In January 2026, interdisciplinary ceramic artist Yilin (Rebecca) Sun presented her solo exhibition *Entangled Roots & Floating Forms* at CPAA Art Center in San Jose, California. Curated by Guangzhen Zhou, a ceramic artist and Asian Ambassador of the International Academy of Ceramics, the show featured ceramic sculptures, installations, wall-mounted works, and mixed-material pieces that explore memory, material, and transformation. Sun, who holds an MFA in Ceramics from Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from School of Visual Arts, treats clay as an active medium, embracing cracks, seams, and rupture as structural and emotional language.
This exhibition matters because it positions Sun’s work within a broader contemporary ceramic discourse that bridges cultural memory, material experimentation, and personal narrative. By foregrounding clay’s capacity to convey feeling and embody displacement, Sun contributes to ongoing conversations about identity, migration, and repair in the visual arts. The show also highlights the role of community art centers like CPAA in supporting conceptually rigorous ceramic practice outside major metropolitan hubs.