Artist Statement

My art is a form of shadow work that navigates me through my journey as a diasporic Chinese woman in the US and how I rediscover and reconstruct my identity. Using whatever medium makes sense, I explore our relationships with the world, nature, and each other and how we communicate, intertwine, and interact with each other in a continually dividing world. Utilizing the profound Asian mythologies, literature, and philosophy, my art serves as a bridge to acknowledgment and awareness. My art is a lens through which we see who we are, our ideologies and fears, our strengths and weaknesses — our most crude yet refined form.

My style is a combination of traditional Chinese ink illustration and Western master’s painting styles, yet my work all conveys a consistent subject: to acknowledge the many beings and happenings in life, yet letting go at the same time so each can focus on his or her own goal in life. As an immigrant in America, my multicultural background has allowed me to see things differently, and also put me through many hardships regarding coming to terms with life and finding out what a legacy means for myself. It is my goal to use my artistic skills to share the lessons I’ve learned from my culture and my journey of life with others. To explain the unexplainable, and to touch the untouchable subjects so there could be a little more light, joy, clarity, and peace in my audience’s world.