• Minidoka is the name of the Idaho concentration camp in which the artist and his extended family were imprisoned during World War II because their Japanese ancestry made American government officials doubt their loyalty to the U.S.

• Like Shimomura’s parents, the majority of the 120,000 people imprisoned in camps such as Minidoka were native-born U.S. citizens.

• The artist was two years old when his family was ordered to leave their home for Japanese internment.

• Over the past several decades the artist has repeatedly returned to visit the site of the prison camp, in person and in art installations, which he has titled, “Minidoka on My Mind.” This painting appeared in a 2016 installation at the Beach Museum of Art that was given this title by the artist.