Here are more pics from a group show that I'm a part of, CHICO & CHANG, that recently opened at Intersection for the Arts.
The show runs June 11 - August 20th @ Intersection for the Arts. 925 Mission Street at 5th St, San Francisco.
The exhibit explores the meshing of cultures from two of California's largest populations - the Asian and Latino communities.
I decided to focus on DREAMers, and to highlight the stories of young people who are at the front lines of the migrant rights movement. The medium I used was Linoleum Block Print, Collage & Video. My intent with this piece was to show the crisis that undocumented Latino and Asian communities find themselves in under the Obama Admnisration, who in his first year of office deported 400,000, more than any single year of the Bush administration. You can read my statement about the piece by clicking here.
Along the way in my art-making, I met Julio Salgado, a undocumented, queer, artist activist who, using his comic-book style approach, would draw portraits and posters of his undocumented peers and their key organizing moments. I was so inspired by his story, that he became one of the people I profiled in this installation, along with Prerna Lal (you can read her story here). Julio said to me, "I'm a Qyeer Undocumented Artivist. Unapologetic and Unafraid." This is my portrait of him as he reflects on new ideas for this many art works.
