kathy wu

kathy wu (she/they) is a designer, artist, and poet interested in histories of science and technology via the mediums of code, language, and image. She earned a BFA from RISD in Graphic Design with a concentration in Literary Arts, and an MFA from Brown University. She has worked as a designer at the Lifelong Kindergarten group at MIT Media Lab and as technology researcher at IDEO CoLab. She is passionate about collective publishing and community organizing and has been involved in Asian American Resource Workshop and the Interference Archive as a visual designer and political educator.

They have presented work at Allied Media Conference, Babycastles, NY MakerFaire, MoMA Biodesign Challenge, among others. They have been selected for residencies at Blue Mountain Center, Black Mountain College Museum, Provincetown Fine Art Works Center, Pao Arts Center, and CultureHub. Their debut visual poetry book is forthcoming via Wendy’s Subway Press.