organizations Parley for the Oceans and AltaSea’s Artist residency program, Terasaki debuted his ongoing installation project The Water Understands Civilization Well at AltaSea’s Blue Hour 3 in 2022 at the Port of Los Angeles in San Pedro, CA. Recipes to Nourish Communities, Terasaki’s food-focused mural centered on food sustainability and climate change engagement, debuted outside of the new headquarters of the Mural Conservancy of Los Angeles (MCLA) in February of 2023. His exhibition Paradise Reborn: Rewilding Palmyra opened at the N&A Gallery in Tokyo, Japan in February 2023.