LAURA RICHARD JANKU is editor in chief of Artweek, a monthly publication covering West Coast visual art. A freelance writer and curator, Laura has contributed to artext, ARTnews, Artweek, artUS, Contemporary, San Francisco Reader, Sculpture, and zingmagazine. Her curating projects include the 2003 exhibition, Sewn Together, at Gregory Lind Gallery, San Francisco. From 1997 to 2000 Laura was a curatorial assistant at Cantor Center for the Arts at Stanford University and, prior to that, she was assistant director at Locks Gallery, Philadelphia.

Laura is president of Foto Forum, an SFMOMA auxiliary dedicated to supporting the Photography Department through educational programs and acquisitions for the permanent collection; she is also a member of InSite, the SFMOMA auxiliary for the department of painting and sculpture.

She has degrees in English and Art from Kenyon College in Ohio.

Laura lives with her husband and three children in Kentfield, California.