Publications
Forthcoming. War Baby/Love Child: Mixed Race Asian American Art edited by Laura Kina and Wei Ming Dariotis (University of Washington Press, 2013).
Kina, Laura. “Devon Avenue Sampler.” Modeling Citizenship: Jewish and Asian American Writing by Cathy J. Schlund-Vials (Temple University Press, 2011). Cover image.
Kina, Laura. “Loving: Elena Rubin” and “Loving: Shoshanna Weinberger.” Other Tongues: Mixed Race Women Speak Out Ed. Adebe DeRango-Adem & Andrea Thompson (Inanna Publication, 2010). p 48 and 74.
Kina, Laura “Sugar.” ZEEK: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture . Winter 2010. Cover image and p.62-65.
Kina, Laura. "Half Yella: Embracing Ethno-racial Ambiguity." Embracing Ambiguities: Faces of the Future (exhibition catalogue). Cal State Fullerton University, Fullerton Main Art Gallery, 2010.
Kina, Laura. "The Refrigerator Door."Sh'ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility .
No. 39 Vo. 661. June 2009: 9.
Boris, Staci and Sarah Giller Nelson. The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation . Chicago, IL: Spertus Press, 2007: 40-41 and 91-95. (catalogue)
Kina, Laura. "Mixed Heritage Art."Mixed Heritage Center . December 2007 <http//www.mixedheritagecenter.org/>. (essay)
2011 Press
Masuda, Akiko. “Welcome to a World of Unseen Spirits and An Obake Halloween” The Paradise Post . 2, October, 2011: 2.
Yah, Andrew. “Laura Kina, visual artist and scholar of Asian-American and Mixed-Race Studies” APA Compass. KBOO Community Radio Portland 90.7 FM. 2, September, 2011.
Batet, Janet. "Redescubriendo la ruta del indigo." El Nuevo Herald 22, May 2011.
Turner, Elisa. Critics Choice Elisa Turner's Picks for May 2011." ArtCircuits.com May 2011.
"City-Based artist's exhibition to open in Florida now" The Times of India 7, May, 2011.
2010 Press
"Get set for obake spooky tales in Wailea, Honokaa Friday, Saturday evenings Sixth annual event stars pidgin ghost stories by two pros" Hawaii Tribune Herald: Features. 24, October, 2010.
Kakazu, Akiko. "Portrait of Immigrant Brides: Okinawan Kina-san's Oil Painting Exhibition" Okinawa Times. 6, September, 2010.
Download the English translation.
Rodriguez, Camelia. "Laura Kina: Sugar" Audrey: The Asian American Women's Lifestyle Magazine. Vol. 8. No. 3. Fall 2010: 15
"Sugar" ZEEK: A Jewish Journal of Thought and Culture. 1, Sept. 2010.
Larry Lee. “Laura Kina: A Many-Splendored Thing. ”
Foundation for Asian American Independent Media
15th Annual Asian American Showcase catalog. 2010.
Chattopadhyay, Sohini. "Azure Allure." Open Magazine. 1, January, 2010: 56-57
Yee, Michelle. “Moving Materials: Reclaiming Histories of Migration.” ArtEtc. Magazine. Special Issue on Migration. Vol. 1 No. 3. 2010.
“Historic Moments.” New Woman , Mumbai, February, 2010. 29.
“New art Exhibit to hit CSUF.” Daily Titan : Beyond the Press Cal State Fullerton, 24, January, 2010
Gupta, Gargi. “A Common Thread.” Business Standard. 16, January, 2010: Weekend Edition V.
Doshi, Riddhi. "A Creative Struggle." DNA After Hrs, Mumbai. 13, January 2010.
HT Café. 13 January, 2010. 23.
Divya Bhaskar. 11 January, 2010. 2 Goel, Poonam.
“Indigo Blues.” Deccan Herald. 7 January, 2010: Mixed Media 4
2009 Press
"Indigo Smorgasbord." The Pioneer 29, December 2009. Viva City: 14.
"Artistic Twosome." The Asian Age. 29, December, 2009. The Age Delhi: 34.
All India Radio. 27, December, 2009.
"Artyfacts." India Today. 28, December 2009: Home/Events 68
“Many colours of art.” Business Standard. 26 December 26, 2009: Weekend 5
“Indigo.” The Times of India. 25 December, 2009: What’s Hot 28
"Installed." Mid-day. 23, December, 2009: 21
Kalra, Vandana. "Blue Print." Indian Express. 22, December 2009: 6
"Indigo." The Economic Times. 20, December 2009: 2
Indian Contemporary Art Blog Posting December 21, 2009:
Indian Art News Blog Posting December 20, 2009:
"Indigo." Financial Express. 20, December 2009: Multimedia 8
“Beyond Blue Jeans.” Hindustan Times. Dec. 18, 2009:Fashion and Beauty
“Redefine.” Mail Today – News for the New Indian. 18 December, 2009: 28
City Guide Delhi recommendation “Art, Drama, Entertainment and More.”
Good Housekeeping . December 2009: 166
Colonial Hues. Design Today. December 2009: 85
“Indigo: New works by Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina.”
