ABOUT THE EXHIBITION
“I see artwork and writing coming together in an organic way because the fact is that we all use both methods of communication to express ourselves on a daily basis, and that expression amounts to who we are.” -Kelsay Myers, curator.

Aesthetic Blitz is an exhibition in which female artists and poets of mostly Asian American ethnicity showcase work that is central to not only who they are as an artist, but who they are as a person in a large scale collage-like form. The concept of an “aesthetic blitzkrieg” is born out of the way that our minds process identity. We latch onto an image, symbol or word and make it our own in ways that are wholly personal to the individual creator, and this occurs in rapid succession. By presenting all work in a collage-like structure where things overlap or layer in ways that still preserve the integrity of each art piece in itself and visually inundate the audience with aestheticism—as if in an actual explosion where things are fragmented and connected in new ways. This exhibition celebrates how we come to know ourselves: as Asians, as women, as people!

Presented by AAWAA as part of its Emerging Curators Program.
Sponsored by the API Cultural Center- San Francisco as part of the 19th Annual United States of Asian America Festival 2016.

CURATOR
Kelsay Elizabeth Myers

FEATURED ARTISTS
Samina Ali | Maria T. Allocco | Jasmine An | Joanne Billiet | Sabrina Brett | Mi Ok Song Bruining | Kira Donnell | Rebecca Eckland | Joyce Mortel Familara | Gillian Hamel | C.K.Itamura | Susan Ito | Rupinder Kahlon | Fernanda de Lima | Kyung Sook Moir | Nivedita Ojha | Pallavi Sharma | Sun Yung Shin | Raena Shirali | Shizue Seigel | Jennifer Sinquefield | Cynthia Tom | Sue Tom | Marissa Trierweiler | Nathalie Vanderlinden | Laura Ming Wong | Nellie Wong | Shelley Wong

ABOUT AAWAA
A nonprofit arts organization based in San Francisco. Founded in 1989 turned nonprofit in 2007, it is the leading organization dedicated to ensuring the visibility, documentation, and well being of Asian American women in the arts for social change.

For more info, please visit  http://aawaa.net/programs/emerging-curators-program/aesthetic-blitz/