Christina Kang

I like drawing gridded psychological landscapes, incomprehensible instructions, rebellious data points, and inanimate objects that demand autonomy. My work is about my experiences as a queer Asian American woman.

selected 2D work (2021 - present)

a selection of handpulled prints, risos, and drawings.

*I'll keep peeling it away*, 15" x 15" etching, collagraph, and screenprint made for Corrinne Teed and Ron Abram's *Salt & Blood of Hidden Kinship* portfolio. 2025

Risograph, 9" x 17", printed at Directangle Press Dec. 2025

*Dwelling*, 12"x 15" linoleum relief and screenprint. 2023

screenprint on handmade paper, 6" x 8", 2024

*somehow we'll know where to be*, 14" x 11", etching and screenprint made for Frogman's 2021 portfolio. 2021

*I've made a list...*, 14" x 11", screenprint made for M. Robyn Wall and Nathan Pietrykowski's *Fabrication* portfolio. 2025

Duck, duck, duck, 10" x 10", linoleum relief, 2025

doggy dog world, 11" x 8.5", screenprint, 2024

risograph, 7" x 7", 2025

risograph, 11" x 8.5", 2025

screenprint, etching, relief, 15" x 22", 2023. Printed at Zea Mays as a fellowship Artist-in-Residence.

*Unfortunately, I take*, 4.75" x 10.5", screenprint, 2025

artist books, paper objects, zines

experimental books! the occasional zine!

*The leaves remain*, 2023. Artist book with inkjet zine (to read the zine in order on this site - go down the left column first, then right)

Fish boots, risograph. Printed, and guts corner-rounded, at Directangle Press Dec 2025.

*Good Dog*, risograph zine. Printed at Penland's 2019 risograph workshop taught by Woolly Press.

sketchbook

I love drawing more than printing. My sketchbook practice is specifically inspired by Lynda Barry's composition books, Lisa Hanawalt's colorful shadows, Zeinab Saab's handbound sketchbook gifts, and Izzy Van den Heuvel's very patient bookmaking tutorial in July 2021. Making my own sketchbooks with thrifted ledger or notebook paper, old prints, and recycled food containers helped me be less 'precious' with my sketchbooks. I know the mistakes that went into binding them and am no longer afraid of them. Okay so I am still afraid of drawing a lot of the time but it's also just nice to bind your own sketchbooks.

older work (2015 - 2021)

selections of print work made while in undergrad (west virginia university 2013 - 2018) and grad school (northern illinois university 2018 - 2021)

*The sweetest I could be*, lithograph, 15" x 22", 2018

The ripest parts of me, photolithograph, 15" x 22", 2018

Data rinse , lithograph, 15" x 22", 2018

How to fold a dumpling , screenprint, 22" x 30", 2021

traces of huijian , folded etching, whiteout, pen, 20" x 18", 2021

Bring me back to my body! collaged lithograph prints, red thread, 22" x 30", 2018

Fold here, etching, screenprint with hand coloring, ~40" x 35", 2019

*The rind is thicker in West Virginia* , screenprint, 22" x 30", 2019

Rinse and repeat , screenprint, 20" x 15", 2019

thesis

drawings from my 2021 thesis. an excerpt from my thesis (which honestly i don't think anyone should read, and i don't think anyone fully read it except for yours truly, but i am including this because it may explain the drawing titles): Identity is nuanced and evolves over time. When I first acknowledged my identity crisis, I wanted a concrete solution, a set of instructions that others had followed to resolve their own crises. Follow a list of steps; learn a language; learn to cook like my mom. After this, my identity would be easily identifiable and manageable. My reduction of identity — seeking a simple way to “solve” the associated crisis — also parallels the intentional misconceptions of Asians and Asian Americans in American culture.

Pull as much of the skin away as you can. Keep peeling the skin until it is all gone. If there are any stringy bits, pull those off too.

Bring the water to a rolling boil.

Strain your noodles into a strain yourself into a strain your noodles

Fold the wrapper in half and seal completely.

Wet the area and then rub the stain with soap and a brush. Repeat twice if the stain is really set.

How to order from the secret menu at Chinese restaurants: The diners are Chinese and there is only one menu - the Chinese one.

Guarantee your seat at the table. Put down the placemat. Place the napkin on the left side of the placemat. Place the plate in the center of the placemat. Place the dinner fork and salad fork on the napkin.