Featured Artists

Afton Shumate

Bowie Ma

Catherine Lynott

Diane Sung

Esther Lee

Frank Thong

Hùng Lê

Ki Sowell

Lucinda Hodges

Exhibition Statement

“I, like many, sometimes forget why people make art: a drive to educate, a means of survival, a need to build camaraderie, a cheaper form of therapy, etc. And in losing sight of the reasons behind intention, we become not unlike those who simplify us into labels: as immigrants, as Vietnamese, as other, as working-class feminist hemophiliacs. But in spite of these obstacles, we continue to seek an audience that accepts us without the need for justification.” 

– Danny Nguyen, As Is

Being Asian-American is the perpetual questioning of self-identity. We try to accept the culture we were born with and also become part of those who surround us, which creates a complex conflict of identity. The balancing act of inheriting and assimilating with a multitude of intersectional identities as a group and as individuals is what causes us to live as the In-Between. As artists, we are influenced by the East and West. Images created provokes the audience to stare, listen, and to understand. The In-Between is not a process, but an existence.