Amy Yoshitsu (b. 1988), she/they, is a sculptor, designer, and socially engaged artist living and working in her hometown, Berkeley, CA. Yoshitsu’s work has been shown across the US and internationally. Their recent solo exhibition, “Amy Yoshitsu: Hedges and Ledgers”, was on view at Satchel Projects (Chelsea, NYC) from February-March 2023. Yoshitsu’s work has been included in group shows at Manifest Gallery (Cincinnati, OH), Pyramid Atlantic Art Center (Hyattsville, MD), Herter Gallery (UMass Amherst), and Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition (Brooklyn, NY). In 2010, Yoshitsu received an A.B. in Visual and Environmental Studies from Harvard University and then attended the MFA Art program at California Institute of the Arts. Yoshitsu has been in residency at the Vermont Studio Center, the Artist Residency Project at the School of Visual Arts, Esalen Institute, and Kala Art Institute. Yoshitsu is a co-creator of Converge Collaborative, a BIPOC workers co-op and artist collective offering creative multimedia services.
