Rikki Asher

Rego Park, New York, US

Bio:

Rikki Asher lives in New York, and has been cooking vegetarian food for over 40 years. She taught vegetarian cooking at a NYC Meditation Center and, in Ladhak. As an artist, Asher works across mediums such as; vegetarian cookbook illustrations; cityscapes; paintings; works on paper and murals. She received her MFA in painting from Lehman, CUNY College her Doctorate in Art Education from Teachers' College, Columbia University.
Asher became vegetarian in 1969. She witnessed a dog get destroyed by a car. She immediately made a connection between eating animals and acts of violence. Asher began to research ethical vegetarianism. She showed an interest in exploring local ingredients. Soon she discovered international cooking. She is currently writing and illustrating her own vegetarian cookbook. Not only are recipes in the book from the US; the book includes dishes from India; The Middle East; various European countries; Persia and North Africa.

Additionally Asher’s artwork accompanies each recipe as a way to inspire any cook. She is delighted to have many of her illustrated recipes featured on this website. Asher has been exhibited at The Queens Museum of Art, and various venues in New York and El Salvador. Rikki has designed and painted a number of public community murals in New York City; Queens College, and Seattle, Washington. She won two grants for Community Projects through the Queens Council of the Arts and three awards for Excellence in Teaching. She taught teachers aesthetic education courses at MoMA, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim, The Rubin Museum, New Delhi University, in India and many other learning institutions. She was an Art Education professor at Queens College, CUNY until 2018.

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