Drue Kataoka is a Japanese American contemporary artist, technologist, and activist. Kataoka works in a wide variety of media, from the material genres of steel sculpture, painting, installations, to interactive digital and technological platforms such as virtual reality and brain wave EEG. Her artwork Up! was featured in the first zero gravity art exhibit at the International Space Station, and she is a recipient of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Research & Education Institute Award for her extensive community service.