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title: A Sewn Statement on the Big Screen
date: 2025-05-14T05:30:00-04:00
author: University of Maryland
canonical_url: "https://today.umd.edu/a-sewn-statement-on-the-big-screen"
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# A Sewn Statement on the Big Screen

*May 14, 2025* — by [Karen Shih ’09](/author/karen-shih)


> UMD Art Lecturer’s Korean Textiles Featured in ‘The Wedding Banquet’

*Julia kwon film still 1 main art 1920x1080 — UMD art lecturer Julia Kwon's Korean textile artworks are featured in "The Wedding Banquet," a new rom-rom starring Bowen Yang, Han Gi-chan, Kelly Tran and Lily Gladstone.*

The colorful patchworks of visual artist Julia Kwon’s Korean textiles have graced galleries across the country—and now, they’re setting the scene for Oscar- and Emmy-nominated actors in the new movie “The Wedding Banquet.”


*Julia Kwon headshot — Julia Kwon*


*three actors in still from “The Wedding Banquet” — From left, Bowen Yang, Kelly Marie Tran and Lily Gladstone in "The Wedding Banquet" with Julia Kwon's textile artwork.*



**Sidebar note:**

Interested in seeing Kwon’s *bojagi* in person? Visit the Smithsonian American Art Museum now through Sept. 14 to see the exhibition “[The Shape of Power: Stories of Race and American Sculpture](https://americanart.si.edu/exhibition/67675/sculpture-shape-of-power),” featuring 82 works created from 1792 to 2023—including Kwon’s—[co-curated by UMD graduate Grace Yasumura Ph.D. ’19](https://today.umd.edu/tracing-the-contours-of-race-in-sculpture).





**Topics:** [Arts & Culture](https://today.umd.edu/tags/arts-culture)


**Tags:** [LGBTQ](https://today.umd.edu/topic/lgbtq), [Visual Arts](https://today.umd.edu/topic/visual-arts), [Arts](https://today.umd.edu/topic/arts)


**Units:** [College of Arts and Humanities](https://today.umd.edu/topic/college-arts-and-humanities)