Yumi Janairo Roth has created a diverse body of work that explores ideas of immigration, hybridity, and displacement through discrete objects and site-responsive installations, solo projects and collaborations. She received a BA in anthropology from Tufts University, a BFA from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and an MFA from the State University of New York-New Paltz. She currently lives and works in Boulder, Colorado where she is a professor of sculpture and post studio practice at the University of Colorado. Roth has exhibited and participated in artist residencies in Asia, Europe, and the United States.