Kim Teru Yasuda (born 1960) is an American artist known for her sculptures, site-specific installations and public art projects exploring themes of memory, identity, and social engagement in public spaces.
Work
Born in
Oakland
Oakland is a city in the East Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area in the U.S. state of California. It is the county seat and most populous city in Alameda County, with a population of 440,646 in 2020. A major West Coast port, Oakland is ...
, California, Yasuda is a professor of Public Practice in the Art Department at
University of California, Santa Barbara
The University of California, Santa Barbara (UC Santa Barbara or UCSB) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Santa Barbara County, California, United States. Tracing its roots back to 1891 as an ...
and previously served as the co-director of the UC Institute for Research in the Arts (UCIRA). She obtained her B.F.A. from
San Jose State University
San José State University (San Jose State or SJSU) is a Public university, public research university in San Jose, California. Established in 1857, SJSU is the List of oldest schools in California, oldest public university on the West Coast of ...
in 1983 and her M.F.A. from the
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in ...
in 1988.
Yasuda has received fellowships and awards from the
National Endowment for the Arts
The National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is an independent agency of the United States federal government that offers support and funding for projects exhibiting artistic excellence. It was created in 1965 as an independent agency of the feder ...
, the
Joan Mitchell Foundation
Joan Mitchell (February 12, 1925 – October 30, 1992) was an American artist who worked primarily in painting and printmaking, and also used pastel and made other works on paper. She was an active participant in the New York School of artis ...
, and the
Anonymous Was a Woman Foundation. Her work has been exhibited at the
New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, the
Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C., the Oakland Museum of Art, California and Camerawork Gallery, London.
Yasuda has received commissions for public art from the
Metropolitan Transit Authority of Los Angeles as well as the cities of St. Louis, San Jose and Hollywood. Yasuda incorporates a variety of media in her work, including light, which she has used to signify memory or a depiction of one's interior landscape.
Her artistic practice and teaching is open and collaborative, often engaging her students directly with communities where the art projects are situated. In 2008 Yasuda established ''WORD Magazine,'' a student-run arts and culture magazine associated with a UCSB class and part of
Isla Vista Arts, as a way to redefine misconceptions of Isla Vista. Following the
2014 Isla Vista killings
Two misogynistic terror, misogynistic terrorist attacks occurred in Isla Vista, California, United States on the evening of May 23, 2014. 22-year-old Elliot Rodger killed six people and injured fourteen others by gunshot, stabbing and vehicle ...
, Yasuda developed a class for UCSB students called IVOpenLab to facilitate students' active learning within the Isla Vista community through social engagement, research, and participation.
References
External links
Interview with Kim Yasuda
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1960 births
Living people
San Jose State University alumni
University of Southern California alumni
American women artists
21st-century American women