128. Charles Kay Jr. on the American Dream, Identity, and His Exhibition 'Unseen: Emerging from the Currents of Assimilation'

Charles Kay Jr. is a first-generation Thai-American visual artist
whose work explores assimilation, identity and the American
Dream. Kay’s parents immigrated from Thailand in the 1960s and
anglicized their names to fit in. Much of Kay’s work explores the
toll of assimilation on his own family and the immigrant
experience at large. His exhibition “Unseen: Emerging from the
Currents of Assimilation” is on display at Kaneko through
February 5, 2023. In this conversation with Maria Corpuz, he
shares his experience growing up in Omaha with immigrant parents,
the racism he and his family have endured, and his changing
relationship with his Asian-American identity.


Learn more about "Unseen" here.