Lori Kay with "Chair in Motion"

Lori Kay is a sculptor and mixed media artist. Her public art commissions and exhibitions include the cities of Fremont, Half Moon Bay, Mountain View, San Francisco, Bellvue and Seattle. Kay received a B.A. in Art and Art History from the University of California at Santa Cruz with additional course work at the University of Geneva and Basel Gymnasium, Switzerland. She then spent a year in the foundries of Pietrasanta, Italy. She has recently returned from a tour of bronze casting and marble carving in Manila, Philippines.

Over the last fourteen years, Lori Kay's work has been exhibited extensively on the local, national and international level. Her awards and grants include the Peninsula Community Foundation, the Philanthropic Ventures Foundation, artist in residence with the Arts Council of San Mateo County, Silicon Valley Arts Council and California Arts Council. She has lectured at San Francisco State University, University of California at Santa Cruz and at Berkeley, University of San Francisco, Seattle Central College, Mission College, Wing Luke Asian Museum and San Jose City College.