tiny lei [& many other names]



tiny lei was born in a hospital not too far from here. she now lives&works in oakland, ca., and graduated from uc santa cruz with a degree in critical race ethnic studies.

tiny is currently:
x collecting soundbites and field recordings from chinatowns
x using deteriorating mediums like leaves to capture moments

leiyitongedu@gmail.com

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past/present archival work:
santa cruz in color (santa cruz, california)
watermarks of the last chinatown (santa cruz, california)
okinawan memories initiative (okinawa & southern california)



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design & typesetting
photography
illustration
writing
published work

coming soon***dreams of spring

i had a hungry dream [我做了一个饿梦]
illustration * art prints
poetry *chapbook

2025prints for gaza
year of the snakes
when they swallow the sun
illustration * art prints
design + illustration
poetry *zine
PREVIOUSLY PUBLISHED:WRITING
TYPESETTING & LAYOUT
PHOTO


akéwì magazine
issue one

ASSATA
is a reimagination, borrowing elements from a limited-edition book cover of a taiwanese translation of Fanon’s Wretched of the Earth


selections from city on a hill press

editorial illustration;
stop cop city and defend weelaunee forest

pixel art noodles;
a love letter to longevity noodles

evergreen cemetery;
illustrated history of santa cruz chinatowns

alay anthology

volume 27
cover
bleeding heart, 黄灯, feelings of blue
illusions de grandeur

volume 25
生活OK: a study of anatomical instructions

chinquapin literary magazine

volume 44

sunny st louis
小蓝鸟


more coming soon