Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Opening Reception: A Plot of One’s Own September 19, 2026
Chinese American Museum of Chicago is proud to present our fall 2026 exhibition, A Plot of One’s Own 一亩三分地, as part of the Chicago Exhibition Week 2026.
A Plot of One’s Own 一亩三分地 presents extraordinary contributions from ten Chinese diasporic artists alongside the Chinese American Museum of Chicago’s research and archives. Through artworks that span painting, drawing, photography, printmaking, sculpture, installation, video, cartography, multimedia and living installation, this exhibition reflects on the beauty and savvy behind the “farm-gardens” seen all around Chicago’s Chinatown and Chinese American communities across the diaspora.
While the pop-culture lens of an American Chinatown is defined by dragons, pagodas, and red-lacquered replicas of Chinese-ness meant as a transportative portal to the Far East of the American imagination, this group exhibition refocuses our gaze with a look into an oft-overlooked (yet ubiquitous) cultural phenomenon of spontaneous domestic farming and guerrilla gardening.
Despite a lack of green space in many urban environments, the presence of fresh produce and backyard jungles are nevertheless a defining marker of Chinese communities around the world. Contextualized by archival materials and artifacts from the CAMOC Collection, the artworks of Andy Chan, Yi Cynthia Chen, Mel Chin, Jenie Gao, Xingyu Huang, Mari Miller, Hương Ngô, Stephanie H. Shih, Connie Zheng, and Yu-Wen Wu invite a multi-faceted exploration of the intimate relationship between these gardens with land use, food sovereignty, civic planning, globalization, neighborhood ecosystems, memory, and the many versions we make of house and home.
The fourth annual Chicago Exhibition Week features over 50 participating galleries and creative spaces across the city, drawing over 10,000 attendees. From September 14–20, CXW spotlights Chicago’s vibrant cultural landscape and artistic spirit for locals and visitors alike.
📅 Saturday, September 19, 2026 | 2:00 PM – 5:00 PM
📍 Ruth and Samuel Moy Gallery | 238 W 23rd St
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Museums, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Chinese American Museum of Chicago
The mission of the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC) is to promote the culture and historythrough exhibitions, education, and researchof Chinese-Americans in the Midwest. The…
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Chinatown
Experience old and new Chinese culture and cuisine in this century-old neighborhood.
Learn more about the area
Venue
Museums, Museums, Galleries & Exhibitions
Chinese American Museum of Chicago
The mission of the Chinese-American Museum of Chicago (CAMOC) is to promote the culture and historythrough exhibitions, education, and researchof Chinese-Americans in the Midwest. The…
Neighborhood
Chinatown
Experience old and new Chinese culture and cuisine in this century-old neighborhood.
