Asia North 2025 Exhibition: EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS

Asia North 2025 Exhibition

EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS
Guest curated by Phaan Howng
May 2 - May 31
Locations & Hours:
16 W. North Avenue: Friday 5-8pm, Saturday 12-3pm
Currency Studio, 16 W. North Avenue: Thursday - Friday 1-5pm; Saturday 12-3pm
Motor House, 120 W. North Avenue: Thursday - Saturday 6-10pm; Monday & Wednesday 6pm-12am
Club Car, 12 W. North Avenue: Friday -Saturday 6pm-1am; Sunday 5-10pm
Mobtown Ballroom & Café, 30 W. North Avenue: Monday - Friday 8am-3pm, plus Monday 7-11pm and Friday 7-11:30pm

The exhibition title, EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS, is a sardonic nod to what the phrase “exceeds expectations” triggers across the APIMEDA community while also showcasing works that transgress inherent preconceptions of artworks expected to be seen at an AAPI exhibition during AAPI heritage month.The artists selected for this exhibition create spectacularly audacious artworks using their chosen medium and independent visual languages. Through their stylistic choices, humor, subject matter, and more, their artworks visually deviate from all stereotyped cliches within traditional cultural art settings. In addition, this year's Asia North exhibition exceeds the scope of our previous Asia North exhibitions by taking place in more locations in unexpected ways from Motor House to spaces throughout North Avenue Market.

Featured Artists

Reed Bmore * Thea Canlas * Neil Chatterjee * Cindy Cheng * Sejong Cho * YunKyoung Cho * Sutton Demlong * Ameena Fareeda * Taha Heydari * Tae Hwang * Kei Ito * Zara Kahan * Gaeun Kim * Wednesday Kim * Andrew Liang * Yefu Liu * Katherine Mann * Audrey Naiva * Nova Pan * Sookkyung Park * Emon Surakitkoson * Clipber Tran * Thiang Uk * Stephanie J. Williams * Lite Zhang

Asia North 2025 partners and sponsors include TU Asian Arts & Culture Center, Central Baltimore Partnership, Station North Arts District, Motor House, Currency Studio, Club Car, Mobtown Ballroom, Maryland State Arts Council, William G. Baker, Jr. Memorial Fund, Robert W. Deutsch Foundation, Citizens of Baltimore County, Orange Barrel Media, Johns Hopkins University, Korean Cultural Center Washington DC, TU-BTU Presidential Priority, Community Housing Partners, Barkada Breads, Baltimore Changwon-Sister City Committee, Korean American Foundation – Greater Washington, Baltimore-Xiamen Sister City Committee, Mike Shecter, Neighborhood Housing Services, Neighborhood Design Center, NAAAP Baltimore, OTS Productions, Johns Hopkins Medicine Asian & Pacific Islander Employee Resource Group & Allies, Baltimore Improv Group, and Rosa Chang.

Images clockwise: Asia North 2025 graphic by Ameena Fareeda,
Signs and Symbols #2: tile mountains by Sejong Cho,Restart or exit by Clipber Tran, Still from Screeched Dreams by Wednesday Kim, Monsoon by Thiang Uk.

Host or Publisher Asian Arts & Culture Center at Towson University