Katherine Fu (b. 2003, Ohio) is a ceramist, educator, and writer invested in the intersection of historical and contemporary symbols—both natural and unreal—as seen in their surrounding cultural narratives. Raised in Maryland by Chinese immigrant parents, they work with ceramic craft as a framing device to highlight and bridge the disparate narratives and symbolism of their dual upbringing. Writing not only supplements their studio practice but activates the formal process of distilling complex meaning into singular moments. 


Katherine graduated with honors from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) with a BFA in Ceramics and a concentration in Theory and History of Art and Design and a MA in Art + Design Education with a focus on craft as pedagogy in art education. Katherine is a recipient of the 2025 Herbert and Claiborne Pell Medal for History and has exhibited at the Bell Gallery (Providence, RI), Gelman Gallery (Providence, RI), the Franz Collection (Taipei, Taiwan), and MenLo International Studio and Gallery (Jingdezhen, China).