Education
Pratt Institute.
Pratt Institute.
Kawasaki studied fine art painting for two years at the Pratt Institute in New York City, but left after two years without completing her degree. She has reported that several of her professors suggested that she should stay away from her particular style of painting nudes. She cites the emphasis in the New York art scene on conceptual art, an approach at odds with her figurative, illustrative style, as among the reasons she left.
As of 2006, Kawasaki was considered a rising star in the Los Angeles art scene.
In 2005, Kawasaki designed the cover art for Alice Smith"s Foreign Lovers, Dreamers & Maine. In 2011, singer Christina Perri was tattooed with Kawasaki"s painting, "My Dishonest Heart", by Kat Von Doctorate on an episode of Los Angeles Ink.
Kawasaki has also been featured in several art magazines including Hi-Fructose and Juxtapoz, and has started developing more commercial products such as phone skins and mint boxes.
Quotations: “The merging of realistically molded faces and bodies against the contrast of flat lines and patterns is so stimulating to medical ”.