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Emi Ogata DeMaderios is a multidisciplinary artist and art historian based in Portland, OR and New York City. Enticed by an evident and arbitrary divide between the performing and visual arts, she made the transition from theater to illustration and again to art history - driven by the pursuit of curating an arts space that encourages critical engagement with the stories similar to and far from ones own. Growing up as a mixed-race, Japanese American, Emi has a personal and professional commitment to the AAPI community and has dedicated herself to becoming an outspoken advocate.