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Opening Reception: “20 Shades of Blue”, Xiao Faria daCunha

Opening Reception: “20 Shades of Blue”, Xiao Faria daCunha

Name: Opening Reception: “20 Shades of Blue”, Xiao Faria daCunha
Start: 2026-09-04T00:00:00+00:00
End: 2026-09-04T00:00:00+00:00
Location: Bunker Center for the Arts

At Bunker Center for the Arts, Kansas City, MO

By Bunker Center for the Arts

Kansas City-based multi-disciplinary artist, writer, and curator Xiao Faria daCunha presents an interactive solo-exhibition at Bunker Center For the Arts from September 4, 2026 through September 27, 2026.

In “20 Shades of Blue,” the artist constructs an interactive experience that engages all five senses, thus resonating with the sixth and opening the viewer’s mind’s eyes. The exhibition is divided into five “chapters” by audio narration, which can be activated by scanning the QR Code on the wall. As gallery visitors listen to the artist’s voice, they also look through the embellished image transfers and the accompanying written text.

Xiao Faria daCunha is a Kansas City-based Chinese-American visual artist, curator, art writer, and essayist musing on the lived experience of a Chinese diasporic woman of color in America’s heartland. She employs the juxtaposition of texture, composition, shape, form, and materiality, spanning mixed-media illustration on paper, textile, printmaking, and mixed-media collage, to project the multi-layered nuances within the Chinese diaspora identity.

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Bunker Center for the Arts

1014 E. 19th St, Kansas City, MO 64108

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1014 E. 19th St, Kansas City, MO 64108

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