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


2024     window flowers for Palestine, curated by Dav Bell, The Greenhouse Project, Santa Cruz, CA

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