Join us for Conversations at MOCA featuring a panel discussion with exhibiting artist Andrea Chung, alongside creatives Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow and Grace Aneiza Ali. This conversation will be moderated by cultural curator and writer Lise Ragbir. Each panelist brings a unique perspective shaped by their Caribbean heritage and global influences, connecting the personal with the universal. After the conversation, join us on MOCA's plaza for a live Jazz performance.

About the panelists

Andrea Chung (b. 1978, Newark, NJ) lives and works in San Diego, California. She received a BFA from Parsons School of Design, New York, and a MFA from Maryland Institute College of Art, Baltimore. Her work has been exhibited in biennales such as Prospect 4, New Orleans, and the Jamaican Biennale, Kingston, Jamaica as well as the subject of museum solo exhibitions at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, the Manetti Shrem Museum, and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada. Her work has been included domestically and internationally at venues recently such as the Nasher Museum at Duke University, Minneapolis Institute of Art,  Frist Art Museum, Ford Foundation Art Galleries, Guangdong Times Museum, and the J. Paul Getty Center. She has participated in national and international residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, McColl Center for Visual Arts, Headlands Center for the Arts, and Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture. Her work has been written about in the Artfile Magazine, New Orleans Times, Picayune, Artnet, The Los Angeles Times, and International Review of African-American Art among others. Her work is included in collections such as the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, Rhode Island School of Design Museum, NoVo Foundation, Cleveland Clinic Art & Medicine Institute, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Davis Museum at Wesley College, the Addison Museum of American Art, and the J. Paul Getty Museum.

Grace Aneiza Ali, a Guyanese-born writer and curator-scholar, explores the intersection of art and migration through her exhibitions, research, and writing, including her book Liminal Spaces: Migration and Women of the Guyanese Diaspora. A Mellon Foundation Fellow and curator at Vanderbilt University, Ali also teaches at Florida State University, serves as Editor-in-Chief of Art Journal Open, and is an advisor for the British Art Studies Journal.

Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow's artistic journey reflects the intersections of the African diaspora, European colonialism, and Chinese migration, shaped by her ancestral roots in Jamaica and migration to the United States. Through drawings, performances, wearable art, and installations, she explores cultural identity, heritage, and the impact of historical legacies on contemporary society, reinterpreting histories and forgotten traditions to foster dialogue and build a more equitable future.

Lise Ragbir has dedicated her 20-year career to creating access to a range of art experiences. She has worked with corporate and public collections, non-and for-profit organizations, and organized exhibitions featuring artists Dawoud Bey, Genevieve Gaignard, Jacob Lawrence, and Deborah Roberts, among others. She is the co-editor of Collecting Black Studies: The Art of Material Culture(2020), and her essays about race, identity, immigration, and cultural representation have appeared in Hyperallergic, Frieze, Artnet, The Guardian, Time Magazine, USA Today, The Boston Globe and other publications. Ragbir is a graduate of Harvard University’s Museum Studies program.

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