Sandra Honda is a Japanese American multidisciplinary artist and writer based on  Kalapuyan land now known as Eugene, Oregon. Her work is dedicated to elevating less heard voices and stories invoked through historical, contemporary and social narratives. 

 

She uses a wide range of media and techniques to achieve her conceptual vision, ranging from drawings, paintings, digital works and sculptures, which she often transforms into assemblages and installations. Sound and interactivity are hallmarks of many of her installations. Though her work is conceptual, she is a storyteller at heart. Recently, her stories have focused on making rural voices seen and heard, specifically related to climate change. Her interest in climate change is not fortuitous; it draws on her speechwriting career addressing climate, ocean and science policy. She also has a long-standing and growing body of work directed toward what it means to be Asian and American in today’s America. This very personal identity-focused body of work draws a historical throughline of anti-Asian activities in the U.S. from the 1800s to today.