Student Work: Portfolio
IN THE TEETH OF THE MOST TERRIFYING ODDS
A series of photographs that ask how to remain hopeful when up against the daunting realities of climate change and racism
LOVELY AMERICA
A series of drawings chiefly concerned with the inner workings of the everyday America: the gruesome, the funny, the serious, the odd.
PILGRIMAGE AND TOURISM
How do we make sense of the seemingly clear divisions between the institutional and the popular, the collective and the person, the physical and the spiritual, the secular and the sacred?
SUSURROUS
A series of photographs that invite the viewer into empty space, "to wander, creating a myriad of diverse narratives."
THE CINEMATIC
A series of photographs that include cinematic elements, including lighting, format, composition, and creative methods.
POLYZOME
A sculptural work that explores the interweaving of microbial and macroscopic worldings, "Polyzome" consists of a hand-blown glass ellipsoid containing a microbial polyculture native gathered from the New York City microbiome resting atop a white perforated clay tower, housing grasses.
THE COVER
A series of recent fashion magazine covers reimagined to rectify the lack of representation of Asian American women
“THE SNOW MAN”
Five experimental readings, alterations, and interpretations of Wallace Stevens's "The Snow Man"
JERRY GRAY’S STORY, PART ONE
"Growing up in Newark in the thirties was a lot different than living in the city today."
JERRY GRAY’S STORY, PART TWO
"Everyone talks about the rain in the Puget Sound area in the Winter, but I don’t remember that many rainy days. Maybe when you are young and having a good time the weather doesn’t matter."