This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

莫 (Mò) represents absence. Something that isn’t there or isn’t able to be done. I was drawn to this character when it appeared in a movie to represent the spirit realm. This piece was also a way for me to process the feelings and philosophical…

This mixed media illustration, "Misfortune Cookies", uses the paper fortunes protruding from the iconic Americanized idea of Chinese food to voice negative commentary. The negativity can be interpreted as personal inner monologue of self-…

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

The "Kodama Bones" painting submitted was painted in February of 2021. The well worn driftwood in the sunshine but with storms in the background is symbolic of the artists and many other coastal and rural british columbians response to…

The piece I’ve submitted was created after I had started taking therapy amidst quarantine, and my first piece of advice was to think of a ‘happy place’. During this time, I found myself troubled by the idea of being unable to go outside. I left my…

Being confined in a small apartment room, my footprint had become smaller and smaller. So did my artwork. My minuscule painting reflects the psychological and physical state of the creative process under lockdown. Fuzzy shapes float and multiply in…

The piece I am submitting was created in Feb 2021 by my 8 yr old grandson Matthew. He created this ink drawn and coloured still life while adhering to all COVID-19 safety protocols during his first ever Arts Umbrella Program Drawing and Painting.…

I noticed that I kept drawing women, girls that I identify with in my paintings. At the end of the piece, I noticed that this image is my pictorial representation of what it feels like to be overthinking. At times, I notice that even if I catch…

The piece I am submitting was created in Feb 2021 by my 8 yr old grandson Matthew. He created this ink drawn and coloured still life while adhering to all COVID-19 safety protocols during his first ever Arts Umbrella Program Drawing and Painting.…

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

The piece I am submitting was created in Feb 2021 by my 8 yr old grandson Matthew. He created this ink drawn and coloured still life while adhering to all COVID-19 safety protocols during his first ever Arts Umbrella Program Drawing and Painting.…

In the early stages of the pandemic, I had resigned myself to the fact that I was powerless over the lockdown. In defiance, I decided to fight back by making art. . . through painting. The Chinese characters of crisis ( danger + opportunity )…

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

In the Chinese zodiac, the ox represents hard work, patience and strength. It reflects the year I want 2021 to be. This year, I hope to dedicate myself to illustration and to grow my imagination and technical skills.

"Titled “Not Your Puppet” is a digital illustration that depicts my response to discrimination and fetishization. Racism and the sexualization of women towards Asians have always been prevalent in history. However with the pandemic in 2020, the…

This self-portrait is titled “TRAPPED”. I wanted to embody the overwhelming sensation of feeling alone throughout the pandemic. For me COVID-19 only proved to amplify the issues I’d been dealing with, making it more difficult to cope. Ultimately, I…

During the Quarantine, I've seen lots of examples that stigmatizes products, creatures and even people from Asian countries. I photographed a vegetable that is often consumed in Asian countries in the way that it looks like "Alien".

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

This piece is called “Phases of Quarantine” and it was created using Procreate. Over the past year (and a bit) of being mostly confined to limited spaces – I somehow found that the relationship with myself had become warped. I often grew tired of…

This series experiments with space by documenting sites where I felt the most fulfilled within my own body movement during COVID-19. Through the process of printmaking with dried hand sanitizer cloths, this allowed me as the artist to learn more…

The song was written in an attempt to process my anxiety and the photograph was the first picture I took that felt like a one-in-a-million chance shot.

This piece was not planned as it was more of an accidental shot. Due to the quarantine, many of us have changed our perspectives and adapted to the circumstances. Me and a friend have decided to get out of the city since we were tired of being…