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Kim Sandara (b.1994, Falls Church, VA) is a bi, genderqueer, Lao/Vietnamese American, multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn, NY. Using abstract painting, stop motion animation and cartooning, their work focuses on queer escapism, intergenerational trauma and intersectional identity. In 2019 through 2021 they received a residency from the Torpedo Factory in VA and the Fluer and Charles fellowship from VisArts in Rockville, MD. They have been featured in the Washington Post for their music paintings and 270 Million Project, spotlighting the issue of bombs left in Laos from the Secret War. In 2023, their DC mural was featured in a New York Times article on public spaces. Currently, they are creating work that processes their first trip to Laos in 2024.

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