Untitled (Nicole Leung is too American to be Chinese and too Chinese to be American)
2022
Performance
Plastic sheeting, in-line duct fan, packaging tape, thread, archival pigment print, artist frame
Dimensions variable

Solo show at the Chinese American Museum of Chicago as a part of their Spotlight series (May 21, 2022 - July 2, 2022) - I bet you can tell just by looking at the back of my head.

The piece turned into a heartbreaking (in retrospect, beautiful) irony, considering the institution's intent and mission to uplift the Chinese American experience. The fan mechanism for the inflatable was broken by the mishandling of the work by the institution, the entire piece was dismantled without my prior consent, and the show was promptly closed without my knowledge after the fact (even with my specific instructions that this setback did not disrupt the intent of the piece).