Movement, Power, Body, and Identity
How does the body reclaim what words cannot? How does the way we move through the world, literally and figuratively, inform our perception? What do flow, resistance, and rhythm mean in our story of ourselves?
Photography
Settling into myself as an artist, I've found that slow, intentional presence reveals the hardest but most potent truths. I'm reviving a decades-old affair with analog photography to unearth secret emotions lingering in the dormant places where our power often lies.
Calligraphy
The deeper I fell into visual expression, the more I longed to reconnect with that of my ancestors. So when I turned 30, I pursued a long-time dream of mine: learning Chinese calligraphy. This meditative practice of rhythm and composition grounds me in the tradition, culture, and appreciation of my lineage whenever I feel too untethered in the tornado of life.
Projects Archive
Sumingashi
2025
On a mission to find flow in abstract painting, this series of mini 6x9" paintings were created intuitively. My hand was responding aurally to music playing and visually to patterns created in a previous session using a Japanese paper marbling technique called 'suminagashi'.
DREAM Neon
2024
For several months, I journeyed into the world of glass art and unexpectedly fell in love with neon bending. This was an ambitious project created in response to the parental expectations of Asian immigrants, the Chinese word 夢 meaning 'dream'.
Breathe
2023-2024
A series of botanical still lifes created during a liminal period of my journey, in ink and charcoal. I'm revisiting old practices and simple gestural techniques, asking: What is in this moment? What stays? What goes unnoticed until it's gone?
Making A Mark
2023-2024
The Chinese calligraphy brush is the most liberally expressive tool I've ever gotten my hands on. This series of abstract works emphasize movement and brush technique, serving as the beginning of defining my visual language as an artist.
Breaking Free
2022-2023
Fresh out of corporate America, I needed to express everything that my job stifled: emotional release, freedom, sensuality, and unapologetic femininity. Self-taught and tapped into my connection to the body as a dancer, drawing the figure became my gateway to the visual arts.
