Chien-An Yuan is a multi-disciplinary artist based in Ann Arbor, MI. His work has been featured in The New Yorker, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Reader, NewCity, Salon, ArtSlant, Huffington Post, and WNYC.

Past performances and exhibitions include Detroit Institute of Arts, The Contemporary Arts Center Cincinnati, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gene Siskel Film Center, Museum of Chinese in America NYC, Syrup Loft, Zhou B Arts Center, Asian American Cultural Center of University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Hyde Park Art Center, and Gallery 312.

kyoung Noh [”oak-young no”] is an artist, director, and educator based in Seoul, South Korea and Ann Arbor, Michigan.


Okyoung Noh (b. Seoul, South Korea) is an interdisciplinary artist and educator. Her lived experiences in Seoul with her mother from Jeju Island and her grandmother from North Korea informed her practice of multimedia installations, social practice, and performance in the United States.

In her work, Noh focuses on various manifestations of dehumanization that the bodies of Asian female diasporas – especially, their movements and vocals – exhibit during the processes of resistance and adaptation in a state of mis/dislocation. By dwelling on them, Noh maps and visualizes the socio-cultural violence and pressures that contribute to their dehumanization and creates a platform for challenging the power dynamics associated with them. Tracing the transgenerational and living trauma of Asian diasporas, Noh unveils their marginalized narratives under neo-nationalism and imperialism accompanying xenophobia and white supremacy.

For instance, Noh educated Anglo audiences about her broken English (“Onglish”), commanded a difficult pronunciation of her name to American participants, and offered a witty guided tour around WMAF pornography – to reveal the racialized and gendered struggles of Asian immigrants. Most recently, Noh documented the careful movements of a North Korean female defector who evaded Chinese public security for a decade.

Noh’s works have been shown at the Ann Arbor Art Center, Hangaram Museum in Seoul Arts Center, CICA Museum, Seoul Artist’s Platform_New & Young, Hongik Museum of Art, and many other galleries. She has been awarded the prestigious Chunman Art Award (KR) and nominated as the Young Korean Artist by CICA Museum (KR); the New Artist from Boomer Gallery (UK), and many others. Noh is a recipient of many grants from the Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea Arts & Culture Education Service, Seoul Artists' Platform, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation and Seoul National University. Noh acquired BFA at Seoul National University and is an Elsie Choy Lee scholar at Penny W. Stamps School of Art & Design, University of Michigan.