Karin Higa (June 19, 1966 – October 29, 2013) was a curator and specialist in Asian American art.

[5] At the time of her death, she was working on her doctorate at University of Southern California's Department of Art History.

Her dissertation was entitled "Little Tokyo, Los Angeles: Japanese American Art and Visual Culture, 1919–1941.

Other significant exhibitions curated include those at the Japanese American National Museum': "Bruce and Norman Yonemoto: Memory, Matter, and Modern Romance" (1999), "Living in Color: The Art of Hideo Date" (2001–2002), "George Nakashima: Nature, Form & Spirit" (2004), and "Living Flowers: Ikebana and Contemporary Art" (2008).

[7] In 2006, Higa co-curated with Melissa Chiu and Susette Min "One Way or Another: Asian American Art Now" (2006–2008) for the Asia Society of New York.