This first major exhibition of Pao Houa Her’s photographic practice traces the artist’s deepening exploration of diasporic constructions of homeland among her Hmong American community.

Inspired by the unique ground that underlies the San Francisco Bay Area, known scientifically as young bay mud, this exhibition highlights artists with local ties who are using mud to explore ecological entanglement and belonging in the Bay Area.  

In a materials-based practice that draws on Mexican handcraft traditions and a DIY sensibility, ektor garcia subtly challenges hierarchies ​of​​ ​gendered and racialized labor while undermining notions of static identity. This is the artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States.