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DESCRIPTION:A retrospective featuring over thirty selected paintings\, draw
 ings and textiles&nbsp\;(1995-present) from her Refrigerator\, Hapa Soap O
 pera\, Loving\, Aloha Dreams\, and Devon Avenue Sampler series as wellas s
 ome early and new works on exhibit for the first time.&nbsp\;Kina's art co
 llectively embraces "ikigai" or the Japanese&nbsp\;belief of "a sense of l
 ife worth living" and reflects her "postcolonial pop&nbsp\;aesthetic" as a
  multiracial Okinawan Jewish artist/educator/scholar living in a&nbsp\;Sou
 th Asian Indian neighborhood in Chicago.&nbsp\;\n\n<strong>April 2nd&nbsp\
 ;</strong><strong>-</strong><strong>&nbsp\;May 30th\nGene Siskel Film Cent
 er Caf&eacute\; Gallery\nOpening reception\, Friday\, April 2nd from 6-8pm
 </strong>\n<strong>\n</strong><strong>BIOGRAPHY</strong>:&nbsp\;Laura Kina
  is an artist\, independent curator\, and scholar whose research focuses o
 n Asian American art and critical mixed race studies. She is an Associate 
 Professor of Art\, Media and Design\, Vincent de Paul Professor\, and Dire
 ctor of Asian American Studies at DePaul University. She is a 2009-2010 De
 Paul University Humanities Fellow. She earned her MFA from the school of t
 he University of Illinois at Chicago\, where she studied under noted paint
 ers Kerry James Marshall and Phyllis Bramson\, and she earned her BFA from
  the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Born in Riverside\, Californi
 a and raised in Poulsbo\, WA\, the artist currently lives and works in Chi
 cago\, IL with her husband\, Mitch\, and their daughter\, Midori\, and her
  stepdaughter\, Ariel. Her work has shown internationally is represented i
 n Miami\, FL by Diana Lowenstein Fine Arts.\n\nLink to Laura Kina's&nbsp\;
 <a href="http://www.laurakina.com/" target="_blank">website</a>.
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SUMMARY:"Laura Kina: A Many-Splendored Thing"
URL:/en/events/2010/04/02/laura-kina-a-many-splendored-thing/
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