Working in abstraction has forced Kwan to not overthink her multiple identities, she said. It has instead allowed her to explore what it means to be Asian American, a mother and a woman living in the United States without the pressure of fitting into certain artistic styles.

“I always feel like I’m breaking apart and coming together at the same time, and I want my paintings to feel that way, too,” Kwan told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution in an exclusive interview at her studio.

Kwan’s earliest memories are of being a skilled artist in elementary school in South Florida. She said her work would often be used as an example in class and was displayed in the hallways. She said she doesn’t recall a time during her childhood when she didn’t want to eventually become an artist.

Her parents, who are immigrants from China and Vietnam, wanted her to be a doctor and did not approve of her art dreams. She explained that she often butted heads with them when it came to her passion, but admits they just didn’t want anything to hinder her ability of having a better life than they did before coming to the U.S.

In an act of rebellion, Kwan chose to major in drawing at the University of Florida.

Growing up, Kwan said her parents never spoke Chinese or Vietnamese at home, and she has never visited either country. She said she struggles to identify as Asian due to her disconnect from her parents’ heritage and as American due to her physical appearance and learned cultural practices.

Now as a mother herself, she said she is not making an effort to connect with her parents’ background, and is instead utilizing her art to explore and create her own definition of what it means to be Asian American.

“Sometimes (my art) is about being Asian and sometimes it’s about being a mother and sometimes it’s about just being someone who lives in the United States,” Kwan said. “There’s just all these identities and thoughts and feelings that I have all at once, and I think we all have all at once, and it feels too much to contain. So sometimes I’m just like, ‘Well, I’m gonna spill it all on paper or spill it all over the wall.’”

After graduating in 2010, she found herself in several different jobs, including curating and selling artwork at galleries, retail and marketing. It was her marketing work for Whiskey Bird, the Asian American fusion restaurant in Atlanta, that landed one of her first murals in the city in 2019.

Owner Anthony Vipond said Kwan pitched herself to the restaurant after coming in a few times to dine — and he trusted her vision. That eventually turned into a mural in the indoor dining room and patio, and another one featuring several artists on the front of the building. The indoor mural, the first Kwan finished, incorporates bold calligraphic brushstrokes of blues and greens that seem to simulate leaves.

Vipond said he did not provide Kwan with any guidelines, allowing her to reinvent the dining room as she saw fit.

“When you allow artists to do what they’re really good at and give them that freedom, I think you always get the best results,” Vipond said, adding that ”what’s been the most amazing thing to me is her ability to transform spaces with her art in a kind of a very subtle way and then also through various painting applications.”

Since then, Kwan expressed a strong ardor for painting murals, though she said paper remains her “first love.” She has recently been combining mural and canvas, allowing her artwork to expand beyond the bounds of a canvas and flow freely. This new exploration is the reason she found herself working within the abstract in the first place.

Most of Kwan’s work is instinctual, but since becoming a mother, she said she has questioned herself less and less. A lack of alone time is just one of the reasons Kwan performs a brushstroke without hesitation. She thinks her paintings have become more assertive in the past few months.

Being confident in her work has also opened the door to experimenting with different paints, including ink made from firearms. Kwan explained that she recently bought the ink made by artist Thomas Little, who buys handguns and dissolves the iron-heavy parts in acid to form iron sulfate. She said the ink, which can appear as a deep black or brown like coffee stains, has allowed her to explore what it means to be a mother concerned about gun violence in the U.S.

“I guess working in abstraction feels freeing in a way because it doesn’t have those defined touch points or references as in, it can be one thing or the other. It can be whatever you feel, or whatever you see in it. … I think it just helps me process and also helps me to see that there can be beauty in that chaos,” Kwan said.

Even with abstraction being so open to interpretation, Kwan described being an artist as constantly having to walk onto a stage and allowing others to make an assessment of how much you’re worth. She said it can be a humbling experience. And when your work tends to explore your own Asian American identity, Kwan said it can be difficult to accept that not everyone will enjoy your craft.

Nicole Kang, an Asian American artist and creative manager with the Asian American Advocacy Fund, said it feels like you’re watching a dance when Kwan paints. The two met in 2016 and worked together on the outside mural at Whiskey Bird. Kang said they are both attempting to find a sense of wholeness in their dual identity, and art is often the best place to express that.

“Although her images and the paintings are not explicitly Asian, there is a sense of Asian influence in the way she uses her brushes. … it’s kind of like the spirit of it rather than it being explicitly Asian,” Kang said.

