Hi, my name is Kat. I’m a creative career coach.
This question rolls around in my head, like a milky blue marble on slanted oak floors:
How do we live creative, fulfilling lives in the Digital Age?
Welcome to my dogged attempts to respond. You’ll see a mix of
my takeaways from coaching since 2015
tales from my life
interviews with scrappy, bright people
reviews of exquisite books/film/art/design
Partial list of topics:
creativity for non-beginners • Digital Age connection (and disconnection) • making time for creative projects • time… period • why (all) your feelings are rad • the handmade & crafted • the attention economy • being authentic • your “personal brand” / niche • neurodivergence • mental fitness for creatives • money
What is “quiet confetti”?
It’s a scene I want to spread. We cut to you, it’s a typical day in your workspace. You just made something. It’s not perfect, but it’s honest.
Soft pop above. A whisper whoosh. Then, a gale of tissue paper ice cream flavors rains down on you. Like a moment from goddamn Amelie :)
About
LinkedIn vibes
Kat Koh holds art history degrees from the University of California, San Diego and the Institute of Fine Arts, New York University. From 2009 - 2014 she was part of curatorial teams at Brooklyn Museum, MoMA, San Jose Museum of Art, and the U.S. Pavilion at the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale.
Her coaching clients have created for Apple, the BBC, Google, MIT Media Lab, New York Times, Tribeca Film Festival, Oxfam, Rolling Stone, SFMOMA, and Spotify. She has been interviewed for The Cut by New York Magazine, Marketplace, Creative Review UK, and Apartment Therapy.
Kat is a certified coach with the International Coaching Federation and lives in San Francisco.
This American Life vibes
I grew up first generation Korean-American with immigrant parents who owned a small house painting business in Silicon Valley.
Before coaching, I studied a different kind of painting: Western art history. Both currents of East/West and digital/analog run strongly through me. Sometimes they collide in spectacular fashion.
I live in San Francisco, love salt and the pickles it makes possible, wish sad song karaoke were more of a thing, and compulsively talk to fauna (sometimes flora, too).
I hope you feel like quiet confetti in this space.
Let’s be penpals. Kidding not kidding.
📧: kat@katkoh.com
