Ira Takeuchi was born in New Delhi, India, in July of 1992. She spent her early years between Ithaca (NY), Tokyo, and New Delhi. When she was eight, she moved to California and has been here since. Ira is about to complete her BA in Art at UC Santa Cruz. She has used her time at the university to explore a variety of processes and materials, as well as her own fragmented, multifaceted identity as a global citizen.