Yumi Janairo Roth
American
Sculpture, site-responsive installations
DESCRIPTION
Yumi Janairo Roth was born in Eugene, Oregon, and grew up in Chicago, Metro Manila, and suburban Washington D.C. She received a BA from Tufts University, a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, and an MFA from SUNY New Paltz. A professor of sculpture and post-studio practice at the University of Colorado Boulder, her work explores themes of immigration, hybridity, and displacement through objects and site-responsive installations.