5. Jenifer K Wofford: San Francisco–based Filipina American artist and educator
Jenifer K Wofford is a contemporary artist and educator based in the Bay Area. In her site-specific installation Pattern Recognition at the Asian Art Museum, Wofford chose to feature names of other Bay Area-based Asian American artists, including: Kay Sekimachi, Carlos Villa, Ernie Kim, Arthur Okamura, Chiura Obata, Leo Valledor, Ruth Asawa, Bernice Bing, and Jade Snow Wong. Inspired by traditional Asian decorative motifs and the bold, colorful graphics of the 1980s, Wofford’s mural celebrates Asian American artists and immigrant communities.