BIO

Kasey Koski is an interdisciplinary artist, curator and educator living in Wenatchee, WA.  From 2015 to 2023 she served as exhibits curator for the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center and is currently serving as curator for the Cashmere Museum & Pioneer Village.  She studied at Finlandia University in Upper Michigan and the Kuopio Academy of Craft and Design in Kuopio, Finland.

After college I relocated to the Wenatchee Valley and became involved in community arts activism.  I sat on the founding board of the Two Rivers Gallery art co-op and currently sit on the City of Wenatchee Arts Commission.  I have coordinated and curated art shows within the community for many years and participate with the 220 Women’s group who show work regularly.  I also co-produced the Wenatchee First Friday Artwalk event for 12 years.

In my personal work I express myself frequently through paint and fiber, but have also worked in metal, wood and landscape. My work has been shown throughout Washington and Northern Michigan in select shows.  I have also worked with the City of Wenatchee, Mission Ridge Ski & Board Resort, Trust for Public Land and the Keweenaw National Historical Park among others on various large-scale art projects and continue to take an active interest in art opportunities at the public scale.

From 2015-2023 I worked with the Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center as curator of exhibits.  Over that time, I produced nearly 50 exhibits including Apple Capital Records and the award winning Beyond the Frame: Inland Bounty.  In 2024 I began working with the Cashmere Museum & Pioneer Village. I have found a creative sweet spot in the intersection of art, history and culture.

  • CURRICULUM VITAE

  • 1999 - 2003         BFA studies at Finlandia University and Kuopio Academy of Craft & Design          

  • 2008 - 2012        Inaugural Board Member at Two Rivers Gallery, non-profit, co-op. Wenatchee, WA

  • 2009                   Just Kid’s Dental commissioned installation, Sheboygan, WI

  • 2009                    City of L’Anse logo design winner, L’Anse, MI

  • 2010 - 2011        Savoring Chelan & Leavenworth Cookbook Design

  • 2009 - 2012        Frequent group showing at Two Rivers Gallery, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2010 - 2012        City of Wenatchee Arts Commission member

  • 2014                   Pennsylvania Park Restroom graffiti project

  • 2014 - 2015       Three phase public project for City of Wenatchee Parks Pool Paintings

  • 2015                    Multi-phase public project Imagine South Wenatchee street banners

  • 2015                     Installation of pieces Estuary and Andy’s Print in downtown Wenatchee

  • 2015                     Started as Curator of Exhibits, Wenatchee Valley Museum & Cultural Center

  • 2016                     Group Show: 220 Women, Café Mela, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2017 - 2019       Group Show: Work accepted into Tieton 10x10x10, Tieton, WA (catalogue)

  • 2017                     Nest created for the Trust for Public Land event at Methow Park, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2017                     Group Show: 220 Women, Café Mela, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2017                     Group Show: Work accepted into Vision en Rouge, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

  • 2018                     Group Show: 220 Women, Café Mela, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2018                     Group Show: Work accepted into Threads, Confluence Gallery, Twisp, WA

  • 2018                     Group Show: Work accepted into an Alumni Exhibit at Finlandia University, Hancock, MI

  • 2019                     Group Show: 220 Women, Café Mela, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2019                     Installation: The Yeti Project installed at the top of Mission Ridge, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2019                     Scintilla Project: Juried Group Show and Art Market, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2022                     Solo Show:  Secret Mission at Lemolo Café & Deli, Wenatchee, WA

  • 2022                     Washington State Artist Trust Gap Grant Awardee

  • 2023                     Group Show: East of the Mountains, Collective Visions Gallery, Bremerton, WA

  • 2024                     Started as Curator at the Cashmere Museum & Pioneer Village, Cashmere, WA

  • 2024                    Installation of Repopulating the Past, Keweenaw National Historical Park, Hancock, MI

VOLUNTEER INVOLVEMENT

I have been an active community arts volunteer for many years. I sat the founding board of the community co-op art gallery in Wenatchee called Two Rivers Gallery which is still in existence. I organized and lead a community wide First Friday Arts Walk in downtown Wenatchee and I sit on the City of Wenatchee Arts, Parks & Recreation committee at for a total of 5.5 years (to current). I also volunteered to manage rotating monthly art shows for 3 different informal galleries or cafés over the years. I have set up a mobile gallery for a community festival and helped to organize many collaborative community projects.