Ginger Brooks Takahashi
| Ginger Brooks Takahashi | |
|---|---|
| Born | July 26, 1977 |
| Occupation | American artist |
| Years active | 2001-present |
Ginger Brooks Takahashi (born July 26, 1977) is an American artist based in Brooklyn, New York, and North Braddock, Pennsylvania. She co-founded the feminist genderqueer collective and journal LTTR and the Mobilivre project, a touring exhibition and library. She was also a member of MEN (band). Her work consists of a collaborative project-based practice.
Takahashi received her BA from Oberlin College. She also participated in the Independent Study Program at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
In 2001, Takahashi helped co-found the MOBILIVRE-BOOKMOBILE project. The project, created by a collective of North American artists and activists, involved touring the United States and Canada in a converted Airstream trailer, which served as an exhibition space, as well as a zine and art book library. The project was dedicated to exploring "the long held tradition of bookmobiles as traveling libraries that promote the distribution of information." The project ran until 2006 and in 2003 it featured an issue of LTTR in the collection.
Takahashi co-founded the feminist genderqueer artist collective and annual literary journal, Lesbians To The Rescue (LTTR) with Emily Roysdon and K8 Hardy in 2002.
Takahashi's multimedia practices include painting, installation work, and crafts. One of her most notable works is An Army of Lovers Cannot Fail, (2004-present), a continuing series of quilting forums. Participants stitch on Takahashi's all-white quilt, and have been organized in community spaces such as homes, galleries, gardens, and other public settings.
Some of Takahashi's recent exhibitions include: "Unwilling: Exercises in Melancholy" at Haverford College Cantor Fitzgerald Gallery, 2018; "Shared Women" at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 2007; "Exile of the Imaginary" at the Generali Foundation, Vienna, 2007; "Locally Localized Gravity" at the Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, 2007; and "Alien She" at the Orange County Museum of Art, 2015. She has also presented at Serpentine Gallery, London, 2008; documenta 12, Kassel, 2007; Art Metropole, Toronto, 2007; and with Ridykeulous at The Kitchen, NY, 2007.
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