Artwork Collection

Traditional Chinese painting

I drop the ink into the water and dip the rice paper to create unpredictable ink marks. Before I put my brush onto the paper, I begin my ritual. Circling the ink stick on the inkstone creates a sound that helps me to calm down. Freely expression along with Chinese poetry creates a spiritual place that allows me to pursue inner peace. By representing an imaginary world and combining eastern and western scenes I express my yearning to belong two both identities and not in between!

Chinese poetry Ritual Spiritual place Inner peace Yearning to belong two both identities

Painting

Home

I created an imaginary place with my family house and the lighthouse in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island in a Chinese landscape. This allows me to ease my homesickness during the pandemic and express my yearning to belong two both identities and... More

Painting

Dream

I drop the ink into the water and dip the rice paper to create unpredictable ink marks, simulating how the pandemic suddenly happened. Before I put my brush onto the paper, I begin my ritual. Circling the ink stick on the inkstone creates a sound... More

Painting

Yang Guan

Freely expression of ink on rice paper along with Chinese poetry, "A Song in the Name the Town of Wei", creates a spiritual place that allows me to travel through my artwork. I bring myself into a place named Yang Guan which I travel before. Yang... More

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Tao Hua Yuan

Tao Hua Yuan is a Chinese utopia where the people live in and unaware of the outside world. I want to create my own Tao Hua Yuan to ease my homesickness and pursue inner peace. As a Taiwanese immigrate in Canada, I feel far away from the hometown.... More

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Black Bat Squadron

This work is about my grandfather who is a Command Sergeant Major of the Army named Black Bat Squadron during the cold war. Black Bat Squadron is a covert station of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), located in Taiwan. The government of... More

Work by

Yi-Jen Lee

“ During the pandemic, I tend to look back to the past and hold onto the experiences that will shape myself and the future. This process of haunting memories helps me to be more appreciative of...” [More]