Kris KURAMITSU

Profile

Born in 1971 in Chicago. Lives and works in Los Angeles. Graduated with an MA in Art History from UCLA in 1995.
Kuramitsu, a Los Angeles-based independent curator and educator, has organized exhibitions of contemporary art for over 20 years. She also leads the "Candlewood Arts Festival," a temporary public art program in the Anza Borrego Desert. Formerly, she was Senior Curator at The Mistake Room in Los Angeles.

Recent exhibitions
2024 "Open Sky," Benton Museum of Art, Claremont, California
2024 "Candlewood Arts Festival," Borrego Springs, California
2022 "Voice a Wild Dream: Moments in Asian American Art and Activism, 1968-2022," OxyArts, Los Angeles
2019 "Gaelle Choisne: Temple of Love - Adorable," The Mistake Room, Los Angeles
2018 "Susu Attar: Isthmus," The Mistake Room, Los Angeles

Grant
2018 "Etant Donnes Contemporary Art Curatorial Fellowship" by FACE Foundation, New York

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*Kris Kuramitsu’s residency was made possible by an artist residency partnership with 18th Street Arts Center through the Call to Dream: The Sam Francis Fellowship and TOKAS.

About works

As a curator and educator, she focuses on contemporary art from the Mid-20th Century to the present. She highlights artists and their practices in a global framework that considers the social, material, and political contexts in which they operate. She maintains an abiding interest in lesser-known cultural histories and endeavors to center these stories to create new shared narratives.