Naoco Wowsugi

Naoko Wowsugi is a community-engaged artist who lives and works in Washington, DC. Using multidisciplinary practices of visual art, local research, and collective healing, Wowsugi’s projects highlight and fortify everyday communal and interpersonal identities. Notable exhibitions and talks include “Fungus Among Us” at Redux Contemporary Art Center, Charleston, SC (2019); “Open Engagement” at Queens Museum, Queens, NY (2018); “Ae Kai: A Culture Lab on Convergence,” presented by the Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Honolulu, HI (2017); and “The Outwin: American Portraiture Today,” at the Smithsonian National Portrait Gallery (2016). Wowsugi received an MFA from Virginia Commonwealth University and a BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and Osaka University of Arts.

Photo courtesy of Sarah Mattozzi. Bio courtesy of the artist.