July 12-August 23, 2025 | "Liminal Worlds" curated by Kimi Kitada (Kansas City, MO)
Curated by Kimi Kitada, "Liminal Worlds" considers the hybrid, multicultural identities of Asian American artists in the Midwest region through the work of 7 artists. The featured artists work expansively across printmaking, sculpture, painting, and moving image, including works by: Heehyun Choi, Daeun Lim, Lisa Maione, William Plummer, Skye Taniai, Heinrich Toh, and Hope-Lian Vinson. Drawing on the cultural theory of Homi Bhabha’s concept of hybridity, the artists’ practices reference a multivocal, fluid, and unfixed notion of identity. Some of the selected artists grew up in the United States, while others immigrated to the U.S. at various moments in their artistic careers. Scholar Erika Lee posits, “what does it mean to be Asian American in the Midwest?” This exhibition delves into that question by foregrounding the “in-between” spaces of cultural belonging and holding space for multiple identities at once. Curator Kimi Kitada lives and works in Kansas City, MO. In addition to her work curating exhibits across the US and internationally for venues in Washington, D.C.; New York, New York; Rome, Italy; Kansas City, MO and Budapest, Hungary.