Glenn Takai (1947–2018) was a Sacramento-born ceramic artist whose figurative sculptures combine autobiography, family history, Japanese American identity and the irreverent spirit of Northern California Funk. A third-generation Japanese American, Takai studied at Sacramento City College and earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University, Sacramento before receiving his M.F.A. from the University of California, Davis in 1999. His ceramic figures often function as visual narratives, combining human forms with animals, landscapes, faces and symbolic objects. Family became an especially important subject in his later work, as Takai explored relationships among generations and reflected on the disruption of Japanese American family and cultural history during World War II. Takai was also associated with the influential Candy Store Gallery in Folsom, which championed unconventional Northern California artists and helped establish Funk as an important regional movement. His work is held in collections including the Crocker Art Museum, Oakland Museum of California and American Museum of Ceramic Art.