Mixed Rice Zines
a small diy press run by artist J Wu, featuring a mixture of voices in celebrating QTBIPOC resilience. Their zines feature queer and trans writing, photography, comics, poetry, interviews, illustration and more :-) Submissions are currently open for Queering Friendships Zine #3!
*LAND BACK!* proceeds from sales go to Sogorea Te' urban Indigenous women-led land trust
@mixedricezines on ig
Portrait by Kaitlin Chan <3
J Wu (they/them/他)
zine maker, illustrator, gardener, woodworker
J is a trans multidisciplinary artist from Taipei, Taiwan, currently based on unceded Ohlone land, Oakland, CA, where they care deeply about documenting queer life through art and zine making. In their own practice, J finds joy in custom building, growing food, making bouquets, drawing, and printing zines.
email J at mixedricezines@gmail.com
@mixedricezines on ig
小文是一位酷兒藝術家，在台北長大的目前在加州自行出版小誌。小文喜歡收集各式各樣的作品，來慶祝酷兒‘非二元‘跨性別‘黑人‘原住民‘有色人種的生活故事。一起用小誌來互相保重，互相支持。
(正在把小誌翻譯成中文)
ZINES 小誌 (self-published 自行出版)
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Coming soon... Queering Friendship Zine #3, 2023
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Creatures Speak Out #2, 2023
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Queering Friendship Zine #2, 2022
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Queer Movie Diary, 2021
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Queering Friendship Zine #1, 2020
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Queer Teen Films, 2020
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Chosen Family Zine & Mixtape, 2019
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Everybody Sk8s #3, 2018
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Everybody Sk8s #2, 2017
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Queer Azn Musicians, 2017
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Mixd Azn Queers, 2017
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Everybody Sk8s #1, 2016
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100% Mixed Zine, 2016
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Creatures Speak Out, 2015
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Rice Keeps It Nice, 2015
EXHIBITIONS 展覽
2023 Positively Charged -copier Art In the Bay Area Since the 1960's, SF Main Library + SF Center for the Book
2022 BEYOND BINARY, SFSU Fine Arts Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2021 我們 WO MEN, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, CA [collab w/ Queer Reads Library]
2020 The Beat of Resistance, Asian Arts Initiative, Philadelphia, PA
2019 Love Aswang, Southern Exposure, San Francisco, CA
2018 Jess Wu in the Ramp Gallery (*Solo show), SOMArts, San Francisco, CA
2018 Featured artist APAture Bookarts Showcase, Kearny Street Workshop San Francisco, CA
2018 Pave, New Image Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2017 Girls Are Awesome, The Growlery, San Francisco, CA
2017 Tooned In: Our Stories Our Visions, CultureStrike, Oakland, CA
2017 Remind Me, Open Oakland, Oakland, CA
ZINE FAIRS & SHOWCASES 小誌展
2023 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Berkeley, CA
2023 San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2023 Printed Matter's LA Art Book Fair with Queer Reads Library, Los Angeles, CA
2023 Sick and Disabled Zine and Craft fair, virtual
2023 Dear Diary Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2022 East Bay Alternative Book and Zine fest, Berkeley, CA
2022 San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2022 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2022 Lower Grand Radio Sawp Meet, Oakland, CA
2021 Hong Kong Art Book Fair, 大館當代美術館 Tai Kwun Contemporary, Hong Kong
2021 CanZine, virtual
2021 Vancouver Art Book Fair, virtual
2021 San Francisco Zine Fest, virtual
2021 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, virtual
2021 Claremont Zine Fest, virtual
2021 Glascow Zine Fest, virtual
2020 Queer Reads Library Showcase, Taipei, Taiwan
2019 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2019 East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2019 San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2019 Dear Diary Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2018 East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2018 Queer Reads Library Showcase, Hong Kong
2018 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2018 APAture Bookarts Showcase (*Featured Artist), San Francisco, CA
2018 Dear Diary Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2018 San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2018 San Jose Zine Con, San Jose, CA
2017 East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2017 Banned Books at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2017 APAture Bookarts Showcase, San Francisco, CA
2017 San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2017 Bay Area Queer Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2017 San Jose Zine Con, San Jose, CA
2016 East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2016 Queer Comics Expo, San Francisco, CA
2016 APAture Bookarts Showcase, San Francisco, CA
2016 San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2016 Santa Cruz Zine Fest, Santa Cruz, CA
2015 East Bay Alternative Book & Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2015 Monster Mash Zine Fest, Oakland, CA
2015 San Francisco Zine Fest, San Francisco, CA
2015 Claremont Zine Fest, Claremont, CA
READINGS, TALKS & INTERVIEWS 採訪
2021 Zine Reading: Broken Pencil Magazine Zine Awards Ceremony, virtual
2021 Zine reading: Show & Tell at San Francisco Virtual Zine Fest
2021 Zine reviews:"J Wu's Selection" for 我們 WO MEN, Chinese Culture Center of San Francisco, CA [collab w/ QRL)
2021 Zine Friends Worldwide Talk + Q&A with Queer Reads Library / Chinese Culture Center of SF
2021 Interview in HUNGER magazine SS21 Issue
2019 Interview in: Carving Space, documentary by Annie Dean-Ganek
2019 Interview in: But I Love the Zine, documentary by Fiona McDougall
2019 Panel discussion + Q&A at Intro to Trans Studies, San Francisco State University
2018 Featured Artist reading + Q&A, APAture Bookarts Showcase
2017 Panel discussion + Q&A, APAture Bookarts Showcase
2017 Interview on KPFA radio, Berkeley, CA