James Flowers is a second-generation Vietnamese American interdisciplinary artist working primarily in sculpture, installation, and photography. Growing up in an assimilating household of teenage refugees with broken English as his foundational tongue, Flowers gravitated toward visual and gestural language as an effective means of expression. Flowers' work investigates his cultural lineage and the histories that brought his family to America, while simultaneously speculating on the future, forgotten and unknown pasts, and the synthesis of it all. Flowers earned his BFA from the Columbus College of Art & Design in 2024, with a concentration in sculpture and a minor in business. In 2023, he attended the prestigious Yale Norfolk School of Art, through Yale University. He was awarded a fellowship to the Vermont Studio Center in 2025, where he will complete a residency this coming autumn.