Artists We Love: AAPI Heritage Edition

May 22

Written by Joannah-Josephine McLarty

In honor of Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, we would like to spotlight 14 amazing and talented LA based AAPI artists. With art that embraces tradition and art that explores modernity, each of these creatives breathes life into their perspective of the world. From music to painting to graphic design, their talents know no limits. We hope you find an artist who speaks to you!

artist Soyoung Shin smiling wearing a a pink dress and her hair in a braid — Soyoung Shin

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Christmas Cakes in April

Crop

Folding Space

fragile white people

from mother to daughter to daughter - for kurt kobain, and my grandmother

flower arrangement

Philpino artist Mitchelito Orquiola looking off to the side. — Mitchelito Orquiola

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"Para ni Jean"

"Enlightenment. When it all matters, I will pick up the torch again"

"Chase on a Standstill"

"Mitch Labs"

"Serene Buddha"

"Grandmaster Flash"

Artist JP/ Jason Pereira standing in front of a orange and cyan mural — JP / Jason Pereira

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TAUTUA MURAL (2018)

Grace & Space

WHERE ARE WE GOING? (2019)

Asia Pasifika, 2023

Matua/Parents

For Mrs. B.

artist Audrey Chan surrounded by shadow with a light revealing her face — Audrey Chan

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Will Power Allegory, 2022

Altar with Ahma Reciting Poetry, 2020

The Assata Center,

High Chief Loa Pele Faletogo

An Illustrated Vocabulary of Tenderness

Protect Public Lands, 2022

Artist Alfred Bordallo — Alfred Bordallo

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baby boy with his father's fish at Urunao 2024

GUAM 2022

DAUGHTER OF GUAM 2024

ALEX BANIN 2023

tåno' 2022

GUAM 2022

Long exposure photo of Chase Yi — Chase Yi

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Lucky Dogs Short Film

Cinerama

Dreamers

“MA CHÉRIE”

Venice

a pART of us Ep. 1

artist Shyama Golden standing in front of her art with a husky — Shyama Golden

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Are You Seeing What I’m Seeing

Hollywood, 1979

I Will Build My Own Kingdom There

Myth of My Own Creation

A Name for What isn’t There

Worlds Colliding

Artists Samantha Tagaloa styled like David bowie with a red lightning bold across her face — Samantha Tagaloa

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She Knows

Dark Chatter

Untitled

Do or Dot

Sculpture

Drawing

Artist Iris Yirei Hu wearing a while long sleeve top with green and blue watercolor splotches, Photo by Leah Rom — Iris Yirei Hu

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The transmission of the heart wisdom (universe)

i eat our grief

Survival Guide: when the Sun devours the Moon

lumen

mud song dream sequence

Detail of An Intoxication of You, My Third Eye Seeps, 2023

Artist Sei Shimura against a Red-Orange gradient backdrop wearing painting gas mask — Sei Shimura

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Happy Earth

Boxes

Money Talks

Abstract Shibuya skyline

LA Landmark

Whale Tale

Artist Tidawhitney with pink hair and squatting next to one of her paintings — Tidawhitney Lek

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My First, 2024

Sidewalk Haircut, 2023

Apsara, 2018

January 6th, 2024

Rendezvous, 2020,

Solace Sisters, 2024

Musical Artist Jason Chu wearing glasses and a blue cap — Jason Chu

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We Were the Seeds, 2023

Go Back 2 China

Model Minority

Face Value

Yellow Gold Grill

living.room

Artist Jerilyn Guerrero wearing glasses and smiling — Jerilyn Guerrero

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starter pack no ai

I Mambiha na Tiempo

for the RBF, RSF, RMF girlies

pixel

river

Artist Kyungmi Shin wearing a green leather jacket — Kyungmi Shin

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(L) Father crosses the ocean, 2020, (R) in the garden, 2022,

Wallpaper Patterns, 1999-2001

dancing with the natives #6, 2023

The Invisible Woman #6

while they slept, we played our dreams, 2024,

in the garden, 2022,

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