KATE LASTER katelasterar [email protected]
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BORN
1991 Anchorage, Alaska.
EDUCATION
2019 Dual Master of Fine Arts San Francisco Art Institute Studio Art with Printmaking Emphasis; Master of Arts History and Theory of Contemporary Art
2015 Bachelor of Arts Evergreen State College
RECENT DUO EXHIBITIONS
2019 anomaly seeking anomaly (with Ben Cornish) at Sweetie’s Art Bar, SF, CA (forthcoming) 2018 GLEANING/GLEAMING (with Kate Rannells) at Swell Gallery, SF, CA 2017 FOOTWORK (with Sherwin Rio) at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 Open Book Show 6 at Arion Press, SF, CA (forthcoming) MFA Exhibition at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture, Pier 2, SF, CA STONES SPEAK, A Site Specific Collaborative Performance at Buena Vista Park, SF, CA Trace of Minds at West Wall Gallery, SF, CA Leaving Marks at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Both at Print Gallery, SF, CA Immigration Emergency: In Defense & Defiance (As part of the San Francisco Poster Syndicate) at Oakland Asian Cultural Center, Oakland, CA Dunes and Avenues: The Richmond District at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Ashes to Ashes at Print Gallery, SF, CA Untitled Art Fair (As part of the collective, Resolana) at Pier 35, SF, CA
2018 Open Book Show V at Root Division, SF, CA Concentrate at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture Pier 2, SF, CA LET THE RIVER LEAD YOU., A Site Specific Collaborative Performance 57th Carnegie International University Night with Postcommodity at Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA The Invitation to Forget You is One I Must Decline at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Print Exchange Showcase at Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan Artist Book Fair at Adobe Books, SF, CA Ojalá (As part of the collective, Resolana) at the Carlsbad Museum & Art Center, Carlsbad, NM Open Book Show 4 at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture Pier 2, SF, CA The Emergency Has Been Everyday at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Open Book Show 3 at 1890 Bryant Studios, SF, CA The Radical at Real Old Paper Gallery, SF, CA Making Waves at Print Gallery, SF, CA Initial Impression at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture Pier 2, SF, CA You Were Here. at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Looking for Gold at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture Pier 2, SF, CA
2017 The Invisible Gallery at the Invisible Gallery, SF, CA
KATE LASTER katelasterar [email protected]
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@howlingmoondog
Here Now: Where We Stand (As part of the San Francisco Poster Syndicate) at The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, SF, CA Material Translations at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA The 2nd Open Book Show at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Creation & Resistance at Juan R. Fuentes Gallery, SF, CA The Open Book Show at Swell Gallery, SF, CA The Pacific Wall at Schillerpalais, Belin, Germany
RECENT CURATORIAL WORK
2019 Open Book Show 6 (co-curator with Sam Companatico) at Arion Press, SF, CA (forthcoming) More Than 701 years at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA STORYTELLING (co-curator with Bobby Singer) at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA History/Genealogy/Archaeology (co-curator with Delaina Engberg, Brandon Jauregui) at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA EPIGRAM (co-curator with Bobby Singer) at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
2018 Open Book Show V at Root Division, SF, CA The Invitation to Forget You is One I Must Decline at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA ONWARD (co-curator with Sherwin Rio) at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere (co-curator with Sherwin Rio) at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Open Book Show 4 at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture Pier 2, SF, CA Open Book Show 3 at 1890 Bryant Studios, SF, CA You Were Here. at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
2017 Art & Technology Salon at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture Pier 2, SF, CA The 2nd Open Book Show at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA The Open Book Show at Swell Gallery, SF, CA
SELECTED SHOWINGS OF STUDENT’S ARTWORK
2019 Identity and Pride: Youth Art Show at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, SF, SC Citywide Creative Arts Week 2019 at SF Cameraworks, SF, CA STUDIO SPRING 2019 FINAL EXHIBITION at African American Art & Culture Complex & Culture Complex, SF CA
SELECTED WORK & TEACHING EXPERIENCE
2019 San Francisco Art Institute Public Education Summer Assistant (Ongoing)
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture MAYA STOVALL: THEOREM, NO. 1 Production Assistant
San Francisco Art Institute Teaching Assistant for Meredith Martínez (Violence in Literature & Drama) 2018 City Studio Tenderloin Boys and Girls Club Mixed Media Printmaking Instructor (Ongoing)
San Francisco Art Institute Diego Rivera Gallery Co-director (Summer 2018 - Spring 2019)
Orientation Mentor
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Teaching Assistant for Ebitenyefa Baralaye (Contemporary Practice)
2017 San Francisco Art Institute Teaching Assistant for Art Hazelwood (Relief Printing 1)
Lasse Scherffig (Introduction to Art and Technology)
Sandy Walker Printing Studio Assistant
2015 Evergreen Student Art Gallery Open Mic Event Coordinator
2014 Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi Art & English Teacher Alternative High School
2013 University of Alaska Southeast Printmaking/Sculpture Department Aid
2012 Woosh Kinaadeiyí Performance Instructor
2011 C.A.R.E.S. Spoken Word Workshop Community Specialist
2010 Canvas at Reach Day Habilitation Program Instructor
AWARDS, HONORS, & GRANTS
2019 Virgil Williams Prize for Outstanding Leadership Headlands Graduate Fellowship Finalist
2018 Student Speaker at 57th Carnegie International University Night with Postcommodity at Carnegie Museum of Art Official Digital Selection for BAMPFA’s #WayBayNow SFAI Outstanding Graduate Student Award SFAI Outstanding Printmaking Graduate Student Award SFAI Graduate Student Leadership Award
2016 SFAI Grant recipient (2016-2019)
2015 Young Audiences of Oregon Teaching Artist Studio cohort
2013 URECA Grant recipient: An Exploration of Fine Art Techniques in the Production of Comic Books.
2012 Woosh Kinaadeiyí Original Board Member
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS & FEATURES
2019 MA THESIS, GENTRIFICATION OF THE DEAD: How The Displacement Of Cemeteries Paved The Way For Rethinking Monuments In San Francisco. MFA NOW
2018 SFAEYE ISSUE 2 3 KATE LASTER katelasterar [email protected]
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PAPER DART
2017 SFAI - Fort Mason INSIDEOUT
2016 STREET SHEET cover artist for October 15th. INK BRICK vol. 4
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