Meet the Rabbit: Jane Kim Testa
The Rabbits’ Jane-of-all-trades who believes in art as a tool for healing!
Jane is a multidisciplinary artist, with a practice that spans illustration, writing, painting, fiber arts, and songwriting. They believe that the expressive arts are a powerful tool for healing, connection, and nurturing empathy, and they aim to create art that invites people to reflect on their own healing journeys and find comfort in shared experiences. Having lived in Seoul, Hong Kong, Los Angeles, New York, and now Boston, Jane strives to tell stories that foster understanding and highlight diverse perspectives. Jane is currently pursuing a masters degree in Expressive Arts Therapy at Lesley University.
Jane took an inspiring and non-linear path to get to where they are now. In college, they studied English and Creative Writing. They’ve worked as a dog walker, an assistant to an author, an administrative assistant, and even pivoted to software, before now pursuing Expressive Arts Therapy. All throughout their journey up to this point, art, writing, and music provided an outlet for expression and creativity.
Jane and rabbit SaraMarie had originally met in college, but reconnected after Jane moved back to Boston after a few years in New York. Jane had long admired SaraMarie and Spoon’s work, but it wasn’t until fellow Rabbit Stephanie got them and SaraMarie together to apply for a public art grant that they joined Rabbits of Realness in 2024. Although Rabbits did not receive that grant, this kickstarted SaraMarie, Stephanie, and Jane’s partnership for a long string of zine, mental health, and social movement based workshops in the Boston area. It’s been an incredible ride!
Jane’s beautiful and uplifting art can be found on several utility boxes across the Boston area. In Brookline, Jane painted a marathon-inspired utility box mural (and the famous rainbow turkey in Washington Square)! Jane has also worked on a series of five utility box murals in Blackstone Square, inspired by local flora and fauna and featuring insane hand lettering. Nearby, Jane got to know the staff at Anoushella and also was hired to paint a vibrant and tasty utility box mural located right outside the store!
In the Rabbits world, Jane has developed several powerful zines about identity and activism. Jane created the poetry zine Genderfluid about their personal experience with gender, as a reflection of their journey towards self acceptance and love. Their zine Standing Together was originally created in 2020, but was re-illustrated in 2025 for the occasion of Rabbits of Realness’s Letter Writing for Community Action event at the Cambridge Kiosk. Free copies of this zine (among others by Rabbits members) are now available at the Brookline Booksmith’s free zine display in Coolidge Corner!
Jane and SaraMarie have also taught several lectures on the queer history of zines, with Jane providing interesting commentary on how fandoms have leveraged zines to build community. They have had the opportunity to speak at Narrative Bookshop, the Somerville Zine Fair, and to lead a class takeover with Alex Makes Art.
Jane is also a zine-folding extraordinaire, having been long primed by having participated in their mother's book binding explorations in teenagehood. We timed them once and Jane was able to fold 100 zines in 55 minutes!
Jane is also an avid fiber artist, and loves to knit, crochet, and spin fiber. Most recently they have ventured into the realm of wet felting, and felted themself a pair of gloves made from their dog’s fur! “These make my hands impervious to the Boston winter!” they claim. We believe it!
You can keep up with Jane’s work by checking out their website and by following their Instagram.
dope mini profile! love those gloves and those electric boxes.
Love it when my faves collabbb