Sheri Gosho is a local artist born and raised in Palmer, Alaska, a small homesteading town, population 500. She moved as a teenager to Bellevue, Washington. After studying art and design at UW and in Los Angeles, she spent 25+ years in advertising, design and art direction in LA and New York.

After raising two daughters, and volunteering to teach art, Sheri is pursuing her own love of fine art in drawing, painting, and mixed-media. Inspirations are her Japanese American family history and visual storytelling. Her family are rich sources of historical inspiration having been business owners, musicians, dancers, artists and successful matchmakers in Seattle’s Japan Town.