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hough Anna Sew Hoy's mother taught art in Auckland—and
befriended top Kiwi practitioners like Terry Stringer and Robin
White during her daughter's infancy—becoming an artist wasn't
really an option for the younger Sew Hoy as a teenager in Santa
Monica, California. "I was steered toward classical violin and to
be a doctor or something," says Sew Hoy, "that Asian immigrant
cliché." Her orthopedic surgeon father did, however, give her
some creative license with his stainless steel hip replacements
as a child. Years later, he cast her wrist and ankle for POW!, Sew
Hoy's 2008 installation at LA>