Christine Wong Yap

Session 2 (3rd week): Monday, June 7 - Saturday, June 12

An artist based in Queens, New York, Christine Wong Yap uses social practice, drawing, printmaking, and publishing to explore dimensions of psychological well-being, such as belonging, interdependence, and collaboration. Born in California, she was a longtime resident of Oakland before relocating to Queens in 2010. She partners with organizations to conduct participatory research projects whose outcomes include site-specific public artworks, zines, and books. Her recent exhibitions include Between You and Me, curated by Shannon R. Stratton, at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Yap has completed over a dozen residencies, including Workspace at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council and the Othering and Belonging Institute at the University of California, Berkeley. In 2021, she will be a Municipal Artist-in-Residence with the City of Berkeley via Kala Art Institute’s Print Public program. She holds an MFA and a BFA from the California College of the Arts.

1] Installation view, Between You and Me curated by Shannon R. Stratton, at the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI, mixed media, dimensions variable, Photo: John Michael Kohler Arts Center

 2] Alive & Present: Cultural Belonging in S.F. Chinatown & Manilatown, 2020, community-engaged process, comic book, available in English and Chinese, 8.5 x 7 inches, 56 pages, Photo: YY Zhu, courtesy of the Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco

3] How Do You Keep Your Heart Open? (For Susan), 2020, Pencil on paper, tape, 3.5 x 11 inches (drawing) / 14 x 48 feet (billboard), Photograph by Jeff Scroggins, courtesy of For Freedoms and Unfinished.