Performance artist Kristina Wong wins $550,000 as Doris Duke Artist awardee
I was just screaming. Like profanities and then laughing simultaneously. And I was just also like, this can’t be! I was just so stunned. I realized that there was going to be a future.
I have so many little side hustles to let me do what I do. I am always just hustling to try to keep myself alive and I do feel like the work sometimes suffers because of it. And it was just this moment where I realized I can take a breath and focus on the communities I care so much about. There is now this incredible safety net that just appeared where there’s never been one before.
You know, my life may end up covered in cat hair and someone won’t find my body until five days later but at least maybe I will have some support and I am so grateful!