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Alisa Yang is an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker.
Early life and Education
Yang received a BFA from Art Center of Design in 2009 and completed an MFA at University of Michigan in 2016.[1]
Artistic Work
Yang has said that she works across mediums, and that her life and family provide material for her art.[2] She has been influenced by Tricia Hersey, founder of The Nap Ministry.[2] Other cited influences on her work influences include Audre Lorde and Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha.[2]
Yang's film Please Come Again (2016) the Los Angeles Asian Pacific Film Festival Golden Reel Awards for Short Documentary. Sleeping with the Devil (2016) won the Ann Arbor Film Festival’s Best Regional Filmmaker.[3]
As an ArtPace International Fellow in Fall 2020, she created an exhibit, Wish You Were Here, which focused on self-care and community.[4] As part of the exhibit, which took place during the coronavirus pandemic, she created 300 care packages to send out to the community.[2] They contained objects such as sleep masks and "calming tea."[4]
External Links
References
- ^ ppandp. "Alisa Yang". CURRENTS New Media. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b c d "Meet Alisa Yang: Interdisciplinary artist, filmmaker, and activist". SHOUTOUT LA. 29 April 2021. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ "Alisa Yang". COCA PROJECT | Open calls for artists. Retrieved 30 March 2022.
- ^ a b "New Artpace exhibition explores self-care, protest, and representation". San Antonio Report. 18 November 2020. Retrieved 30 March 2022.