Rick Kitagawa is a visual artist based out of the foggy hills of San Francisco, California. He is a multi-disciplinary artist who paints in acrylic, gouache, and watercolor, illustrates in photoshop, and prints with silkscreen, linocuts, and letterpress. He likes monsters, watermelon, vegan Japanese food, and making his own kimchi.

Rick currently resides in San Francisco with his partner and fellow artist Eve Skylar. Together they're working on changing the world through art via Monkey + Seal. Rick also teaches workshops and classes, is co-owner of Big Umbrella Studios, and does lots of other artsy stuff.