1991 Born in Anchorage, Alaska.
EDUCATION
2019 MA, History and Theory of Contemporary Art, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA
MFA, Studio Art with Printmaking Emphasis, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA
2015 BA, Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA
SELECTED WORK EXPERIENCE
2022-present Studio Facilitator, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
2020-present Teaching Artist, San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA
2021-2022 MFA Advisor, Wilson College, Chambersburg, PA
2020-2022 Full Time Studio Assistant, Hospitality House’s Community Arts Program, SF, CA
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 Pattern of Window Frames, Et Al. gallery, curated by Saif Azzuz, SF, CA
The Embodied Press: Queer Abstraction and the Artist’s Book, curated by Anthea Black, Kala Art
Institute, Berkeley, CA
Can’t Wait for Tomorrow, Curated by Jamie Walsh, WAVE Collective, SF, CA
The Embodied Press: Books by Queer and Transgender Artists, curated by Anthea Black, wrm space,
Seoul, Korea.
Dearly Discarded, curated by John Vochatzer, Moth Belly Gallery, SF, CA
Lot of Performance, 801 Pine St, curated by Maddie Putnam, Oakland, CA
The Embodied Press: Queer Abstraction and the Artist’s Book, curated by Anthea Black, Mary E. Black
Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia.
New Ideas in Visual Language, curated by Vivian Sming, Letterform Archive Reading Room, SF, CA
2022 Collective Action, curated by Renee de Cossio, Haight Art Street Center, SF, CA
Clearings, curated by Martha Daghlian, Grapefruits Art Space, Montelier, VT
5 Wishes, curated by Martina Ayala, Sanchez Art Center, Pacifica, CA
The Shmita Year, Osher Marin JCC, San Rafael, CA
The Art of the Possible, an.ä.log SF, SF, CA
Sólo Mujeres, curated by Martina Ayala, The Mission Cultural Center for Latino Arts, SF, CA
CHOICE CUTS, curated by Charles Blackwell, Tenderloin Museum, SF, CA
INAUGURAL, curated by Brent Hayden, Soft Times Gallery, SF, CA
2021 HEROES & MONSTERS, SF Public Library, SF, CA (as part of the collective, Hevra Kadisha)
Poster Syndicate Retrospective, Jewett Gallery, SF, CA
SFAI 150 | A Spirit of Disruption, curated by Leila Weefur and Margaret Tedesco, Walter and
McBean Gallery, SF, CA
2019 anomaly seeking anomaly, curated by Cait Peterson, Sweetie’s Art Bar, SF, CA
MFA Vernissage, curated by Julio César Morales, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture,
Pier 2, SF, CA
2018 Print Exchange Showcase, Osaka University of Arts, Osaka, Japan
Ojalá (as part of the collective, Resolana), curated by Atomic Culture, Carlsbad Museum & Art
Center, Carlsbad, NM
The Radical, curated by M. Roa, at Real Old Paper Gallery, SF, CA
2017 FOOTWORK, curated by Bertha Rodriguez, Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
Creation & Resistance, curated by Art Hazelwood, Juan R. Fuentes Gallery, SF, CA
The Pacific Wall, curated by Lasse Scherffig, Schillerpalais, Belin, Germany
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2020 EVEN IF IT IS, curated by Eileen Muza, Cisco Home of the Brave, Cisco, UT
SELECTED PERFORMANCES & GUEST LECTURES
2023 Guest Speaker at Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
Artist Talk Moderator at Moth Belly Gallery, SF, CA
Guest Speaker at City College, SF, CA
2022 Guest Speaker at Laney College, Oakland, CA
Guest Speaker at University of Colorado, Denver
Guest Speaker at NIAD Virtual Programing, Richmond, CA
Visiting Lecturer at University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2019 Palace of Trash presents Make it Rain, Pro Arts Gallery, Oakland, CA
The Procession or Failure of a Failure, a performance lead by Jessica Caldas, Johnson, VT
Palace of Trash presents MTV, The Stud, SF, CA
