About — Tori Hong

Tori Hong

Photograph by Phoenix Kabali

By honoring skills honed out of necessity and scarcity, Tori Hong remixes heritage craft traditions—such as paj ntaub (Hmong embroidery) and bojagi (Korean patchwork quilt)—into contemporary fine art, engaging with her ancestors and intuition through material processes. Hong's primary method is hand-making, allowing the work to accrue layers and transform over time.

Prior to her emerging career in fine art, Hong has a professional and educational background in youth work, social justice, and community organizing. All of these practices inform her work today: social engagement towards more balanced human beings and societies. Hong is based in Providence, RI, where she received her MFA at the Rhode Island School of Design (2025).

Select awards include: the RISD Graduate Commons Grant Fellowship (2025), RISD Spur Fund (2025), AICAD Teaching Fellowship nominee (2025), AIGA Worldstudio DxD Scholarship (2024-2025), Everwood Artist Retreat (2024), Springboard for the Arts Hinge Arts Residency (2021), MRAC Next Step Fund (2020), Forecast Public Art Early Career Research and Development Grant (2020), and more.

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