Diana Zeng (b. 1993, Chengdu, China) builds sculptures and installations that explore the entanglement of living within and attempting to break away from structures of power and expectations. Her self-developed technique of wrapping wire, textile, organic and inorganic materials ‒ disposable chopsticks, bamboo skewers, dried dates, broom bristles ‒ reimagines what artifacts and histories are considered valuable. As a Chinese immigrant raised in America, Zeng questions constructs of representation and economic mobility that limit individual and collective freedom. Through the labor of entwining modest household objects, Zeng creates symbolic safety nets, ladders, and portals that transcend the innate fragility of their materials to become powerful works that examine commodification, socio-political status, and intergenerational relations in Chinese-American culture.