Something Around Storytelling, 2025, Land to Sea, Brooklyn, NY
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