Bio
Kirstyn Hom is an interdisciplinary artist and educator from San Francisco. She received her MFA in Visual Arts from UC San Diego, BA in Art Practice from UC Berkeley, and studied abroad at Leeds University’s textile department in the UK. She was a recipient of the 2019 Akiyoshidai International Art Village Fellowship in Mine-Shi, Japan. Hom’s work has been included in exhibitions at venues such as Two Rooms Gallery, La Jolla, CA; BEST PRACTICE, San Diego, CA; Perspectives Space Gallery, Encinitas, CA; Institute of Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA; Betsy Lueke Creative Arts Center, Burbank, CA, among others.
Artist Statement
My work investigates the intersection of language and textiles through sculpture and installation. I strive to transform the written word by examining how personal and collective losses of the “mother tongue” are shaped by assimilation and intergenerational trauma. I question how fabric can act as a document to repair lost threads in my ancestral past, while exposing the joy and tension of what resists translation. I manipulate fabric to mirror practices of writing through the repetition of embroidered stitches, handwoven patterns, cutwork, and resist dye methods left by ephemeral plant materials. These techniques form tactile languages that can be felt at a bodily scale, which blur the lines between gallery, domestic spaces, and the natural environment. By practicing long durational craft experimentation, I explore the relationship around labor and meditation to process loss, preserve memory, and carve spaces of belonging.
Info
San Diego, CA
kirstyn.hom@gmail.com