And the goal has never been to be explicitly Asian, Kwan explained, but rather to explore those roots and reinvent them to better fit how she perceives herself. The artist explained that she is interested in creating her own traditions and seeing how they translate into her art.

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The suspension had been ordered when prices were higher, so the lifting of it added about 31.2 cents back onto pump prices.”},{“_id”:”UGUUJIDN2BDYNKNFD7BA5BRUMY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167081},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The national average now is roughly $3.50, about the same as the U.S. average was a year ago.”},{“_id”:”V3MMGAQQL5FANHSFZKTRYQVFPQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167082},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The past few months had seen the key elements of supply and demand conspire to produce a moderation in prices, said Montrae Waiters, spokeswoman for AAA-The Auto Club Group.”},{“_id”:”A6OP4NPBDJAWNGQNPATNGDAIAU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167083},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“Slack demand, rising supply, and low crude oil prices continued to chip away at gas prices,” she said.”},{“_id”:”J244OPOUIFD3ZJCQERMSZD6GWM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167084},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But slack, the demand is not going to be this week, since the July 4th holiday is one of the year’s biggest travel days, with highways and airports often clogged. This year, an estimated 45% of Americans are expected to travel, most on the move by vehicle, and most of those vehicles are burning gasoline made from refining oil.”},{“_id”:”2SLOJVFO5ZG3RLTXNO6HNKMTMI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167085},”type”:”text”,”content”:”As the surge of holiday travelers picked up, so have prices, rising about 4 cents in the past week.”},{“_id”:”XNACUSGWF5CZHEVIU62DAHOISY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167086},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In the Southeast, Florida has the most expensive gasoline, averaging $3.46 a gallon, followed by Georgia, North Carolina at $3.23, South Carolina at $3.21, Alabama at $3.12 and Tennessee at $3.10.”},{“_id”:”JMBSR3GCYZBYBO4CAEXSQUOCEI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167087},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Drivers in electric vehicles, of course, have different issues, like finding a charging station. Those locations are relatively common along highways in Georgia, though not nearly as ubiquitous as gasoline-pumping stations.”},{“_id”:”OB3LPUURYBF4DPCXDZU3RG6PAU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167088},”type”:”text”,”content”:”At least for now, gas prices are not affected by the weather, but that could change.”},{“_id”:”U7WRKJGLDJA4JM25PATG3MZRMM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167089},”type”:”text”,”content”:”If the hurricane season is as active and destructive as some experts predict, the fuel market can move dramatically, said Patrick DeHaan, senior petroleum analyst at Gas Buddy. “While the first half of the summer has been relatively smooth sailing, the road ahead may be bumpy.””},{“_id”:”KR7DEQHI7BFVBHOGU5WLQ4TLUY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167090},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The season’s first big storm — Beryl, a Category 5 hurricane — is barreling toward Jamaica and Central America this week and while dangerous, is not likely to affect fuel production and pipelines.”},{“_id”:”2ZAV3PZKOZFMXB2YEVFIVAGM4I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167091},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In contrast, any serious storms that hit the Gulf of Mexico can shut down pumping from rigs, temporarily stop refineries from turning oil into gasoline and cut off the pipelines that carry that fuel to the Southeast and beyond.”},{“_id”:”GCWTWYLMHBFQPASJJLQMQSBX4Y”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167092},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In the past, storms like Katrina and Rita in 2005 caused not only a spike in prices, but a shortage of gasoline.”},{“_id”:”UVL5WSWZFBH7TKYHALJFJ2KEOA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167093},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Metro Atlanta drivers have seen some unpleasant price spikes.”},{“_id”:”RUXNEE2255E2BIJ7NGWFOOS7OQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167094},”type”:”text”,”content”:”After the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, global oil markets were roiled for months, while the U.S. economy was in the midst of a post-pandemic surge that spurred demand for fuel. That combination sent gas prices in Atlanta to a record average high of $4.54 a gallon.”},{“_id”:”HPSAJH62VFEQ5IXQ5M6J7KIITA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719941167095},”type”:”text”,”content”:”However, in terms of buying power, the most painful prices came in 2008, when prices crested at $4.11 a gallon. 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I can think of a lot of reasons to call on a candidate to dropout, including violently trying to overthrow an election, demanding 11k more votes from the Secretary of State, felony convictions, sexual assault, and indictments in Fulton County. With all due respect @ajc, please… pic.twitter.com/UMfsewLHWW

