Joy Mao is a Chinese American fashion designer and textile artist based in New York City, using clothing as a medium for illuminating the bonds between self and society. How do our clothes shape the way we understand ourselves, our relationships with others, and the ways we move through our worlds? How can clothing support and sustain life, rather than exploit it?
Joy designs and constructs intimate spaces—from clothing to gathering places—to support those who work to build a more just and beautiful world.