KAT KAZLAUSKAS

My work focuses on intercepting the waste stream. I also work within the mediums of glass, metal, wood, photography, and printmaking.

I am interested in how first world societies deal with excess and over-consumption in the name of convenience. I strive to make visible the connections that bind us over borders, boundaries, and oceans. Within our Climate Crisis, the world is getting smaller, and the knots are getting tighter as global issues entangle us, collectively, in emotional and psychological storms. I question whether we can utilize these structural entanglements to create a stronger web of support and demand for policy change around the globe, instead of strangling ourselves in systemic failures.

BIO

Born and raised in California, Kat received her BFA from UC Berkeley with a concurrent BA in Rhetoric. She received her MFA from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa in 2020. Kat Kazlauskas is a founding partner, and the director of outreach at CICADA. She is on the board of directors executive committee of Hawai’i Craftsmen and the co-chair of their Annual Statewide Exhibition. She is a Honolulu-based visual artist and activist.

See more at katkazlauskas.com or @katkaz