— Keisha Lance Bottoms (@KeishaBottoms) June 29, 2024

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Brian Wander, the general manager of the JW Marriott Atlanta Buckhead, said it makes sense for racers to spend the night near the starting line to be prepared for the event.”},{“_id”:”Z32N5TEF3ZBVZCTYXM2ND3PCZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719508992961},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“A lot of experienced runners know that the most convenient thing to do is to stay with us and park with us, so they don’t have to worry about parking in the morning,” he said, adding that MARTA will be crowded with thousands of participants flocking to Buckhead. His hotel’s patrons who stay Wednesday night will also receive a $50 credit to its on-site restaurant Preserve to carb-load before the big day.”},{“_id”:”HRSDUIDGGZG3RD6VYJZ5LFGPBM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719508992962},”alignment”:”left”,”type”:”text”,”content”:”Other hotels offer their own race-themed packages or participate in the festivities. 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Meanwhile, more sellers seem ready to list their homes.”},{“_id”:”IO5Q6YFYVRB4HCE4OVKII74ITE”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”GD2Z5M3KCFENHDEDGUAO7KLWTA”},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Atlanta Housing approves $534M budget”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/atlanta-housing-approves-534m-budget/QJEDBBEP7NEP5DVGRNCPRVT4C4/”},{“_id”:”XXXA2NGCOVCMJKFZNTMJQP2E4U”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562084},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But overall, the Atlanta area continues to have an imbalance between supply and demand, making it a difficult environment for would-be homebuyers to make a purchase.”},{“_id”:”RLRS6DSHXBEEDBEZSYVFSDEBTM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562085},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Here are four things the latest housing market data are telling us about the metro Atlanta market:”},{“level”:3,”_id”:”WT7RUXUHYRCQ7LOZTZYLK3IJHE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562086},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Median prices”},{“_id”:”3XFSYQC3F5CMHN5PTZAW4Y2HOE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562087},”type”:”text”,”content”:”The median home sale price in the Atlanta area was $400,000 in May, up 3.9% from the same period a year ago, according to Georgia Multiple Listing Services.”},{“_id”:”ZBOUK7JWMJDUZJ73UZPN3F66LY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562088},”type”:”text”,”content”:”But since spring of 2020, the median price has grown by 57% percent.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”auth”:{“1″:”615568a615dca7033d20b49777f3db32d051a3427c9590dc2318e737f9400638″},”caption”:”This Dunwoody home was listed for sale on Thursday, June 26, 2024. In May, median home sales price was about $400,000. J. 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Scott Trubey”,”description”:”J. Scott Trubey is the economy and environment editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He previously served as a business reporter for the AJC covering banking, real estate and economic development. Trubey is also a former investigative reporter, with a specialty in banking, real estate and public corruption. He joined the AJC in 2010.”,”_id”:”j-scott-trubey”,”additional_properties”:{“original”:{“lastName”:”Trubey”,”image”:”https://s3.amazonaws.com/arc-authors/ajc/1256ca96-cb29-4cad-b64f-bc59ff860eb8.png”,”role”:”Economy and environment editor”,”education”:[],”longBio”:”J. Scott Trubey is the economy and environment editor for The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. He is a former investigative reporter for the AJC, with a specialty in banking, real estate and public corruption. Trubey previously served as a business reporter for the AJC covering banking, commercial real estate and economic development. 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If a buyer ponied up 20% as a down payment, the average monthly cost of the mortgage (not including taxes and insurance) was about $873.”},{“_id”:”KN2CX4LRPJESPCJLMIL6FFGHGI”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562093},”type”:”text”,”content”:”For a buyer in May of this year who can put down 20% on the median home of $400,000 with an average interest rate that’s now about 7%, the average monthly cost of a mortgage is now about $2,128 (again, not including taxes and insurance.)”},{“_id”:”D7JD3T2BPVBCHMS4525J6HJUCE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719424433941},”type”:”text”,”content”:”To avoid the high rate, a significant number of buyers pays cash, said Kristen Jones, owner of Re/Max Around Atlanta.”},{“_id”:”237WVRLCDNCVJHBCKT6ENTBARA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719431877016},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“However, we’re also seeing a steady flow of move-up and first-time buyers who have accepted the reality of higher rates,” she said.”