STONES SPEAK, a site specific collaborative performance led by Hevra Kadisha at Buena Vista
Park, SF, CA
2018 LET THE RIVER LEAD YOU, a site specific collaborative performance, 57th Carnegie International
University Night with Postcommodity, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
SELECTED CURATORIAL WORK
2023 Moondog & Friends, JC DECAUX kiosk via CounterPulse Arts, SF, CA
2022 FEELING LANGUAGE, NIAD Art Center, Richmond, CA
invisible monument / secret memorial, the backway, SF, CA
2021 LOVABLE (co-curator with Maddie Putnam), The Community Arts Program, SF, CA
CAMERON KIM (co-curator with Maddie Putnam and Janet Williams), The Community Arts
Program, SF, CA
2019 Open Book Show 6 (co-curator with Sam Companatico), Arion Press, SF, CA
2018 Open Book Show V, Root Division, SF, CA
Open Book Show 4, Fort Mason Center for Arts and Culture Pier 2, SF, CA
Open Book Show 3, at 1890 Bryant Studios, SF, CA
2017 Art & Technology Salon, Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture Pier 2, SF, CA
The 2nd Open Book Show, Diego Rivera Gallery, SF, CA
The Open Book Show, Swell Gallery, SF, CA
AWARDS, HONORS, GRANTS & RESIDENCIES
2024 Small Plates Program Artist, Imprint Committee, San Francisco Center for the Book, SF, CA
2022 Classic Prints Artist, 19th Annual ROADWORKS, SF, CA
Pillow Fort Artist in Residence, Andes, NY
2021 Kala Studio Artist in Residence, Berkeley, CA
Chute Press Edition Two Portfolio, Oakland, CA
2020 Cisco, Home of the Brave Summer Artist in Residence, Cisco, UT
The Space Program SF Emergency Artist Grant
room_slashartsf Digital Selection
Open Windows Cooperative April Artist in Residence, SF, CA
White Oaks Elementary School Teaching Artist in Residence, San Carlos, CA
In Cahoots March Residency Cohort (as part of the collective, Hevra Kadisha), Petaluma, CA
Vermont Studio Center February Residency Cohort, Johnson, VT
Vermont Studio Center Artist’s Grant
2019 Burnell Artist Residency Finalist, Homer, AK
Asylum Arts Bay Area Artist Cohort, Mill Valley, CA
Porcupine Gulch Artist Residency Cohort, Dolores, CO
San Francisco Art Institute 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
San Francisco Art Institute Outstanding Graduate Student Award
San Francisco Art Institute Outstanding Printmaking Graduate Student Award
San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Student Leadership Award
SELECTED PROFILES
2023 Segalovich, Isabella. “Kate Laster Carves Ancestral Memory into Paper.” Hyperallergic
Winer, Abi. “Grief, Nature and Judaism Come Alive in Kate Laster’s Paper Cutting.” Hey Alma
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS, FEATURES & COLLECTIONS
2023 “moondog mailer: BURNOUT”, published by Clear as Schmutz Press, SF, CA
2022 “resting reader”, published by Queer.Archive.Work, Providence, RI
“Strike While the Ink is Hot! III”, published by But,Whole Press, SF, CA
2021 “Mother Tongue”, published by Linke Fligl, Hudson Valley, NY
“Elastic Capacity”, published by Chute Press, Berkeley, CA
“Everyday Apocalypse”, published by But,Whole Press, SF, CA
2020 “Strike While the Ink is Hot! II”, published by But,Whole Press, SF, CA
“Strike While the Ink is Hot! I”, published by But,Whole Press, SF, CA
VSC 2020 Broadside Selection
“ALEPH”, private collection, SF, CA.
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, San Francisco Art Institute, SF, CA
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.
SELECTED ARCHIVES FOR GRAPHIC WORK
SFMOMA Special Collections
Letterform Archive
Cisco Library Political Graphics Collections
Center for the Study of Political Graphics
San Francisco Labor Archive
Bancroft Library Special Collections
SFAI Library
SF Public Library Special Collections
Bowes Art & Architecture Library