Artist Maya Fuji’s paintings reflect the straddled line of bicultural existence. In them, she asks the question of what makes us who we are.

Fuji was born in Kanazawa, Japan, and moved to Berkeley at a young age, spending her childhood attending elementary school and middle school in both countries. She currently lives in the Richmond district of San Francisco.

A mostly self-taught artist, Fuji dropped out of grad school while nearing completion of a CPA license to pursue her passion as a painter. With just a few screenprinting classes from City College of San Francisco and the Honolulu Museum of Art under her belt, Fuji aims to create colorful, narrative works that carry a sense of ancestral nostalgia.

“I love how welcoming the Bay Area arts community is. As a self-taught artist, I did

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