Join us for a rare earnest artist talk with Kathy Aoki who will share a behind the scenes look at the conceptual nature of her work and how she produces it. Kathy Aoki has created many satirical, museum-style installations on themes ranging from Hello Kitty Monument, to makeup-dominated landscapes, to pop-diva Gwen Stefani's mortuary temple. How does she create these narratives and the extremely wide-range of "artifacts" and "historical" artworks that accompany them? Find out at this artist talk with live Q&A!
PROGRAM DETAILS
Date: Thurs, Sept 15, 2022 | 5 - 6 PM PT
Location: Virtual on Zoom
Tickets: FREE with $10 Suggested Donation
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About Kathy Aoki
Kathy Aoki is a multi-disciplinary visual artist who uses satire to critique the absurd value systems that dominate gender, pop culture, and politics. Her printmaking work can be found in major collections across the U.S. including the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco. Past awards include fellowships from the MacDowell Colony (NH), the Headlands Center for the Arts (CA), the Djerassi Artist in Residence Program (CA), and the Frans Masereel Centrum (Belgium). Aoki has completed commissions for institutions such as the San Francisco Arts Commission, the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Museum, and the San Jose Museum of Art.
Aoki lives and works in the San Francisco Bay Area where she is a Professor of Studio Art at Santa Clara University.
Website: https://kaoki.com/
Instagram: instagram.com/Kathy_Aoki_Artist/
In the Artist's Studio is generously supported by the Borgenicht Foundation and Wanda Kownacki.
The Borgenicht Foundation works to promote the understanding of secularism as the way and hope for establishing peace in the world. In addition, the Foundation supports social justice, conservation and historic preservation, the arts, health, and education.
