Katherine Fu (b. 2003) is a ceramist and writer invested in the intersection of natural and artificial symbols as seen in their childhood cultural narratives: Chinese buddhist folktales, late 2000s Creepypastas, Americana chapter books. Clay not only often features within these stories but serves a crucial role in concretizing myth into the tangible world. Katherine’s ceramic practice works in this tradition of cyclical creation and affirmation through the lens of a modern technological upbringing. They seek to pinpoint the driving symbol of a story and examine how its interpretations and implications remain and warp over temporal and cultural lines.
Most recently, Katherine’s work focuses on mazes as intricate metaphorical and physical forms of entrapment and protection, requiring not only a creator but a participant—or victim.
Presently, their non-fiction writing investigates the idea of digital folklores, in which the Internet changes and amplifies the impact and trajectories of classical folktales. In their off time, Katherine writes about the weather, the gutters, and the internal turmoil of anonymous nomads in vague spaces.
Katherine is currently at the Rhode Island School of Design (BFA Ceramics, Theory and History of Art and Design, C/O2025).
Contact at kfu01@risd.edu, katherinemfu@gmail.com