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  1. in-between (2025)

    a story of home, belonging, and the Asian Diaspora

    curated by Karella Mara Raffinan
    at MIDORI.so Bakuroyokoyama | Tokyo, Japan
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    in-between explores the immigrant experience through the lens of the Asian diaspora. Drawing on personal narratives, macroeconomic data, and interactive technologies, the exhibition navigates the tensions between displacement and belonging, memory and movement, personal identity and geopolitical history.

    Blending data visualization, physical installation, and generative storytelling, in-between creates an immersive space for audiences to reflect on how place, ancestry, and identity are continually reshaped.

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  2. wonder & hope (2023)

    curated by Kerri Lindström
    at EV Gallery | New York City
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    wonder is a data story in two parts: the first is a visualization of four years (2018–2022) of my photos projected over water, and the second is captured by water drips, with each drop representing an anti-Asian hate crime reported in New York City.

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