FINE
ART
My fine art practice centers on image-making across digital painting, traditional painting, and watercolor. I am drawn to processes that require time and close attention—layering color, building subtle textures, and observing emotional states through form. I also create zines and artist books, using sequencing and layout to shape quiet narratives. Much of this work reflects my interest in memory, daily rituals, and the inner atmosphere of lived experience.
Only My Hands Can Hold On
2024
Procreate, After Effects
Digital painting with subtle chest-rise animation, made while I was recovering from pneumonia and still trying to keep up with school. During that time, coughing made sleep almost impossible, and I felt like my whole body was out of control except for my drawing hand. This piece records how making art was the only moment my breathing and anxiety would briefly calm down.
Before Lights Out
2024
Procreate
Client-style digital illustrations created for a collaboration between my Digital Painting professor and psychologist Dr. Teti, for his project on healthy sleep routines for kindergarten children and their parents. I visualized bedtime preparation—lighting, calm room layout, comfortable temperature, and consistent sleep schedules—and the work was selected to be used in his educational materials.
Daily Studies
A selection of everyday studies in oil paint, watercolor, figure drawing, and charcoal. These pieces focus on basic skills—observation, light, and form
The Perfect Fit
2025
Mixed media
11x8.5in
A zine about contemporary body and clothing anxiety in women, built from three layers of text in different languages. In English, I share practical “how to dress to hide” tricks; in Chinese, I compile the blunt body comments people throw at us; in Japanese, I write the private thoughts we never say out loud. Together they show how women are constantly negotiating how much of their bodies—and their feelings—to hide.
Political piece - Power on Scale
2023
Screen Print
32x40in
Set in a courtroom, a row of three brightly colored, bald male figures face a male judge, echoing how policy-making is still dominated by men. A large white scale overlays the entire scene: one side holds a female breast, the other a male genital form, with the balance tipped toward the male side to underline the gender bias built into systems of “justice” and decision-making.
Chill Kill poster - Don’t Think About Tomorrow
2023
Screen Print
16x12in
Screen-printed poster inspired by the song Chill Kill by Red Velvet, combining illustration and graphic design. Three oranges—one peel in the distance, a whole orange in the middle, and a peeled orange in the foreground—anchor the composition, surrounded by softly spoken bridge lyrics. The phrase “Don’t think about tomorrow,” the song’s opening line of the chorus, runs beneath, capturing the track’s dreamy, suspended-in-the-moment mood.
