Women Who Wander

A Three-Person Exhibition Featuring Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Tammie Rubin, and Yoshie Sakai

The UMLAUF Sculpture Garden + Museum is delighted to showcase the three-person exhibition Women Who Wander, featuring the works of artists Jennifer Ling Datchuk, Tammie Rubin, and Yoshie Sakai. These three artists share an exploration of identity, migration, and the spaces between belonging—each navigating the terrain of cultural displacement, generational shifts, and the search for home in an ever-changing world.

Women Who Wander examines the experiences of women who exist in liminal spaces—whether geographic, cultural, or generational. Through diverse mediums including sculpture, video installation, and mixed media, the exhibition invites viewers to consider the complexity of wandering as both literal journey and metaphorical state of being. The works presented explore themes of diaspora, hybrid identities, and the creative power that emerges from living between worlds.

About the Artists
Jennifer Ling Datchuk continues her exploration of layered identity as a woman, a Chinese woman, an "American," and a third-culture kid. Working with porcelain and materials often associated with traditional women's work—such as textiles and hair fibers—Datchuk's practice discusses fragility, beauty, femininity, intersectionality, and her personal history of movement across cultures. Through material culture and the history of craft, she challenges the systems that continue to marginalize women's experiences of displacement and belonging.

Tammie Rubin is a ceramic sculptor and installation artist whose practice considers the intrinsic power of objects as signifiers of migration and memory. Rubin's artwork delves into narratives of Black American wandering—the movements, both chosen and forced, that have shaped Black experiences across geography and generations. Her works in the exhibition explore themes of autonomy, longing, and faith through the lens of displacement and the search for spiritual and physical home.

Yoshie Sakai brings her unique perspective as a Japanese American artist to the exhibition, exploring the particular kind of wandering that exists between cultures, generations, and expectations. Sakai creates characters that respond to and negotiate contemporary social issues of cultural identity, gender roles, and familial relationships. As a subtly transgressive undercover cultural agent, she exposes the absurdities of manipulative social structures while humorously struggling and reveling in those structures as a participant.

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Join us for the Opening Reception on February 11, 2026 from 5:00PM-8:00PM!