Kanon Shambora

Kanon Shambora (she/they) is a multi-disciplinary artist based in New Jersey. Shambora is a recent graduate of Colby College (Maine), where she earned a degree in studio art (concentration in printmaking) and East Asian studies. Shortly after earning her Bachelor’s, she worked within her school museum’s exhibitions and publications department. She now works part-time as a teaching artist in her local community arts center and is pursuing a career in art-making in Mercer County, New Jersey. Her work often deals with matters of family, community, childhood, place, and memory.

Find more of Kanon’s work at her site or follow them on Instagram at @kan0nshamb0ra.

Updated January 2024

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Kanon Shambora on the Making of Print Garden

Jan. 25, 2024 • Kanon Shambora

Artist-in-residence Kanon Shambora used her time at Densho to explore the roots of Japanese American identity. Their culminating Print Garden pays homage to early Issei and Nisei, as well as to the crops and species that they cultivated and caught. Shambora laser cut and printed her drawings onto acrylic plates, then welded them together in two panels that now hang in the Densho Community Room. In this artist statement, Shambora shares what they learned of the history and how it …