ABOUT

Ken Weaver is a nonbinary artist based in Sonoma County, California.

Their artwork combines the diffuse nature of watercolor and the crisp linearity of pigment ink. Sonoma County-inspired landscapes and florals serve as acts of gratitude for a place where one can fully be themselves. Their femme, figurative pieces build on these themes to explore queer identity, expression, and love.

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Born and raised in rural Pennsylvania, Ken was the first in their family to earn a bachelor’s degree. They're a graduate of Carnegie Mellon University (B.S., physics), Cornell University (M.S., physics), and University of Maryland—College Park (M.F.A., creative writing). Ken was in the first graduating class of Carnegie Mellon's Science & Humanities Scholars Program, and has spent summers studying at MIT and CERN. They're also the author of The Northern California Craft Beer Guide (with photography by their partner Anneliese Schmidt).

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Ken works predominantly with Beam Paints watercolor paintstones from the M’Chigeeng First Nation of Ontario, Canada, and Copic multiliner and Tombow Fudenosuke brush pens from Japan.