Asuka Goto is a Philadelphia-based visual artist whose work spans drawing, printmaking and photography. 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 Surf Point, Loghaven, Pioneer Works, Djerassi Resident Artists Program, 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 and Tiger Strikes Asteroid in New York; at the Kimmel Center and The Print Center in Philadelphia; at 516 ARTS in Albuquerque; and at the Globe Gallery in Newcastle, England. Her artist book, To Send a Telegram, which was a semi-finalist for the MCBA Prize, can be found in The Print and Picture Collection at the Free Library of Philadelphia; the W Van Alan Clark Jr Library at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University; and the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library at the University of Georgia.
Goto was born and raised in Boston and spent several years in Yokosuka, Japan as a teenager. She now lives in Philadelphia and is an Associate Professor of Fine Arts and the Chair of Interdisciplinary Arts at Moore College of Art & Design.
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