Treat Yourself, 2022

Women of color in labor jobs are often made "invisible" by gender and work. In the wake of the horrors of the Atlanta Spa Shootings and the deaths of 39 Vietnamese human-trafficking victims inside a transport lorry in the UK, the nation (and world) was confronted by a series of difficult conversations and images. This installation addresses racialized gendered violence and America's long history of categorizing Asian American women as commodity.