Background
Chun was born on O"ahu and attended Kamehameha Schools.
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Kaili Chun
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Princeton University.
Career
She also is a lecturer at Kapi"olani Community College. Natural and industrial materials are also common in her artworks. Her parents are of mixed ancestry and both are part Native Hawaiian.
As an undergraduate earning her Bachelor of Arts in Architecture at Princeton University, Chun studied under ceramic artist Toshiko Takaezu.
Chun went on to earn her Master of Fine Arts from the University of Hawai"i-Manoa in 1999. She also apprenticed under Wright Elemakule Bowman Senior, a Native Hawaiian master craftsman and canoe builder from 1996-2003.
Chun is one of the first Native Hawaiian artists to exhibit in the Venice Biennale in 2015. Among the locations that have displayed Chun"s work are the Museum of Arts and Design, the Venice Biennale, the Biennial of Hawaiii Artists at the Contemporary Museum in Honolulu, the Honolulu Academy of Arts, and the Wing Luke Museum.
