KATE LASTER katelasterart@ gmail.com katelaster.com IG: @howlingmoondog
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
AWARDS, HONORS, & GRANTS
2020 The Space Program SF Emergency Artist Grant Cisco, Home of the Brave Artist Resident Runner Up (Forthcoming) Open Windows Cooperative April Artist in Residence White Oaks Elementary School Teaching Artist in Residence In Cahoots March Residency Cohort (as part of the collective, Hevra Kadisha) Vermont Studio Center February Residency Cohort Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant 2019 Burnell Artist Residency Finalist Asylum Arts Bay Area Artist Cohort Porcupine Gulch Artist Residency Cohort SFAI 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
RECENT GROUP EXHIBITIONS & PERFORMANCES
2020 Poster Syndicate Retrospective at Jewett Gallery, SF, CA (Forthcoming) Connective Tissue at Pirate: Contemporary Art, Denver, CO (Forthcoming) OPEN BOOK 7 at Open Windows Cooperative, SF, CA (Forthcoming) In Cahoots at the Hatchery Gallery, Petaluma, CA (As part of the collective, Hevra Kadisha) The Procession or Failure of a Failure, a performance lead by Jessica Caldas, Johnson, VT Palace of Trash presents Make it Rain at Pro Arts gallery, Oakland, CA
2019 Open Book Show 6 at Arion Press, SF, CA Useless at Long Haulway Gallery, SF, CA anomaly seeking anomaly (with Ben Cornish) at Sweetie’s Art Bar, SF, CA 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 1 KATE LASTER katelasterart@ gmail.com katelaster.com IG: @howlingmoondog
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 GLEANING/GLEAMING (with Kate Rannells) at Swell Gallery, SF, CA
2017 The Invisible Gallery at the Invisible Gallery, SF, CA Material Translations at Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA Here Now: Where We Stand (As part of the San Francisco Poster Syndicate) at The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, SF, CA FOOTWORK (with Sherwin Rio) 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
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
2020 White Oaks Elementary School Teaching Artist in Residence
San Francisco Art Institute Teaching Assistant for Robin Balliger (Art, Place, and Public Studies)
2019 University of Colorado, Denver Visiting Artist
San Francisco Art Institute Alumni Ambassador to Admissions Public Education Assistant
Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture MAYA STOVALL: THEOREM, NO. 1 Production Assistant
Teaching Assistant for Meredith Martínez (Violence in Literature & Drama) 2018 City Studio Tenderloin Boys and Girls Club Collaborative Printmaking Instructor (Ongoing) 2 KATE LASTER katelasterart@ gmail.com katelaster.com IG: @howlingmoondog
San Francisco Art Institute Diego Rivera Gallery Co-director (Summer 2018 - Spring 2019)
Orientation Mentor
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 Art Gallery Event Coordinator
2014 Yaaḵoosgé Daakahídi Art & English Teacher Alternative High School
2013 University of Alaska Southeast Printmaking/Sculpture Department Aid
2012 Woosh Kinaadeiyí Community Instructor
RECENT CURATORIAL WORK
2020 OPEN BOOK 7 at Open Windows Cooperative, SF, CA (Forthcoming)
2019 Open Book Show 6 (co-curator with Sam Companatico) at Arion Press, 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 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 Open Book Show 4 at Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture Pier 2, SF, CA The Past Didn’t Go Anywhere (co-curator with Sherwin Rio) at Diego Rivera Gallery, 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, SF CA 3 KATE LASTER katelasterart@ gmail.com katelaster.com IG: @howlingmoondog
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, FEATURES & COLLECTIONS
2020 VSC 2020 Broadside Selection Quartet of Blocks on loan at the Red Mill, Johnson, VT 2019 “KEEP THE LIGHT UNDER YOUR TONGUE WHEN YOU SPEAK THE WORDS & WAITING GIRL”, Private Collection, Alameda, CA. “FREEHAND”, Private collection, Mill Valley, CA. Khu, Sofia. “Open Book Show 6: Life and Resistance in the Everyday.” Bob Cut Mag, Bob Cut Mag, 23 Aug. 2019 2019 MFA NOW p.62 2018 Damonte, Bruce. “AIA COTE 2018 San Francisco Art Institute Fort Mason Center Pier 2: Livegreenblog.” Floornature.com. SFAEYE ISSUE 2 Eckerstorfer, Jessica. “Kate Laster.” Paper Darts, Paper Darts, 19 Apr. 2018. 2017 SFAI - Fort Mason INSIDEOUT Video credit: Stephanie Smith and Miguel Novelo. Musiker, Cy. “Political Prints Pull No Punches at Juan R. Fuentes Gallery.” KQED. Terrazas, Alexis. “Exhibition Highlights Importance of Art in Tumultuous Times.” El Tecolote. 2015 Prosser , Jules. “Kate Laster Cover Artist.” The Cooper Point Journal, 27 Sept. 2015.
SELECTED COLLECTIONS FOR GRAPHIC WORK
Center for the Study of Political Graphics San Francisco Labor Archive Bancroft Library Special Collections SFAI Library SF Public Library Special Collections
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