Born in Atlanta to Thai and Indonesian immigrants, Phingbodhipakkiya is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, and activist based in Brooklyn, NY. She has explored microscopic universes, familial memories, and the power of collective action, revealing the often unseen depth, resilience and beauty of marginalized communities. Her work has reclaimed space in museums and galleries, at protests and rallies, on buildings, highway tunnels, subway corridors, and on the cover of TIME magazine. In 2020-2021, she was artist-in-residence with the NYC Commission on Human Rights. In 2022, she transformed Lincoln Center’s campus with GATHER: A series of monuments and rituals. Her work has been recognized by The New York Times, Harpers Bazaar, and the Guardian and is held in permanent collections at the Goldwell Open Air Museum, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, Museum of Chinese in America (MOCA), Museum of the City of New York, and the Library of Congress.

FELLOWSHIP STATEMENT

My artistic practice is about finding joy and belonging even in the face of grief and injustice, and rallying communities to imagine a shared future we can’t yet see. Through defiant storytelling, my work brings forth colors, patterns, textures, histories, and rituals to amplify marginalized voices that need to be heard. Through listening and partnership, I seek to expand the narrative around the AAPI community and other communities of color and fighting to reveal the unseen labor of women.

As a Jerome Hill Artist Fellow, I will continue creating participatory works that invite audiences to commune, connect and lay down their burdens—spaces of healing and wonder that allow us to tell our stories and imagine new pathways forward.

Upcoming projects include a civic practice residency with the San Francisco Asian Art Museum and a public art series focused on the prevention of domestic violence with the Asian Women’s Shelter.

Photo by Deb Fong.