Honolulu-based artist Kris Goto was born in Kagoshima, Japan. She spent her adolescence in Hong Kong and New Zealand before moving to Hawai’i in 2006. Kris once aspired to become a manga artist, particularly inspired by the works of Yuu Watase and Tezuka Osamu. This period established the foundation of her detailed penmanship and the characterization of her subjects in her works today. She is currently inspired by the local island lifestyle and the melding of cultures in Hawai’i.

Kris has been involved in many group and solo art exhibitions, including The ARTS at Marks Garage and the Greenroom Hawaii Gallery. She has also exhibited outside of the Hawai’i state in Santa Cruz, CA, Yokohama, Japan and Guéthary, France.

Since beginning her career as a muralist in 2013, Kris’s work has been featured at various locations throughout Oʻahu, Japan, California and France. Her past murals have been at sites such as the ‘Alohilani Resort Waikiki Beach for the 10th Anniversary of POW!WOW!! HAWAII in February 2020 and at the historic YWCA Oʻahu to commemorate their 120th Anniversary.