{"id":26760,"date":"2012-12-01T15:45:52","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T15:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=26760"},"modified":"2012-12-01T15:51:55","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T15:51:55","slug":"debra-yepa-pappan-dualing-identities","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=26760","title":{"rendered":"Debra Yepa-Pappan: Dual(ing) Identities"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaia.edu\/museum\/exhibition\/debra-yepa-pappan-dualing-identities\/\" target=\"_blank\">Debra Yepa-Pappan: Dual(ing) Identities<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaia.edu\/museum\/\" target=\"_blank\">Museum of Contemporary Native Arts<\/a><br \/>\n108 Cathedral Place<br \/>\nSanta Fe, New Mexico<br \/>\n2012-08-17 through 2012-12-31<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.iaia.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/07\/SmDivine-Spirits.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" \/><br \/>\n<small><em>SmDivine Spirits<\/em><\/small><\/p>\n<p>This exhibition focuses on Debra Yepa-Pappan\u2019s reflective group of works that explore her dual identities. Yepa-Pappan is of Jemez Pueblo and Korean heritage. Through this multilayered collection of work, Yepa-Pappan layers instances of history, pop culture, stereotypes, authenticity, family, her identity, and the urban environment together. Through her dual identities, she embraces change in tradition as a reflection of herself, yet she also duels with the labels placed upon her.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nAbout the Artist: DEBRA YEPA-PAPPAN was born in Korea in 1971 to a Korean mother and Jemez Pueblo father. She came to the U.S. with her mother when she was 5 months old. At this time, she was enrolled as Jemez Pueblo before becoming a U.S. citizen. In her work, Yepa-Pappan shares her experiences of being a mixed-race Asian\/Native American living in an urban area, while exploring the issues of identity and challenging American Indian stereotypes. Having spent the majority of her life in Chicago, she is influenced by contemporary and urban culture, along with her deep connection to Jemez Pueblo. Because of her parents and their own strong ties to their cultures, she has a strong sense of self. She says, \u201cI know who I am and where my people come from.\u201d Yepa-Pappan attended the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe and graduated with an Associates of Fine Arts in two- and three-dimensional art in 1992&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>For more information, click <a href=\"http:\/\/www.iaia.edu\/museum\/exhibition\/debra-yepa-pappan-dualing-identities\/\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Debra Yepa-Pappan: Dual(ing) Identities Museum of Contemporary Native Arts 108 Cathedral Place Santa Fe, New Mexico 2012-08-17 through 2012-12-31 SmDivine Spirits This exhibition focuses on Debra Yepa-Pappan\u2019s reflective group of works that explore her dual identities. Yepa-Pappan is of Jemez Pueblo and Korean heritage. Through this multilayered collection of work, Yepa-Pappan layers instances of history, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[24,16,8,3015,20],"tags":[3972,12964],"class_list":["post-26760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arts","category-asia","category-media-archive","category-native-americans","category-usa","tag-debra-yepa-pappan","tag-museum-of-contemporary-native-arts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26760\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}