K. Taka is an Indigenous (Makah/Palouse) freelance photographer in San Francisco, specializing in documentary work, collections, and portraiture. They are a self-taught photographer with over fifteen years of experience. Their work has been shown in multiple national and international galleries & publications.
Representation
Member, Artist Alliance, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM 2023
Emerging Artist, Gallery 110, Seattle, Washington, 2022-2024
Exhibitions, Publications & Commissioned Work
Still Here, Still Native, Fayetteville Arts Council, Fayetteville, NC, 2023
Indigenous!, Office of California Senator Scott Weiner, San Francisco, CA, 2023
The Avenues, The Drawing Room, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Where Have You Been?, Photoworks SF, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Contemporary Artist Magazine, 2023
A Normal Day: Celebrating the Ordinary, Southern Tier Center for Emerging Artists, Chataqua, NY, 2023
Visions & Voices, Taube Museum of Art, Minot, ND, 2023
F-Stop Magazine Issue #120, 2023
Red Dot Art, Miami, FL, 2023
Art San Diego by Redwood Art Group, San Diego, CA, 2023
The Streets, Praxis Photo Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN, 2023
Picturing Resistance, Art Intersection, Gilbert, AZ, 2023
Blur Impressions, Art Square Gallery, New York, NY, 2023
Spring Collective Show, Jen Tough Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2023
The Crucible Art Exhibition, The Berkeley Alembic, Berkeley, CA, 2023
Edmonds Art Festival, Edmonds, WA, 2023
Chania International Photo Festival, Crete, 2023, Honorable Mention
Resilience, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA, 2023
The Survivor-Artist’s Show, SAGE Community Arts, Sheridan, WY, 2023
The Shadow Aspect, Praxis Photo Arts Center, St. Paul, MN, 2023
Works of Excellence, The Studio Door Gallery, San Diego, CA, 2023
Women in Art, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, Laguna Beach, CA, 2023
More is More, 4Star Clement, San Francisco, CA, 2023
Tarot Art Show, Memento Mori Art Gallery, Littleton, CO, 2023
Collector’s Choice, Studio Islands Art Gallery, Camarillo, CA, 2023
Artist’s Favorite, Life in the West Art Gallery, Bloomfield, CO, 2023
Negative Capabilities, Gallery110, Seattle, 2023
Still Here, Still Native, The Arts Council of Fayetteville & Cumberland County, Fayetteville, NC, 2022
Self-Taught Genius, The Contemporary at Northern Waters Resort, Watersmeet, Michigan, 2021
Art in the Time of Corona, Dab Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, 2020
Real People, Northwest Area Arts Council, Woodstock, Illinois, 2020
8x8 Northwest, Shoreline Lake Forest Park Arts Council, Shoreline, Washington, 2020
Chasing Ghosts IV, Verum Ultimum, Portland, Oregon, 2019
Hugh McPeck Art Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska, 2019
9th Annual Fine Art of Photography Competition & Exhibition, Plymouth, Massachusetts, 2019
Salann Magazine, Second Edition, 2019
Marin Society of Artists' Images Juried Exhibition, San Rafael, California, 2019
Couth Buzzard Books, Seattle, Washington, 2019
Specto Art Space, Bridgewater, Virginia, 2018
Hugh McPeck Art Gallery, Anchorage, Alaska, 2018
Black Box Gallery, Portland, Oregon, 2018
Morsel, Seattle, Washington, 2016
Native Organization of Indigenous Scholars Symposium, Seattle, Washington, 2016
University District Racial Equity Project, Seattle, Washington, 2016
University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, 2015
Seattle Museum of Pop Culture, Seattle Washington, 2015