Bio
Alina Kawai is a visual artist born in Hyōgo, Japan, and in 2021 received her MFA at the University of California, Santa Barbara. In 2016 Kawai received her BFA from the University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa, emphasizing painting. Many of her artworks focus on color, form, and symbols, which inquire how one is connected to a broader culture, also becoming an introspective quiet space. Additionally, Her painting is in the permanent collection of the Hawai‘i State Art Museum and Ke Kilohana Building in Hawai‘i.