First City, Delhi’s City Magazine. December 2009:228-229
ML, Johny. “Indigo Inscriptions” ; Vali, Murtaza. “The Dye That Binds: Indigo Iconographies” ; Yee, Michelle. “Moving Materials: Reclaiming Histories of Migration.” Indigo: New Work By Shelly Jyoti and Laura Kina (exhibition catalogue).
New Delhi/Mumbai, India, 2009.
Download the Exhibition Catalog.
Sims, Jocelyn. “Q&A with Laura Kina.”
DePaul University Newsline Online .
October 5, 2009
Kina, Laura. “The Refrigerator Door” Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility.
June 2009
Kina, Laura. Interview with Kristine Ostil on “Featured Spotlight.”
The Slant .
KBC-TV Ch. 41. (Episode 8), 9 April, 2009
Go to the 5 minute marker to start the interview.
“Asian American Programs at the de Young” Hokubei.com
North America’s Japanese Newsource 14 January, 2009
2008 Press
Vider, Stephen. “Cultural Evolution: What exactly is “post-Jewish” art?”
Nextbook.org
2 July, 2008: Art
Elkjer, April. “Hapa Visual Artist Explores Culture and Identity.”
The Nichi Bei Times.
19 June, 2008: Arts & Entertainment
2007 Press
Boris, Staci and Sarah Giller Nelson. The New Authentics: Artists of the Post-Jewish Generation . Chicago, IL:
Spertus Press, 2007: 40-41 and 91-95.
ISBN# 978-0-935-98265-7
(Available at the Spertus gift shop and Amazon.com )
Chang, Alexandra. “Painting Paradise: Artist Laura Kina’s Aloha Dreams.”
Asiance Magazine.
August 2007: Lifestyle: Culture
Herrara T., Adriana. “Los paraisos hibrido de Laura Kina.” El Nuevo Herald .
29 July, 2007: Artes & Letras front page 1D.
Mixed Chicks, A show about being racially and culturally mixed.
Episode 15 - Laura Kina - Hapa, Artist, Mixed Chick
Time: 8/29/07 05:00 PM EDT
Talkcast ID: 34257
Visit www.talkshoe.com and enter keywords “Mixed Chicks.”
Biscayne Times
June 2007 Vol. 5, Issue 4 p. 39
Clarke, Marissa D. “The Neighbors Ticket: A Few Things To do This Week.”
Miami Herald.
7 June, 2007
De Jesus, Carlos Suarez. “Sizzling Summer Art.”
Miami New Times.
9 June, 2007 p. 34.
The Miami Sun Post.
7 June, 2007 p. 34
“Run Wild, Die Young, Stay Pretty.”
Where Magazine
Miami. June, 2007 p. 36.
Tschida, Anne. “RADAR Weekend.” Category305:
Miami At Full Force.
8 June, 2007.
2006 Press
Kobasa, Stephen V. “Grand Things in a Small Space.”
The New Haven Advocate.
9 November, 2006: 35.
Reyes, Jonald, dir. That Asian Thing. 2006.
2005 Press
Martell, Marisol. “Chicago Contemporary & Classic.”
Art Nexus.
No. 57 Volume 3 Year 2005: 118-119.
Rosof, Libby. “Soapy Bubbles.”
TheArtblog.org .
1 June, 2005
Brett, Max. “Painting By Color.”
The Chicago Reporter.
April 2005 edition. “New Voices” section.
Van Kerckhove, Carmen. “Hapa Soap Opera puts hapas in the spotlight.”
Mixed Media Watch.com (now Racialicious.com ).
7 March, 2005
2004 Press
Sundell, Ivy. Living Artists. Evanston: Crowwoods,
2004. p. 94-95.
ISBN: 0-9665871-3-8 (available on Amazon.com )
Yang, Sena. “The Multiracial Muse: Four Artists’ Exploration of the Mixed Race Experience.”
Mavin magazine. Issue #7, p. 64-65.
Bellavance, Leslie. “Post-Hero” Men & Boys. Milwaukee: Walker’s Point Center for the Arts, 2004.
2003 Press
Leung, Laura Kateri. “Mythical Nation.”
Art Asia Pacific. Issue 38, Fall 2003: 22
Genocchio, Bejamin. “The Asia Within Us: Bicultural eyes and What They See.”
The New York Times (Connecticut version).
27 July 2003:8.
Birke, Judy. “Mythical Nation, Where Cultures Overlap.”
The New Haven Register. 13 July, 2003: E1+
Rodriguz, Juan Carlos. “Hip-Hapa.”
Miami New Times. 5 June, 2003.
2002 Press
Austin, Tom. “Art Basel Miami Beach; South Beach: the Art World’s New Epicenter.”
Ocean Drive. Vol. 10/No. 11
December 2002
“Art & Antiques: Discover Miami’s Exciting Art Scene.”
Where Miami.
December 2002
Kina, Laura. Interview with Ben Hollis on “Popular Critic.”
Ben Around Town . WYCC Channel 20 Chicago, 18 October 2002
Picard, Charmaine. “Art Chicago 2002.”
Art Nexus. No. 45/Vol. 3/2002
New American Paintings. The Open Studio Press: Boston, MA. Volume 41, 2002
Brunetti, John. “Welcome to My Dollhouse.”
New Art Examiner. Vol. 29/No.2, 2002