Haruko Tanaka

Haruko Tanaka (b. Queens, NY 1974, d. 2019) was a Los Angeles–based artist and filmmaker.^[1][2][3] She was awarded fellowships and residencies at the Japanese American National Museum and the Echo Park Film Center.^[4][5] Tanaka is also part of the psychic duo Krystal Krunch along with Asher Hartman.^[6] Her videos, performances, and intuitive sessions have been shown at or sponsored by a range of places including the Walker Art Center,^[6] the Tang Museum,^[7] the Hammer Museum,^[8] the Los Angeles County Arts Commission,^[9] Southern Exposure,^[10] and Machine Project.^[11] She earned her BFA in art at the University of Southern California in 1997.^[1] She then received her MFA in photography at the California Institute of the Arts in 2003.^[1] Tanaka was a MacDowell Fellowship in 2018.^[1]