Hi Again
I am a motivated, versatile Chinese female artist who has developed a body of work in analog photography, oil painting, drawing, video and sand.
I love telling stories—first my story, then my family’s, then a stranger’s, and finally everyone’s. As I strive to articulate my thoughts through narratives, I develop a systematic visual language to express thematic stories in animation, painting, and drawing. My narrative transitions from playful moving creatures to realistic figure portraits, to mythological abstractions, and now to cultural iconographies, often featuring unconventional juxtapositions of scenes and figures that create non-linear narratives. This results in an intimate panorama of society, identity, memory, and utopia presented in layers of impressions. My stories, whether short or long, silent or talkative, unveil the struggles of redefining my queer identity: my body, my mind, and myself.
Sand Art
As a Chinese female artist and a first-generation immigrant, my work bridges two worlds—one rooted in memories and the other in the evolving landscapes of my new home. Navigating the tension between these two distinct cultures, I turn to art as a means of self-exploration, reconciliation, and, ultimately, inner peace.
Painting
My narrative transitions from playful moving creatures to realistic figure portraits, to mythological abstractions, and now to cultural iconographies, often featuring unconventional juxtapositions of scenes and figures that create non-linear narratives. This results in an intimate panorama of society, identity, memory, and utopia presented in layers of impressions.
Video
Upon immigrating, I found myself in a space where my roots felt distant, and the need to assimilate conflicted with the desire to preserve my identity. My work emerges from this delicate, dualistic balance, where memories of belonging intertwine with the realities of adaptation, where nostalgia meets reinvention.
Happy Spinning Rabbit, 2018
A playful display of loneliness, awkwardness and absurdity inside this battery-operated animal toy.
Playfulness in my art is interpreted more as a childish experiment rather than mature pursuit of knowledge or methodology. Responding to the yearning to return to the childhood, playfulness offers the capacity to escape from the reality and enter the imagination of recreating the past.
The Newborn Old, 2020
An interview with this young Asian American, but old Chinese. I attempt to uncover the untold history of female Chinese immigrant, while exploring her identity as being both traditional and Chinese, and her adaption to her new identity.
Photography
