PORTFOLIO > No Claim: Assimilation, Integration, Adaptation

When my Japanese and Chinese grandparents left Asia, they not only saw America as a new start, they also believed in the necessity of leaving the old ways behind.

The result: my generation, sisters, brother and cousins and I have lost much in the way of culture, language and food, in realizing our elder's dreams of assimilating into U.S. society.

My work aims at reconciling the tensions between what I feel I've gained versus what I've lost in order to attain the "American Dream" through exploration of my heritage and origin.

Octopus #2
Archival Pigment Print
32"x32"
2014
Octopus #1
Archival Pigment Print
32"x32"
2014
Hard Red Spring Wheat
Archival Pigment Print
20"x20"
2022
Dahlia #431
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2021
Dahlia #630
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2018
Dahlia #436
Archival Pigment Print
21/5"x33.5"
2021
Orchid #35
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2021
Sea Horse
Archival Pigment Print
32" x 36"
2009
Garlic Scapes
Archival Pigment Print
23 1/2" x 26 1/2"
2009
Pear
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2015
Radishes
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2007
Yellow Pepper
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2004
Cauliflower
Pigment Print on fiber base paper
12"x12"
2008
Red Peper
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2015
Mung Bean Noodles
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2007
Oyster Mushrooms
Pigment ink on paper
12"x12"
2015
Dahlia #11
Archival PIgment Print
12"x12"
2018
Bitter Melon #314
Archival Pigment Print
32"x36"
2018
Banana Flower
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2007
Flowering Kale
Archival Pigment Print
32"x36"
2018
Dahlia #450
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2018
Magnolia
Archival Pigment Print
32"x32"
2018
Quail Eggs
Pigment ink on paper
12"x12"
2015
Cow Hoof
Pigment ink on paper
32"x32"
2015
Starfish #348, 2018
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2018
Sea Urchin
Archival Pigment Print
12"x12"
2006
Duck Paw
Pigment Ink on paper
32"x36"
2012
Chicken Foot
Archival Pigment Print
32"x32"
2012