Katherine Ng (book artist)

Katherine Ng is a book artist and letterpress printer in Southern California whose work often references her Chinese-American heritage.[1][2]

Ng is an alumna of the Women's Building and California State University, Northridge.[3] She went on to be an educator, teaching at Otis College of Art and Design and serving as the director of the letterpress studio at the Armory Center for the Arts in the 1990s. Some of her artists' books are published under the imprint Pressious Jade.

Artists' books

• Aa: Alphabetical Afflictions (2000)
• Spirit vessel (1997)
• A Hypothetical Analysis of the Twinkle in Stars (as Told by a Child to His Teacher) (1994)
• Fortune Ate Me (1994)
• Banana Yellow (1992)
  • description and images of this book are featured in "From Site to Vision: the Woman's building in Contemporary Culture"[4]
• The Book of Chain (1992)
• Kitchen Cricket (1991)

Exhibitions

• 2014, Word-Up: Interactions Between Images and Text, Huntington Beach Art Center
• 2014, Binding Desire: Unfolding Artists Books, Ben Maltz Gallery
• 2007, Touched, Armory Center for the Arts[5]
• 2002, SO CALled Books, UCLA[6]
• 1997, Outlooks, CSUN Art Dome[7]

References

1. LaFerla, [Jane; editors], Veronika Alice Gunter (2008). The Penland book of handmade books : master classes in bookmaking techniques (First pbk. ed.). New York: Lark. p. 106. ISBN 978-1600593000.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
2. Golden, Alisa (2003). Unique handmade books (1st pbk. ed.). New York: Sterling Pub Co Inc. p. 157. ISBN 1402706146.
3. "Burning Desire". Retrieved 13 March 2015.
4. Fromsite tovision : the Woman's Building in contemporary culture. Hale, Sondra., Wolverton, Terry., Maltz Gallery., Otis College of Art and Design., Pacific Standard Time (Exhibition). Los Angeles, CA: Ben Maltz Gallery, Otis College of Art and Design. 2011. ISBN 978-0930209230. OCLC 757387784.CS1 maint: others (link)
5. "Katherine Ng". ArtSlant.com.
6. STEIN, JEANNINE (October 7, 2002). "Beyond Words". L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 March 2015.
7. WOODARD, Josef (October 30, 1997). "Postgraduate Work". L.A. Times. Retrieved 13 March 2015.