Poston, Block 21, 2026, Acrylic, oil paint, and oil pastel on linen and wood panel with plexiglass, wire, and embroidery thread, 44" x 39.5"
Gate, 2025, Stuffed acrylic on canvas with embroidery thread, balsa wood, and keychain hardware, 19" x 19"
Reign It In, 2026, Oil paint on wood panel with wire, 30" x 24"
Altar, 2025, Oil paint on wood panel, inkjet print on wood panel, and Hama beads collaged on wood panel with tulle, 28" x 36"
You Will Know Exactly What to Do, 2026, Acrylic airbrush, acrylic marker, oil paint, and oil pastel on wood panels with hinges, 48" x 20"
Roxy Box, 2026, Wood, metal handles, graphite, secrets, 12” x 12” x 6”
Pieces for President, 2025, Oil on canvas collaged with graphite on found object wood panel, embroidery thread, plastic, key rings, and metal wire, 42" x 34"
Mechanisms of a Nest, 2025, Oil Pastel, charcoal, watercolor on paper, collaged with inkjet print, wire, and sculpting mesh, window screen, image transfer on canvas, embroidery ribbon, oil paint, and acrylic paint on wood panel, 76"x 46", Diptych
Cub Condo with Veil, 2026, Oil paint on wood panel with metal sculpting mesh, 8" x 10"
Pups, 2025, Charcoal on paper, 16" x 12"
The Living Room, 2025, Mixed media installation; collage, wood panel, oil pastel, inkjet print, hand-dyed repurposed fabric, block print, paper plaster sculpt, wire, watercolor, airbrush, tule, 7'x7'x8'
Mini Skirt, 2024, Watercolor, airbrush graphite, and paper plaster sculpt collaged on canvas with wire, 12"x12"x12" Dimensions Variable
Cat Power, 2024, Graphite on paper, 9" x 11”
Will you sign my VBS shirt?, 2024, Inkjet print, oil pastel, acrylic, wire, graphite, ink, collaged on wood panel, 24" x 24"
Rock Angels, 2025, Aribrush, griptape, and acrylic on wood panel, collaged with airbrush on paper and wire, 13" x 16" x 1"
Scroll, 2024, Ink, charcoal, oil pastel, and acrylic on paper mounted on wood, 24" x 30" x 2 (diptych)
Wearable drawing girl wearing a wearable drawing, girl, 2024, Watercolor, ink and oil pastel on paper, 23" x 33”
Gates of Heaven, 2023, Watercolor, ink and oil pastel on paper, 23" x 33”
Whoop, 2024, Airbrush and oil pastel on paper, 32" x 28"
Moss BB, 2023, oil pastel, tissue paper, charcoal, collage, 23x33”
Sequoia, 2025, Airbrush, water color, and oil pastel on paper, 44"x28"
Horsepower, 2024, Oil pastel on paper, 14" x 16”
It’s not about him, 2024, Ink, watercolor, oil pastel, acrylic, marker, and wire, 3' x 3’
Coffee Table, 2024, Inkjet print, oil pastel, acrylic, wire, spray paint, collaged on wood panel, 24" x 24"
Mob TMP, Ink on paper collage with wire, 2024, 16" x 16" x 1”
Pups, 2025, Charcoal on paper, 16" x 12"
You and me Both, Pal, 2023, charcoal on paper, 23 x 17”8_, 2024, Watercolor, ink and oil pastel on paper, 23" x 33”
Sequoia, 2025, Airbrush, watercolor, and oil pastel on paper, 44" x 28"
Bliss Warehouse Sale, 2023, Ink, watercolor, and oil pastel on paper, 11"x14"
Horses Off Duty, Watercolor, ink, oil pastel, and acrylic on paper, 30" x 25"
Bird Carving School of Adult Education, 2024, Watercolor, acrylic, ink, marker, acetate, wire, and fabric collaged on wood panel, 28" x 23”
Waiting for a Friend, 2023, Oil Pastel on Paper
KEI, 2025, Oil paint on wood panel, metal wire, and painted wood, 16" x 16"
Artist bio
Layne Takahashi is a mixed media artist born in Tustin, California, and working in Brooklyn. Layne attended California College of the Arts Precollege, received her BA from UC Davis in 2022, and was part of the UCD Advanced Undergraduate Studio program. She attended the Royal Drawing School and Dumfries House as an artist in residence in fall 2023. Other recent residencies include the Midway Artist Residency in San Francisco, where she curated the group shows "An Accident, on Purpose" and "This Time, A Living Room Encounter" at San Francisco Gallery, and the Kunstraum Artist Residency in Brooklyn, which culminated in the exhibition "Within New Ground, Fragments Shimmer." Recent group exhibitions include “Haha, Amen” in San Francisco, "Good Work for Bad People," "Housewarming," and "Borders," all at Pushup Gallery in Bushwick, Brooklyn.
Her current practice involves creating summations of the facets of her existence that spark curiosity. These facets include iconography from childhood or family history, often amplifying the essence of corporate America, embracing tackiness and calling class within art into question. The works embrace an oscillation between chaos, crude application, and finesse.