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'Cape of Continuity' is a community based participatory performance by artist Mee Jey. Commissioned by Pulitzer Arts Foundation, 24'.

“US: United Sapiens” is now on view at Veterans Community Project St. Louis! This public sculpture, co-created with artist Mee Jey, community members, and VCP-STL staff and volunteers, was commissioned as part of Collective Impact, a collaborative initiative between Contemporary Art Museum, St. Louis, Creative Reaction Lab, and a cohort of community members. The sculpture celebrates cooperation and solidarity through five interconnected steel figures, which are woven with colorful cables and small embellishments designed and created with community participation.
“US: United Sapiens” is now on view at Veterans Community Project St. Louis! This public sculpture, co-created with artist Mee Jey, community members, and VCP-STL staff and volunteers, was commissioned as part of Collective Impact, a collaborative initiative between Contemporary Art Museum,St. Louis, Creative Reaction Lab, and a cohort of community members. The sculpture celebrates cooperation and solidarity through five interconnected steel figures, which are woven with colorful cables and small embellishments designed and created with community participation.
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JANTAR-MANTAR a participatory performance as a collective conscious act of prioritising life and future of children across the globe. 21c Museum Hotel, St. Louis. Missouri. 2023
JANTAR-MANTAR a participatory performance as a collective conscious act of prioritising life and future of children across the globe. 21c Museum Hotel, St. Louis. Missouri. 2023
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Single channel video installation representing waiting of the artist for a legal political status over 3 years in the form of crocheted yarn pile.

Untiled; wood, paint and yarn. 72"x9"x1.5". 2023. Image courtesy- Chris Bauer and Gary Duncan. The precarious walk through physical and legal terrain immigrants undertake...
Untiled; wood, paint and yarn. 72"x9"x1.5". 2023. Image courtesy- Chris Bauer and Gary Duncan. The precarious walk through physical and legal terrain immigrants undertake...
Brave Wave Rider. Repurposed fabric on wood board. 24"x48"x1". 2022.
Brave Wave Rider. Repurposed fabric on wood board. 24"x48"x1". 2022.
ENDLESS...(ii), repurposed fabric and golden emergency mylar quilt on wood, 48"x 48"x 5", 2023. Photo credit- Chris Bauer
ENDLESS...(ii), repurposed fabric and golden emergency mylar quilt on wood, 48"x 48"x 5", 2023. Photo credit- Chris Bauer
ENDLESS...(i) Repurposed fabric and emergency mylar quilt on wood board. 52"x48"x5". 2022. Photo Credit- Chris Bauer
ENDLESS...(i) Repurposed fabric and emergency mylar quilt on wood board. 52"x48"x5". 2022. Photo Credit- Chris Bauer. The life that is rough water; the giver and taker of life.
BELONGINGS, repurposed fabric and emergency mylar quilt, 37x 37x 6, 2023. Photo Credit- Chris Bauer. These bundles represent the tiny treasured belongings of immigrants & migrants on move.
BELONGINGS, repurposed fabric and emergency mylar quilt, 37x 37x 6, 2023. Photo Credit- Chris Bauer. These bundles represent the tiny treasured belongings of immigrants & migrants on move.
HEAR ME NOW
HEAR ME NOW: A durational performance highlighting racial disparity in maternal care within BIPOC community. Middle Sex University, London, UK. 2023
Photo courtesy: Landon Taylor
MANNAT: A Special Prayer (for children victim of war and violence across the globe). 7 panels of mesh fabric measuring total 21x12 feet portrays deceased Syrian child Ayan Kurdi. Repurposed fabric on plastic mesh. 2021 Photo courtesy: Landon Taylor

PRAYER is an on-going performative prayer for every child who is or at risk of being a victim of war and violence. 2017 onwards

Assuming a role of ghost-mother, the artist is renaming all the unidentified immigrant who died in the desert of Arizona in search of home. Inspired by the Hostile Terrain 94, an art project by Jason De Leon. 2021

Aliens Dream Green, Installation View
Alien Dream Green, repurposed fabric on found wood, dimensions varied, 2018. A work addressing the undefeated spirit and aspirations of immigrants for a better life.
ALIENS. Glow-in-dark screen print on t-shirts and reflective paper. Dimension varied. 2021.
ALIENS. Glow-in-dark screen print on t-shirts and reflective paper. Dimension varied. 2021.
Project Memory, 2017
Project Memory, 2017
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A participatory project documenting personal stories of people with regards to objects of sentimental value. 21x9 feet. Fabric and donated objects. 2017

Central Periphery 2019
Central Periphery 2019
DADI
DADI IMAGE COURTSEY: DICKSON BEALL
Twin 2019
Twin 2019
Twin
Twin