Jennifer Ling Datchuk: RIPENING
September 19, 2025 - March 7, 2026
Contemporary Art Gallery, NMSU Art Museum

English | Espanol

Jennifer Ling Datchuk: RIPENING is a multidisciplinary exhibition at the New Mexico State University Art Museum (UAM) that explores the cost of women’s labor in material culture through five thematic sections: Protest, Rest, Labor, Exploitation, and Ripening. Rooted in Datchuk’s personal history and layered identity—as a woman, a Chinese woman, an “American,” and a third culture kid—the exhibition reflects her practice as a trained ceramicist who works with porcelain, textiles, and hair fibers to examine fragility, beauty, femininity, and intersectionality while challenging the social, cultural, and political systems that continue to hold women back. Featuring new and reimagined installations created for NMSU, RIPENING amplifies female voices, fosters collective care, and expands dialogue around Asian American histories and women’s labor in the Southwest through immersive works and inclusive public programming.

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