Category: Artists

Neha Kapil is a visual artist and fashion designer originally from Minneapolis but currently based in Los Angeles. She is a creator whose work uses a range of diverse mediums to celebrate South Asian culture. From painting & illustration to clothing & design, Neha's work centers around feminism, storytelling, and…

Heather / hc (she/her/hers) is an angry gemini earth dragon, multiracial, asian, queer, cisgender and gender expansive, disabled, survivor/surviving, anxious, and depressed womxn of color artist and educator based in st. paul, Mni-sota, which is the hxstorical occupied land of the Dakota peoples. Heather is from the torrance/gardena, california area,…

Vietnamese Artist

Hello! My name is Jocelyn Yang, I am a second generation Hmong American woman and fashion scholar. The nickname "Jocii" (pronounced "Jaw-see") was given to me by my grandmother and family. I strive to create innovative, inclusive and sustainable designs for the modern woman. I began my fashion design journey…

Pao Houa Her was born somewhere in the northern jungles of Laos. She fled Laos with her family when she was a baby, crossed the Mekong on her mother’s back, was fed opium to keep from crying, lived in the refugee camps in Thailand and landed in America on a…

RICK SHIOMI is an internationally recognized, award-winning Japanese Canadian playwright, stage director, artistic director and taiko artist. Rick Shiomi is an award-winning taiko artist. He began playing in 1979 as a member of Katari Taiko in Vancouver, British Columbia. In the 1980s, he studied with Grandmaster Seiichi Tanaka of the…

Coalesce Collective MN is an AAPI organization with a focus on celebrating AAPI + BIPOC creatives.