• April 23 Brooklyn College Afro-Latinx-Queer-Korea-Asia in the Arts Symposium

    April 23 Brooklyn College Afro-Latinx-Queer-Korea-Asia in the Arts Symposium

    On April 23, 2023, 3:40-5:40 EST panel (via Zoom) “Still Queer: Writing, Curating, and Queering Asian American Art.” Join “Queering Contemporary Asian American Art” co-authors Laura Kina and Jan Christian Bernabe for their panel discussion at the Brooklyn College Afro-Latinx-Queer-Korea-Asia in the Arts Symposium. Learn more about the April 22-23 symposium: https://www.brooklyn.edu/art/cegkasi/alqkaas/

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  • April 22 Artist Talk at Riverside Arts Center

    April 22 Artist Talk at Riverside Arts Center

    Join Laura Kina for an artist talk and gallery tour on Saturday, April 22nd at 2pm. Her exhibition “Over the Rainbow, One More Time” in Riverside Arts Center’s Freeark Gallery continues through May 6th. Viewing hours Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays 1-5pm. Exhibition catalogues are available online and at the gallery.

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  • April 14 – Open House in partnership with EXPO Chicago

    April 14 – Open House in partnership with EXPO Chicago

    Apr. 14, 2023, 6–9PM Come visit Laura Kina’s art studio #818 as part of the Mana Contemporary Open House 2233 S. Throop St. Chicago, IL. This event is in partnership with EXPO Chicago Art After Hours. Join Mana Contemporary’s Open House and meet artists, curators, gallerists, and collectors. This event is FREE and OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

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  • Exhibition Catalog “Over the Rainbow, One More Time”

    Exhibition Catalog “Over the Rainbow, One More Time”

    Now available – exhibition catalog for Laura Kina’s solo show “Over the Rainbow, One More Time” at the Riverside Arts Center Freeark Gallery March 26-May 6, 2023 curated by director Joanne Aono. Thank you to Young Sun Choi for photographing the work and RAC board member Dan Streeting for designing the catalog. 32 pages, full color, $15 available in the gallery and online.

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  • Verge Spring 2023 cover artwork and Featured article

    Verge Spring 2023 cover artwork and Featured article

    Laura Kina’s 2019 painting “Ufushu Gajumaru (Giant Banyon Tree), Valley of Gangala, Okinawa, Japan” is on the front cover and her “Holding On” series is featured in an article by Ryan Buyco “Finding New Routes”: Visualizing an Oceanic Okinawa in Laura Kina’s Holding On (2019) in the Spring 2023 issue of Verge: Studies in Global Asias.

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  • Solo show “Over the Rainbow, One More Time”

    Solo show “Over the Rainbow, One More Time”

    The Riverside Arts Center is pleased to present Over the Rainbow, One More Time, a solo exhibition of paintings and mixed media art by Laura Kina in our Freeark Gallery, curated by Gallery Director, Joanne Aono.

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