Fei Gao is a Chinese contemporary jewelry artist. Fei received her BFA in Jewelry Design from Pratt Institute, and she is currently pursuing her MFA at RISD.

    As migratory life challenges traditional understandings of "home," can domestic objects or materials soothe migratory anxiety, navigate connections to home, and become alternatives to the ideal home?

    Fei’s current work investigating the value of domestic objects as transitional markers of "home" and their ability to foster positive emotional connection among those whose lives are in flux migrating people. Based on British psychiatrist Donald W. Winnicott's research on transitional objects or phenomena such objects not only represent "comfort objects" for infants but also foreshadow the many roles assigned by individuals throughout their lifelong journey.


Email            mihwagao@gmail.com
Instagram     @f.gao01