ONE NIGHT EVENT accompanying the exhibition, Wander Woman on view January 9 - February 9, 2019.
This one night only evening of performance compliments the visual art exhibition, Wander Woman. Performance offers a unique communication tool and physical manifestation of the immigrant womxn body experience. Ranging from participatory to literary to collaborative, performances will offer a multitude of perspectives on the experience of immigration to the Bay Area, specifically addressing issues of misrepresentation, stereotypes, cultural conflict, as well as feelings of both acceptance and intolerance.

In tandem with the exhibiting artwork, this evening of performance intends to transcend geographic boundaries by offering a variety of perspectives through diverse movement of how the body remains strong, resilient and individual despite outside forces and stigmas trying to strip the body down or push it to the margins.

Evening of Performance Schedule:

7:00 - 9:00pm: O.M. France Viana "Ube Trade"

7:30 - 9:30pm: Christabel Soto "Narcissus"

7:30pm: Takako Matoba & Minoosh Zomorodinia "Two Rivers"

7:45pm: Reading by Trinidad Escobar "Crushed"

8:00pm: Behnaz Khaleghi & Baharak Khaleghi "Eternal Laughter"

8:15pm: Pallavi Sharma & Shailaja Dixit "Sorry Not Sorry"

8:30pm: Greta Liz Anderson* "No Ma Dic"

9:00pm: S Cortez** "Fallen Dreams"

*Studio Artist / ** Alumni Studio Artist

Curated by Rea Lynn de Guzman, Wander Woman features works by Bay Area, first-generation immigrant women of color, who vary in professional backgrounds from emerging to established and have immigrated to the US from different parts of the world. Inspired by shared-yet-dissimilar psychological experiences of immigration and assimilation to the Bay Area, exhibiting artists present nuanced, intricate perspectives, and narratives that have developed beyond the initial concept of identity in their art practice.

Collectively, this exhibition explores complex identity politics such as diaspora, femininity, liminality, and power dynamics. Wander Woman presents a diverse range of artistic media: interactive art, installation, painting, performance, photography, print media, sculpture, and video — intending to transcend geographic boundaries. Living and working in and around the sanctuary city of San Francisco, each artist's work highlights the difficulties entangled with the complexity of individual identity in connection with an ambiance of sisterhood from fellow immigrant women of color and empathic support from allies.

Exhibiting Artists:
Indrani Ashe
Cynthia Brannvall
Irene Carvajal
Kristiana Chan with missTANGQ
Erika Gomez Henao
Pantea Karimi
Baharak Khaleghi and Behnaz Khaleghi
Charmaine Koh
Amanda Lee
M.O.B. / Mail Order Brides
Takako Matoba
Anoushka Mirchandani
Elena Patino
Pallavi Sharma
HuiMeng Wang