ALL OF MY GRANDPARENTS ARE REFUGEES (2024) queers traditional Korean and Hmong materials, methods, and aesthetics in this hand sewn Korean quilt, 보자기 bojagi. As I sewed, my shoulders ached from generations of women performing this same repetitive motion. My intuition dictated that I piece together a swath of cloth taller than me, while lines of a poem fell from my fingertips onto the fabric:
All of my / grandparents / are refugees / I remember / I pray / I listen
ALL OF MY GRANDPARENTS ARE REFUGEES (2024)
19″ w x 60″ h
Hmong li loos polyester fabric, Korean mulberry paper (한지 hanji), embroidery thread, faux 5 mm pearls, replica French Indochina coins, and found fabric.
As We Are [juried], 2024, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI Something Around Storytelling, 2025, Land to Sea, Brooklyn, NY