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Cairo Mo '20
A realistic painting of a dog mouth, rendered uncomfortably close to the viewer. 8″ x 10″.
2018
Oil paint on canvas
By Cairo Mo '20
My IUD made me bleed for 8 months straight, gave me terrible cramps, and made me depressed. After finally getting it removed, I made art with it.
2023
Oil paint, acrylic paint, and IUD on wood panel
Submersion is a painting that experiments with figure in distortion, and blends the organic elements of nature with human form.
Link to Website
2015
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
These two paintings were inspired by the feelings of quarantine—isolation, restlessness, and nostalgia.
2020
gouache (two images combined digitally)
This is a collage I made featuring my favorite colors. There are bits of paper popping off of the page!
2021
Digital Photograph of Paper Collage
This symbolizes unity, being made by members of the Black Community. South African word, Umbutu, translates to togetherness or “I am because we are”
Acrylic on Paper
Often, I find myself missing the changing of seasons. But if I just look closely, signs of autumn are all around.
2019
Nature Photography
I loved this photograph my mom took on our trip to Kenya, and I wanted to recreate the beautiful designs on the fabric here.
2016
Charcoal
These works were primarily crafted from fashion, science, and interior design magazines ranging from the early 90s to present.
Collage, ink pen
This piece explores gender. On the left are stereotypically feminine things, on the right masculine, and in the middle a “beautiful” mix of the two.
Photograph/Scanned Image
This is an image of a mushroom found on a trail off Old La Honda Road. I wanted to create a mystical yet comforting feeling surrounding the mushroom.
Photography
A mother lamb takes gentle care of her newborn.
Oil Paint on Canvas
This series utilizes seemingly arbitrary visual imagery overlaid onto written stream of consciousness to evoke imaginations of trauma and healing.
Charcoal and Ink on Toned Paper
Observing simple, everyday practices in a new country and being dumbfounded by them led me to write this piece on everyday norms and practices here Link to Artwork
2022
Poetry
Taken at Felt Lake during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring IntroSem students and Continuing Studies students.
Photograph
Open your eyes…this is the forest reverie, a queer healing space situated between mother nature and the digital world. Sleep tight.
I was inspired by a picture I took of my grandfather when visiting Korea for the first time since immigrating to America in 2001.
Oil on Canvas
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
A reflection of my Korean heritage in the new digital age, and how technology distorts my self-perception and my relationship with my culture.
India to America. When the kids go to school everyday, they can see our own school, and not feel so far, despite being halfway around the world.
2017
Enamel Paint
I was looking for a subject I could depict using my new ink pens, and this sculpture was perfect because it included lots of shadows and some colors.
Ink Pen