333 - “Papaya Time” Canvas Tote Bag, by Kris Goto

Title: “Papaya Time,” Canvas Tote Bag
Artist: Kris Goto
Dimensions: 9 inches x 15 inches x 3 inches

About the Artist: Honolulu-based artist Kris Goto was born in Kagoshima, Japan. She spent her adolescence in Hong Kong and New Zealand before moving to Hawaiʻi in 2006. She once aspired to become a manga artist, particularly inspired by the works of Yuu Watase and Tezuka Osamu. This period established the foundation of her detailed penmanship and the characterization of her subjects you see in her works today. She is currently inspired by the local island lifestyle and the melding of cultures in Hawaiʻi. She began her career as a muralist in 2013. Throughout the past several years, she has worked on murals in various locations throughout O‘ahu, California, and in France.

Kris is one of the many featured local artists in the exhibit “POW! WOW! The First Decade: From Hawai‘i to the World,” at Bishop Museum May 15, 2021 – September 19, 2021.