Cissy Ruoyao Shi was born in China in 2000, she is a Toronto-based cross-disciplinary contemporary artist specializing in drawing, oil and acrylic painting. She also works with sculpture and video installation. She graduated from Dawson college’s visual arts program in 2020, and she graduated from OCAD University drawing and painting program in 2023. Through her art, she dedicates to express emotions through a mixture of abstract and realistic images in the paintings. She uses color and composition to render the atmosphere and create psychological spaces representing dreams and memories. She believes only when a piece of art can move artists themselves, it can move people. Therefore, sex, sexuality, personal experiences, dreams, memories, and mental health are the most common themes of her works.