Loreen Matsushima Artist’s Bio
Using multi disciplines, Loreen Matsushima’s art investigates contemporary issues affecting nature. She received an MFA, Pratt Institute, New York and a BFA, University of Hawaii. Ms. Matsushima is the recipient of a Pollock-Krasner Foundation Grant, Pratt Studio Award, (with a matching grant from the Ford Foundation,) the Honolulu Printmakers’ 50th Anniversary Exhibition Juror’s Award and 2019 & 2019 Purchase Award, Fresh Perspective I & II, Seattle Arts and Culture Public Arts. Her work has been exhibited in Crossings 1989 France/Hawaii, Mona Bismarck Foundation in Paris, France; Soho Center for Visual Artists NYC, Contemporary Art Center of Hawaii, Nardin Galleries in New York City, LAARTCORE, the Seattle Center’s 2016 Art Walk, Port Angeles Fine Arts Center’s Webster Sculpture Garden, and more. Her works have been published in Tidepools Magazine 2024 & 2026 editions. Ms. Matsushima taught art at the Brooklyn Museum of Art in 1984 -1986 and at the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1987 -1992.
“Be the change you wish to see in the world.”
— Mahatma Gandhi