2026
701 Grant Street, SF CA
In collaboration with Vogue TDK (Norman Chuck) and funded by the Chinese Historical Society of America.
The mural, titled “I am an American,” elevates the story of Wong Kim Ark and his fight for citizenship. It depicts a portrait of Wong surrounded by images of historic Chinese immigrants from the 1800s and early depictions of San Francisco’s Chinatown and the San Francisco Bay. The mural located at the corner of Sacramento Street and Grant Avenue includes historic representations of the members of the Six Companies CCBA, the organization that helped pay for Wong’s legal representation during his historic court cases in the late 1800s.
A new mural in San Francisco is getting lots of attention as the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to weigh in on the fight over birthright citizenship this summer. Gia Vang reports.
THE MAKING OF THE WONG KIM ARK MURAL
Filmed and directed by Leo Gong.
©2026 Wander and Taste Stories
In 1898 Wong Kim Ark's Supreme Court victory established birthright citizenship for millions of Americans. That principle is under political threat in 2026. This is the story of the three artists who put his face on a wall in the neighborhood where he was born. Norman "Vogue" Chuck is a graffiti pioneer with 35 years of aerosol practice. Elaine Chu and Marina Perez-Wong of Twin Walls Mural Company have painted over 30 murals across the Bay Area and New York City. Together they co-created the Wong Kim Ark mural in San Francisco Chinatown in 2026. Three different practices. Three different personal relationships to this story. One wall.