Kelly Akashi (b. 1983, Los Angeles, California) lives and works in Los Angeles, California. Her work can be found in the permanent collections of the Brooklyn Museum, New York; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; CC Foundation, Shanghai; X Museum, Beijing; The Perimeter, London; David Roberts Art Foundation, London; Sifang Museum, Nanjing, Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles, Frye Art Museum among others. Her upcoming exhibition at the San Jose Museum of Art opens in September 2022; it will then travel to multiple museums in the US.