Katherine Aoki

 
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Katherine grew up on the east coast in the small town of Natick, a Boston suburb. She attended the University of California, Berkeley, followed by two years at Washington University in St. Louis for an MFA in Printmaking. Currently Katherine lives in the Silicon Valley where she is an assistant professor at Santa Clara University. Her studio is located in San Jose.

Past awards include fellowships from Kala (1995) and the MacDowell Colony (2001). This past summer she was awarded an artist's residency at Headlands Center for the Arts. Her work can be found in major collections across the U.S., such as SFMOMA , the Harvard University Art Museums, and the New York Public Library.

In August-November of 2004 she will participate in the SF Art Commission Kiosk Poster Series on Market Street. Watch for her series of linocut prints entitled "Champions of Market St." The posters will feature Market St. pedestrians dressed in super-hero garb performing random acts of kindness.

Her work is included in the following public collections:

New York Public Library
Spencer Art Museum, Univ. of Kansas
Fine Arts Museums of California, Achenbach Foundation
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Olin Rare Books Collection, Washington, Univ., St. Louis

 





 

 

 


 
Original works of art by exceptional contemporary printmakers.