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Mico Astrid (she/they) is a queer, Filipino/American interdisciplinary artist whose work explores diasporic identity, lived experience, and memory. As an immigrant who lived undocumented in the U.S. for twenty years, their practice centers the illumination of stark realities under oppressive states and ultimately works towards a greater collective understanding of injustices embedded in current systems. Mico is a recipient of a Tin House Residency and an Undocupoets Fellowship. Their work can be found in Michigan Quarterly Review, Here to Stay (HarperCollins 2024), The Quarterless Review, and elsewhere. They are currently working on Askal, their debut memoir. Mico was born in the Philippines, raised throughout California, and currently lives in Seattle, WA: unceded Duwamish land.
Published Work
2025 "Kinship", Memory and Migrations: Spring 2025 Issue, Michigan Quarterly Review
2025 "For Tatay (1942-1996)" and "Old dog new trick", forthcoming in Washington Queer Poetry Anthology
2024 "In the Corner of a Small World" and "Some responses", Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora from HarperCollins
2021 "Manila", Opal Literary Magazine
2020 "What we have left" and "Servant", The Quarterless Review
Awards
2025 Kenyon Review Writers Workshop Scholar
2024 Tin House Residency
2023 Undocupoets Fellowship
Readings/Panels
2024 Residency Reading, Tin House Books - Portland, OR
2024 Student Showcase, Fine Arts Work Center - Provincetown, MA
2023 Artist Panel, Meryenda, Have You Eaten - Seattle, WA
2023 Kultura, Golden Years Exhibit, Malaya Movement - Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2023 In Between, Yun Theatre - Seattle, WA
2023 Meryenda, Have You Eaten - Seattle, WA
2020 Material Memory, Summer School Collective - Seattle, WA
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Open to collaborations pertaining to memory and resistance.
For inquiries:
[email protected]
Mico Astrid (she/they) is a queer, Filipino/American interdisciplinary artist whose work explores diasporic identity, lived experience, and memory. As an immigrant who lived undocumented in the U.S. for twenty years, their practice centers the illumination of stark realities under oppressive states and ultimately works towards a greater collective understanding of injustices embedded in current systems. Mico is a recipient of a Tin House Residency and an Undocupoets Fellowship. Their work can be found in Michigan Quarterly Review, Here to Stay (HarperCollins 2024), The Quarterless Review, and elsewhere. They are currently working on Askal, their debut memoir. Mico was born in the Philippines, raised throughout California, and currently lives in Seattle, WA: unceded Duwamish land.
Published Work
2025 "Kinship", Memory and Migrations: Spring 2025 Issue, Michigan Quarterly Review
2025 "For Tatay (1942-1996)" and "Old dog new trick", forthcoming in Washington Queer Poetry Anthology
2024 "In the Corner of a Small World" and "Some responses", Here to Stay: Poetry and Prose from the Undocumented Diaspora from HarperCollins
2021 "Manila", Opal Literary Magazine
2020 "What we have left" and "Servant", The Quarterless Review
Awards
2025 Kenyon Review Writers Workshop Scholar
2024 Tin House Residency
2023 Undocupoets Fellowship
Readings/Panels
2024 Residency Reading, Tin House Books - Portland, OR
2024 Student Showcase, Fine Arts Work Center - Provincetown, MA
2023 Artist Panel, Meryenda, Have You Eaten - Seattle, WA
2023 Kultura, Golden Years Exhibit, Malaya Movement - Seattle, WA
Group Exhibitions
2023 In Between, Yun Theatre - Seattle, WA
2023 Meryenda, Have You Eaten - Seattle, WA
2020 Material Memory, Summer School Collective - Seattle, WA
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Open to collaborations pertaining to memory and resistance.
For inquiries:
[email protected]