Ger Xiong/Ntxawg Xyooj

Ger Xiong/Ntxawg Xyooj was born in Thailand and immigrated to the United States in 1993 as a Hmong refugee of the Vietnam War. As one of a stateless people, he creates work that explores the navigation and negotiation of cultural identity from his Hmong American experience through the lens of assimilation, colonization, and migration.

Xiong/Xyooj’s work has been exhibited throughout the US and has also been published in Australia. His work primarily consists of metals, jewelry, adornment, and textiles. He is a Fulbright Scholar who researched, documented, and collaborated with Hmong artisans working in silversmithing and textiles in Chiang Mai, Thailand. He received his BFA with an emphasis in metals and jewelry at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater and his MFA at New Mexico State University.