About

K Rawald, born Erica Keiko Rawald (they/he/ze, b. 1996), is a multidisciplinary artist working within the realms of installation, hand-built ceramics, metalwork, glass, light, drawing, film, poetry and performance. Born in New York City and raised between Tokyo, Frankfurt and London, K works from a multicultural and layered perspective, no less being queer, genderfluid, neurodivergent and mixed-race themself. Through reclamation of ‘otherness’, K’s work plays within the liminal spaces of hybridity and the extraordinary, dreaming of possible futures, while daring to touch upon the pain of present and past. Through varied material explorations and methodologies, K’s work stands as an offering of safe haven, community in experience and opportunity for communicating gestures of remembrance, devastation, love, loss, life and hope.

“I know the world through my hands, I want to build the world I wish to be in.”

K graduated from the American School in London in 2014 and completed a BFA in Studio Art and minor in Psychology at NYU in 2019. Granted a Graduate Scholarship, the Rogalski Scholarship and the Weiss Endowed Scholarship, K completed their MFA in Sculpture from Pratt Institute, graduating with Distinction in 2025.

K currently lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Education

Pratt Institute | MFA Sculpture | New York, NY | Aug ‘23 - May ‘25

New York University | BFA Studio Art/Psychology Minor | New York, NY | Sept ‘14 - May ‘19

The American School in London | High School Diploma | London, UK | May ‘14

Awards & Scholarships

‘The People’s Artist’ Finalist | Elysium x ARTFORUM | May ‘26

‘Artist of the Year 2025’ Selected Artist | Arts to Hearts Project | Dec ‘25

Master’s Graduation with Distinction | Pratt Institute | 2023 - 2025

Weiss Endowed Scholarship | Pratt Institute | 2024 - 2025

Rogalski Scholarship | Pratt Institute | 2024 - 2025

Graduate Scholarship | Pratt Institute | 2023 - 2025

General Scholarship | UrbanGlass | New York | Apr ‘22 - Jun ‘22

11th Annual ‘Botanicals’ Special Recognitions Category | Light Space & Time Gallery | May ‘21

Student Excellence Award | New York University | May ‘19

Dean’s List | New York University | 2017-2019

Residencies & Professional Development

Neon Intensive with Emily Craddock | UrbanGlass | New York | Apr ‘22 - Jun ‘22

Ceramic Artist in Residence | Guldagergård | Skaelskor, DK | Jan ‘20 - Jun ‘20

Atelier Tremplin Ceramic Artist Residency | A.I.R Vallauris | Vallauris, FR | Sep ‘19 - Nov ‘19

Exhibitions

Pharmakon, group show | Watercolour Society - The Mall, UPSTATE ART WEEKEND | Kingston, NY | Jun ‘26

Lunch Room, group show | DINNERTABLE | Brooklyn, NY | Feb ‘26 - Mar ‘26

Cross Dissolve, group show | Dragon Crab Turtle | St. Louis, MO | Nov ‘25

Bad Lament, group show | ApexArt NYC x Garage Under Construction | Seoul, Korea | Sept ‘25

Modular Mythologies, group show | Picture Theory | New York, NY | Jun ‘25 - Aug ‘25

Bad Lament, group film screening | Millenium Film Workshop | New York, NY | Jun ‘25

Access Denied, curated by Dejá Belardo | Pratt Institute MFA Studios | New York, NY | Apr ‘25

Public Critique | Pratt Institute MFA Studios | New York, NY | Dec ‘24

Treasure Hunt, group show | DeKalb Gallery | New York, NY | Sept ‘24

Chainletter, group show | Steuben Gallery | New York, NY | Sept ‘24

Good Bones, group show | PulseProjects | New York, NY | Jun ‘24

that water never shows its edges, group show | 130 Palmetto St | New York, NY | Jun ‘24

KEEP OFF THE GRASS, group show | Steuben Gallery | New York, NY | Apr ‘24

A.I.R Vallauris Final Residency Exhibition | Vallauris, FR | Nov ‘19

walking through the streets, wondering…, group show | Commons Gallery | New York, NY | Mar ‘19

Cerealism, group show | Commons Gallery | New York, NY | Dec ‘18