Painting

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

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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

Drawing

Episodes I

During the pandemic, I tend to look back to the past and hold onto the experiences that will shape myself and the future. By looking at the past, memories of trips are my inspirations in creating moments that form who I am. I use... More

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Episodes II

These memories of trips allow me to create an inner fantasy world through this artwork. Transferring these drawings onto the canvas with colorful shapes and lines, depict disparate scenes and a range of my emotions. By representing an imaginary... More

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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

Drawing

Memory from Havana and Varadero I

I use contour lines of different scenes from Havana and Varadero created with pen on the tracing paper. Layering these drawings is my process to document and rescue these moments from oblivion. This layering simulates how memory works in my mind,... More

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Memory from Havana and Varadero II

The memory from Havana and Varadero gives me a feeling of joy, playfulness, and happiness. The city is full of music playing by optimistic people. Transferring tracing paper drawings onto the canvas with colorful shapes and lines, depict disparate... More

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Memory from Key West

By looking at the past, the trip to Key West is my inspiration in creating a moment that allows me to travel back to specific memory through my artwork.

Painting

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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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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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]