Shane Sakata is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores themes of consumerism, commodification, with a focus on the persistence of a colonial gaze in the tourism industry and the built environment in her home state of Hawaiʻi,. Her expanded practice includes photography, mixed media, zine-making, and collage.
Educated as a Certified Management Accountant in Canada, Sakata continues to integrate her analytical and creative sides through ongoing study. Sakata’s work has been featured in numerous national exhibitions including the New York Center for Photographic Art (NY), PhotoPlace Gallery (VT) and ASmith Gallery (TX), and the Curated Fridge (MA). Her photographs have been featured in publications such as F Stop Magazine, Trois Point Magazine Vol 11 - The Consuming World and The Mindful Photographer: Awake in the World with a Camera by David Ulrich, and PEER Volume 3.
Her zine, Hawaii, Our Own, was named the Best Concept Zine at the Contemporary Photography in Hawaii 2026 exhibition. Sakata was Culture & Daily Life category winner and received three honorable mentions in the 20th Julia Margaret Cameron Awards, her work has been juried into the Contemporary Photography in Hawaiʻi annual exhibit nine times since 2016 and she received the Pacific New Media Portfolio Award in 2021.
Sakata has coordinated several exhibitions, self-published five zines, and is the co-founder of the Hi Zine & Print Collective.
Learn more about where my work has been exhibited and my background by clicking through to my Curriculum Vitae.