Wang Ping
Wang Ping (she/her/hers) is a poet, writer, photographer, installation artist, and founder and director of the Kinship of Rivers project. Her multi-media exhibitions include "Kinship of Rivers: We Are Water" and "Behind the Gate: After the Flood of the Three Gorges," along with hundreds of other installation exhibitions at schools, colleges, galleries, museums, lock and dams, and confluences around the world, including interactive installations at Everest and Kilimanjaro.
She is the author of 15 award-winning books of poetry, prose, and translations, including Minnesota Book Award, Eugene Kagen, and Asian American Studies award recipients. She is Professor Emerita of English at Macalester College. She is the recipient of NEA, Bush Artist Fellowship for poetry, McKnight Fellowship, and Lannan Foundation Residency, among many others. She received the Distinct Immigrant Award in 2014, Venezuela International Poet of Honor in 2015, and Minnesota Poet Laureate 2021-2023, appointed by the International Beat Poetry Foundation.