Kai Tomalin, a proud native of St. Petersburg, second-year graduate student at the School of the Arts Institute of Chicago and graduate of The American University in Washington, D.C., is deeply committed to fostering peace and resolving conflicts through the use of creative expression and art, a universal thread that ties all cultures together. Armed with a degree in International Studies, Kai advocates for real-time conflict resolution to mitigate upheaval and sorrow.

Kai Tomalin’s work illustrates the imagination, with a complex commentary on the intersections of art and activism, nature and the nurturing of each person’s calling to amplify the beauty of the world.