We Are Tied Together And I Am Warped to Your Vision Forced to Surrender The Luck You Think I Have
Note: This item is a one-of-one. Also, due to the nature of the material, the size may vary according to placement.
Materials: Artist’s hair, Hair gel
Dimensions: 12” x 3”
Meet the Artist: Sarah Whyte
Sarah Whyte is a fiber artist and painter whose work questions her identity as a transracial, transnational, Chinese American, woman, adoptee. She was born in China and lived in an orphanage. According to her paperwork, she was abandoned two days after being born. She was then adopted from Jiangxi province and brought to the United States where she grew up. Sarah’s identity is complicated as a person of color who grew up in a white family. The story of transnational adoption is riddled with questions and hints at global and national histories, politics, and policies.
In her artwork, she explores the complicated intersections of international adoption with global issues such as imperialism, militarism, and colonization. She also draws on more personal issues around identity, racism, and discrimination. She uses painting and textile techniques such as embroidery to tell her personal stories around adoption and identity and to bring the complexities of transnational adoption to the fore. Through making, she attempts to make sense of what she knows and does not know about herself, her family, ancestry, and history.
As Sarah pieces together her identity as a transnational adoptee she explores the wider social and political construct. Using her own story as clues to reveal histories around human rights, international relations, and race politics.
Website: sarahwhytestudio.com
IG: @sarahwhyteart
Note: This item is a one-of-one. Also, due to the nature of the material, the size may vary according to placement.
Materials: Artist’s hair, Hair gel
Dimensions: 12” x 3”
Meet the Artist: Sarah Whyte
Sarah Whyte is a fiber artist and painter whose work questions her identity as a transracial, transnational, Chinese American, woman, adoptee. She was born in China and lived in an orphanage. According to her paperwork, she was abandoned two days after being born. She was then adopted from Jiangxi province and brought to the United States where she grew up. Sarah’s identity is complicated as a person of color who grew up in a white family. The story of transnational adoption is riddled with questions and hints at global and national histories, politics, and policies.
In her artwork, she explores the complicated intersections of international adoption with global issues such as imperialism, militarism, and colonization. She also draws on more personal issues around identity, racism, and discrimination. She uses painting and textile techniques such as embroidery to tell her personal stories around adoption and identity and to bring the complexities of transnational adoption to the fore. Through making, she attempts to make sense of what she knows and does not know about herself, her family, ancestry, and history.
As Sarah pieces together her identity as a transnational adoptee she explores the wider social and political construct. Using her own story as clues to reveal histories around human rights, international relations, and race politics.
Website: sarahwhytestudio.com
IG: @sarahwhyteart
Note: This item is a one-of-one. Also, due to the nature of the material, the size may vary according to placement.
Materials: Artist’s hair, Hair gel
Dimensions: 12” x 3”
Meet the Artist: Sarah Whyte
Sarah Whyte is a fiber artist and painter whose work questions her identity as a transracial, transnational, Chinese American, woman, adoptee. She was born in China and lived in an orphanage. According to her paperwork, she was abandoned two days after being born. She was then adopted from Jiangxi province and brought to the United States where she grew up. Sarah’s identity is complicated as a person of color who grew up in a white family. The story of transnational adoption is riddled with questions and hints at global and national histories, politics, and policies.
In her artwork, she explores the complicated intersections of international adoption with global issues such as imperialism, militarism, and colonization. She also draws on more personal issues around identity, racism, and discrimination. She uses painting and textile techniques such as embroidery to tell her personal stories around adoption and identity and to bring the complexities of transnational adoption to the fore. Through making, she attempts to make sense of what she knows and does not know about herself, her family, ancestry, and history.
As Sarah pieces together her identity as a transnational adoptee she explores the wider social and political construct. Using her own story as clues to reveal histories around human rights, international relations, and race politics.
Website: sarahwhytestudio.com
IG: @sarahwhyteart