Asuka Goto received an MFA in Sculpture from Tyler School of Art and a BA and Post-Baccalaureate Certificate in Studio Art from Brandeis University. She has been an artist-in-residence at Loghaven, Pioneer Works, Joan Mitchell Center, LMCC Workspace and the Skowhegan School of Painting & Sculpture, among others. Her awards include the Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, NYFA Artists' Fellowship and the Jerome Foundation Travel & Study Grant. Her work has been exhibited at BRIC, the Brooklyn Public Library, the CUE Foundation, NURTUREart, and Tiger Strikes Asteroid in New York; at the Kimmel Center in Philadelphia; at 516 ARTS in Albuquerque; and at the Globe Gallery in Newcastle, England.
Goto was born and raised in Boston and lived in Yokosuka, Japan for several years as a teenager. She now resides in Philadelphia and is an Associate Professor and the Chair of Fine Arts at Moore College of Art & Design.