},{“level”:3,”_id”:”4Y73X6Y2IRBTRJM6EN3JQLKANA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719431877017},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Supply”},{“_id”:”CT36NOY26RF5PMH6NABK5MC3QE”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562096},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In May, 19,000 homes were for sale in metro Atlanta, according to Georgia Multiple Listing Services. That’s up 60% from a year ago. But even with that increase in inventory, it still only amounts to about 2.6 months’ worth of supply. A more balanced market would be more like 6 months of supply.”},{“_id”:”4MY5JYPOFVHNRMHWIHNOIUSMSY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562097},”type”:”text”,”content”:”One of the culprits of this supply gap is that the nation is not building enough new houses. According to a study released June 18 by Zillow, from 2021 to 2022, the housing shortage nationwide grew from 4.3 million homes to 4.5 million.”},{“_id”:”5R7CXJIDCNEDFAYPG45575LVZM”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562098},”type”:”text”,”content”:”In metro Atlanta, Zillow found that in 2022, the region was short nearly 66,000 homes.”},{“owner”:{“sponsored”:false,”id”:”ajc”},”address”:{},”syndication”:{},”auth”:{“1″:”93bd05e553dd5c75e29c3da4f60a14bb4fdcfd9f8b04cc180bce73ac7a19d0ab”},”caption”:”With metro Atlanta still suffering from scarce housing, Providence Group is developing a 512-unit housing project in Cumming that will include townhomes, condos and single-family houses. 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Filling the housing shortage is the long-term answer to making housing more affordable. We are in a big hole, and it is going to take more than the status quo to dig ourselves out of it.””},{“_id”:”4OIHLVJBKJBHVP3JQHFSUYFD4E”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562100},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Home building grew nationwide in 2022 and 2023, fueled by the early pandemic surge in buying demand. But the Federal Reserve’s efforts to tamp down on inflation by increasing and keeping high interest rates has had an impact on home purchasing and new home construction.”},{“_id”:”H6AVXVFPA5GJ5IFYQ5QZHCUUSQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562101},”type”:”text”,”content”:”People with homes who might want to move or buy a newer home currently enjoy much lower interest rates and might not wish to sell and take on a higher cost mortgage. That’s depressed the supply of existing homes listed for sale.”},{“level”:3,”_id”:”RGH6Z5RHZBBGNGPA3RWD7XFSN4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562102},”type”:”header”,”content”:”Limits to construction”},{“_id”:”LFSP7ILYPNE4HG6IKYGDA52KVQ”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562103},”type”:”text”,”content”:”A building frenzy was a key driver of the financial crisis and Great Recession of 2007 to 2009. In the years that followed, homebuilding in the region was anemic.”},{“_id”:”XWLIM5YKUBETVJADRE4TQ5INUA”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562104},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Ultimately construction rebounded, but not at the pace the Atlanta region needs, experts say.”},{“_id”:”U2J7W6UC6FEBLM7X7FQQTGBDQI”,”additional_properties”:{“comments”:[],”_id”:”SY7VTVHSYVB5FIYNYUVJK2AZS4″},”type”:”interstitial_link”,”content”:”Atlanta housing market turns away from seller advantage: more listings”,”url”:”https://www.ajc.com/news/atlanta-news/housing-market-turns-away-from-all-seller-advantage-more-listings/DYHFNV5QZVFBZNVHXTSUCFK7BA/”},{“_id”:”2FMDIEOMXVD5HD6FWNK6EMOE6Q”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562105},”type”:”text”,”content”:”New housing developments are happening. But because of high land and labor costs and high interest rates, much of the new product being built is well above the median home sale price.”},{“_id”:”KJIL33PFQRB3DODWVSMLIMOSQU”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719339562106},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Restrictive zoning in many communities has also caused prices to go up, experts say.”},{“_id”:”NTL25IF5URALJD4R7GAWUVCS6I”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719424433955},”type”:”text”,”content”:”“I think attainability and affordability — that’s the defining issue of our time,” said John Hunt, principal at MarketNsight, which tracks Southeast housing markets, speaking at the group’s semi-annual conference. “We are starting to see some change and I am very excited about that.””},{“_id”:”HT2AUB7D7FH4FEWMD2DFLAGTEY”,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719424433956},”type”:”text”,”content”:”Removing zoning restrictions against denser development and reducing parking requirements could help address some affordability challenges, the Zillow report said.”},{“_id”:”TVNFTWUDQ5CS3M53EOMLIGBON4″,”additional_properties”:{“inline_comments”:[],”comments”:[],”_id”:1719569243185},”type”:”text”,”content”:”
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