Seeking knowledge through making, to uncover identity and the subconscious, Carly Murakami is a multidisciplinary artist born and raised on O’ahu, Hawai’i. Her work is a response of self-defense, focusing on the many ways one can protect themselves. Through materials such as glass and photography, various modes of self-preservation are depicted through intimate findings of self-worth.

Murakami tackles the intrusive thoughts of anticipation, fear, life, protection, and potential energy through her process; her cultural upbringing is imprinted on everything she fabricates, and is bred through images and thoughts manifested into a sculptural form or photography.

After graduating from California College of the Arts with a BFA in Glass, she resides in Oakland. Her first solo exhibition “Modes of Self-Preservation”, was shown in Bayview, San Francisco, at the Bordeaux Building in May 2022. She is currently a Sculptor’s Assistant, Floral Designer Assistant, and a Co-Founder of Copper Rivet Studios LLC, Oakland, CA.