Laura Kina

Kasuri (2010) – oil on wood panel; 30 x 45 in.
Palaka (2010) – oil on canvas; 30 x 45 in.
Okinawan Tattoo #1 (2010) – oil on wood panel; 12 x 12 in.
Okinawan Tattoo #2 (2010) – oil on wood panel; 12 x 12 in.
Sugar Study #1 (2010) – oil on wood panel; 12 x 12 in.
Sugar Study #2 (2010) – oil on wood panel; 18 x 24 in.

Laura Kina received her MFA Studio Art from the University of Illinois at Chicago and her BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. She is an Associate Professor of Art, Media, and Design and distinguished Vincent de Paul Professor at DePaul University. Born in Riverside, California to an Okinawan father from Hawai’i and a Spanish-Basque/Anglo mother, Kina was raised in a small Norwegian town in the Pacific Northwest. The artist currently lives and works in Chicago, Illinois.

Her work has shown nationally and internationally, most recently in New Delhi and Mumbai, India, and is represented in Miami, FL by Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts. Her recent solo shows include: A Many-Splendored Thing (Gene Siskel Film Center, Chicago, IL 2010), Aloha Dreams and Hapa Soap Operas (Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts, Miami, FL 2007 and 2003), and Loving (Grand Projects, New Haven, CT 2006).