Sita Kuratomi Bhaumik is an artist whose work has been called a “joyous political critique.” She sparks connection and tells the stories of migration and belonging through collaborative projects such as building and smashing a border wall out of piñatas and covering gallery walls in spices. South Asian and Japanese Latin American, Sita was born and raised in Los Angeles, Tongva Land, and is based in Oakland, Ohlone Land. She holds degrees from Scripps College and California College of the Arts where she taught for 10 years. Sita is a co-founder of People’s Kitchen Collective, an organization working at the intersection of art, food, and justice. She currently serves as an advisor to PKC and is traveling in Mexico and Colombia for the year with her husband and two young kids. Her first book, We Make Constellations of the Stars, is in development with Kaya Press.