Festival Curator Kris Kuramitsu

Kris Kuramitsu is a curator dedicated to supporting the work of contemporary artists. She currently serves as Deputy Director & Head of Program for The Mistake Room in Los Angeles, where she has organized solo projects for Cao Fei, Susu Attar, Carlos Amorales, and Matsumi Kanemitsu, among other exhibitions and programs. As an independent curator, she has organized exhibitions at spaces such as LAXART, Los Angeles; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California; Instituto Cervantes, Madrid; Paramo, Guadalajara; and the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, in addition to managing private art collections.

Kuramitsu’s previous posts include Associate Director for Artis; Programs Director at Creative Link for the Arts, New York; Curator for the collections of Eileen and Peter Norton and the Collection of Eileen Harris Norton; and the Arts Programs Director for the Peter Norton Family Foundation. She holds an MA in Art History from UCLA and a BA from Pomona College.

Kris Kuramitsu is a curator dedicated to supporting the work of contemporary artists. She currently serves as Deputy Director & Head of Program for The Mistake Room in Los Angeles, where she has organized solo projects for Cao Fei, Susu Attar, Carlos Amorales, and Matsumi Kanemitsu, among other exhibitions and programs. As an independent curator, she has organized exhibitions at spaces such as LAXART, Los Angeles; Armory Center for the Arts, Pasadena, California; Instituto Cervantes, Madrid; Paramo, Guadalajara; and the Japanese American National Museum, Los Angeles, in addition to managing private art collections.

Kuramitsu’s previous posts include Associate Director for Artis; Programs Director at Creative Link for the Arts, New York; Curator for the collections of Eileen and Peter Norton and the Collection of Eileen Harris Norton; and the Arts Programs Director for the Peter Norton Family Foundation. She holds an MA in Art History from UCLA and a BA from Pomona College.