America & Me
Artist Statement
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Model Minority
No matter what horrific, violent, or some other event, we are expected to dust ourselves off and act like nothing is wrong. We bear and grin it. We are aiding in the delusion. We are perpetuating stereotypes. We are expected to move on in submission.
Mob Mentality's Pursuit of Righteousness
An angry mob confronts an individual of Chinese descent to commit violence on them. In their mentality, they believe they are righteous and doing the right thing.
A few of the images were exhibited in juried group shows.
Womenswork.art, Poughkeepsie, NY
Seen/Heard A celebration of BIPOC Feminine Artistry
Death, Model Minority, "Othered" and Not Belonging
Woodstock Artists Association and Museum (WAAM), Woodstock, NY
Behind the Veil
Death, Lesser Than, "Othered" and Not Belonging
Exhibition Artist Statement
Living in polychotomy with fractured identities. There is the identity we have, the identity we only show certain people, and then, there's the identity people assign onto us, whether it's congruent with our true selves or not. The selected images from the series, “America & Me”, specifically depicts my struggle with my Chinese identity as well as the identities others view me both in and outside the Chinese community. Growing up as a Chinese American, Hong Kong born but American raised, means I not only have the identity of being Chinese, but also, as a Hongkonger, Cantonese, influenced by the British, and learning to navigate between the Chinese and American cultures. Within the Chinese community, I’m not seen as full Chinese. Most of the time, I forget I’m Chinese and look Chinese until I’m reminded of it, especially since the last decade to the present given the societal and political hostility towards the Chinese. I’ve been designated as “other” in that time period as well, thereby losing my identity and gaining a nondescript one. Putting these fractured identities into a series, it may be my unconscious way to mend those pieces into something that is whole again.
Cross Currents Gallery, Online
Outsiders
Lesser Than