"Many may say that living with the collision of two cultures is a burden, but I find it a blessing in disguise."  - seexeng   POST 3.5.10 Guest Speaker @  U of W- Madison   "Defragment"  11"x11", sculptural material with 24K gold leaf. Feb. 2010 - Created this piece solely to be entered into Minneapolis Institute of Art's 2010 "Foot in the Door" exhibition in addition to my wanting to create a statement of the need and desire to come together.   - [The 4th MIA-FOOT IN THE DOOR EXHIBITION FEATURES MORE THAN 5,000 MN ARTISTS]  February 19-June 13, 2010 MN Artists Exhibition Gallery  "Seexeng is a recognized artist and a passionate educator.  His work is recognized nationally for its beauty, its power and its mythic hold on meaning.  Specifically, what it means to be Hmong in America and through time.  Seexeng’s work is a testament to the passion and perseverance of a community that has come a long ways to today and continues on a road that will lead us to places we’ve never been." - Kao Kalia Yang (Author of "The Latehomecomer", by Coffee House Press. 2008)