Honolulu-based artist Kris Goto was born in Kagoshima, Japan. Spent her adolescence in Hong Kong and New Zealand before moving to Hawaii in 2006. She once aspired to become a manga artist, particularly inspired by the works of Yuu Watase and Tezuka Osamu. This period established the foundation of her detailed penmanship and the characterization of her subjects in her works today. She is currently inspired by the local island lifestyle and the melding of cultures in Hawaii.
Kris has been involved in many art exhibitions, both in group and solo in Hawaiʻi including at The Arts at Marks Garage and Greenroom Hawaii Gallery. She has also exhibited outside of the Hawai’i state including Santa Cruz, CA, Yokohama, Japan and Guéthary, France.
She began her career as a muralist in 2013. She has worked on murals in various locations throughout Oʻahu, Japan, California and in France. Her past murals include locations such as the ‘Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach, at the historic YWCA OʻAHU and Shirahama in Wakayama Japan. She has also participated in HAWAII WALLS 2023 to paint a mural at the Palama Settlement in Kalihi.
