11 Boundary-Pushing AAPI Artists on Resilience and Imagination
FIBER ARTIST MIMI JUNG SEARCHES FOR SAFETY IN YARN
Fiber artist Mimi Jung put on her first solo show, "Shields," at Helen J. Gallery in Los Angeles last year. As a Korean-American living in the predominantly white Helena, Montana, she began to feel vulnerable after the 2021 Atlanta Spa Shootings. The series of three-dimensional yarn and painted canvas pieces on view in the show explored Jung’s identity and tinkered with themes of protection and self-preservation.