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Lois Harada serves as a Critic in Graphic Design at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she rejoined the faculty in 2022 to teach in both the Graphic Design and Printmaking Departments. She holds a BFA from RISD (2010) and maintains active professional affiliations with DWRI Letterpress (commercial print shop) and Make Do Studios (Providence artist collective).
Her research centers on Japanese American incarceration history through printmaking, utilizing text-based works that engage with propaganda aesthetics and historical memory. Key projects include 221 Stones (documenting Poston internment camp deaths) and the #RenameVictoryDay campaign challenging Rhode Island's state holiday. Her practice integrates community engagement through public art like the Davis Park Mural and political interventions using aerial banners.
Harada's recent exhibitions include EBB & FLOW (Waterfire Arts Center, 2022) and I HAD OTHER PLANS (AS220, 2021), with works collected by the RISD Museum. Her scholarship demonstrates consistent focus on xenophobia, historical erasure, and memorialization through print media.
- Anderson Ranch Arts Center Fellowship (2022)
- Virginia Center for Contemporary Arts Residency (2024)
- New Voices Cohort at Print Center New York (2023)
- Interlace Grant Fund Project Grant (2021)
She actively contributes to civic life through board service with New Urban Arts, Dirt Palace Public Projects, My HomeCourt, and Providence's Art in City Life Commission (where she serves as Chairperson). Her studio practice combines commercial letterpress work with politically engaged art production, maintaining strong connections to both academic and community contexts in Providence.
