Lucky Number 8

1099 Studio Group Show, San Francisco — Paper, Pencil, Micron Pen, Gouache, Adobe Illustrator

Lucky Number 8 Lucky Number 8 celebrates us as independent women creators who look to share, build, and redistribute wealth and empowerment within our communities. The show features work from Alice Lee, Amy Wibowo, Helen Shewolfe Tseng, and katie zhu. In much of the world, luck is associated with the number 7. But in many Asian cultures, the number 8 is the most auspicious. 八 (bā) sounds similar to 發 (fā), which means "to prosper." The number 88 looks visually similar to 囍, a character meaning "double happiness" that often appears in celebratory ornamentation.

About

katie is an artist, illustrator and product manager based in Oakland. She loves drawing portraits of women to assert who we are and who we want to be. Her illustrations explore the complexity behind concepts like identity, belonging and empowerment through a strong stylized aesthetic. Trained as a journalist and engineer, her work often leverages both words and visuals to empower, unite and inspire women of color. Get in touch: [email protected].