I am a multidisciplinary artist, maker, story-teller, educator, and curator from the SF Bay Area and based in Oakland, CA. My practices in material storytelling come from Chinese and “Western” craft based healing / processing rituals that include patchwork quilting, natural dying, photography, ceramics, and familial / communal / herbal research.

I am continuing a practice of material storytelling from many generations before me, and from these roots I can (re)write and (re)contextualize stories that center / honor complex truths.

I am interested in storytelling through the ephemerality / changeability of generational memory. Modes of story sharing like speaking and craft making are always transforming as time passes and environments shift. Combining personal, fictional, and passed down stories from a biographical / memoir lens emphasizes the malleability of memory and allows me to (re)construct stories for those of us with multiple intersections.

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I received a BFA from California College of the Arts. I have presented work in solo shows at Dream Farm Commons (Oakland, CA) and Cone Shape Top (Oakland, CA) and in group exhibitions at Kearny Street Workshop (San Francisco, CA), CTRL+SHFT Collective (Oakland, CA), Root Division (San Francisco, CA) and Southern Exposure (San Francisco, CA). I have also curated exhibitions and organized events at Dream Farm Commons (Oakland, CA) and CTRL+SHFT Collective and have worked on the curatorial and AiR committee at Dream Farm Commons.

jessicatt888@gmail.com   @jesyung

photo by Rich Lomibao