Statement

I have strong and deep interests in art. I began learning art in the 10th grade and decided to become an artist. I was honorably mentioned at the Fairfax County Regional Science and Engineering Fair by submitting the picture of the lion head hiding behind bamboo tree waiting for the prey generated by Adobe Illustrator 10.

While studying at George Mason University I gained extensive experience in handling various painting mediums, such as water color, acrylic, pastel, etc. I have tried many types of paintings or combinations of them, including landscape, portrait (most of my current art work falls in this category), still life (some of my first paintings focus on this type), real life scene and religious work. Since my sophomore year I decided to pursue a second major in the Graphic Design field.

I exhibit my art works extensively on campus galleries and bridging to other venues. In fall of 2005, I started exhibiting my paintings at the collegiate level in PRINT-A-MORE student print show in the fine art galleries of George Mason University. Since then I have participated in Arts by George exhibitions on campus every fall from 2007 until present. Proceeds from those exhibitions support student scholarships in the College of Visual and Performing Arts.

In the summer of 2008, I participated in an art exhibition named reHUMANIZ in New York City NYCAMS studio located in Chelsea district. Then in October 2008 I exhibited my art works off-campus venue for the first time at Emerging Artists of Sage Moon Gallery located in Charlottesville, Virginia. Beacon of Hope Resource Center, Katrina Reconstruction in New Orleans purchased my mural painting in fall 2008. In spring of 2009, I exhibited my art works in ArtOMason I sponsored by Coldwell Bank and curated by Chawky Frenn. In fall of 2009, I exhibited my paintings in ArtOMason II student and alumni show at Coldwell Banker Residential Brokerage main office in Fairfax Virginia.

Art is an outlet where I can self-access myself and my visual thought process. Art has a great way of providing a safety net for me discussing certain question, such as my framed identity, selective shared memory shapes, etc. I find myself socially engage with this specific part of history and the reading of names of veterans of the Vietnam War written on Maya Lin’s memorial on a Memorial weekend. I find a desire to give a visual voice to the untold story of many casualties in that war. Because the war is before my time, I collaborate with a black and white photographer who told the story of casualties alive with heighten color and selective scenes of public spectacle of innocent blood and predella of small paintings crying out scenes of information relating to the life of the central triptych. Art is a public dialogue with our past, present and future responding to important questions such as understanding our identity in a microscopic world.