Shhh: It’s a Secret!


Talk Story:
An American Family exhibition


Whispers of the Past

Gallery view




made in usa flags with suitcase





Dinner Table 2 installation view





Through the Looking Glass, 2005, 34” x 34”, mixed media





Sue Shee ran the corner gallery view





Kindred Spirit with rice sack view





District Six gallery view





Opening reception, December 8, 2005





Flo Oy Wong greeting Faith Ringgold





Looking at My Mother’s Baggage





Sue Shee ran the corner (collection of Eleanor and Leonard Flomenhaft) and 2 made in usa: Angel Island Shhh installation pieces.





Bitter Melon Rice Blues: Elegy for America, 1992, 10’ x 14’ x 6’, mixed media






Kindred Spirit #2 tells the story of Wen Ho Lee.  The Mother’s Baggage suitcases tell the story of my mother’s entry into the United States under false identity.





This is 1 of the Mother’s Baggage suitcases.  It focuses on my mother’s interrogation at the Angel Island Immigration Station in 1933.

Dinner Table II, 2005, 2’ x 9’, mixed media – this installation honors my parents, my siblings, and me.

Detail of Dinner Table II, 2005, 2’ x 9’, made in usa and Mother's Baggage suitcases.