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Mingqi Shuai '26
Androids may dream of electric sheep, and electric sheep …
2022
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By Mingqi Shuai '26
This piece combines a photograph taken of a mural in Palo Alto with a vintage National Geographic photograph of the same location.
2017
Digital Collage
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard with numbers juxtaposing letters, emphasizing how some things are not meant to be rushed and will happen in time.
2019
Acrylic on Canvas
I painted this painting following the death of my dog. Sourcing imagery from cheap print and Southern nostalgia, Lassie paints a scene of rebirth.
I created this piece in order to show a city full of life in contrast to one that is merely an outline.
2016
Acrylic on Paper
“David” is a 3D bust loosely based on Michelangelo’s piece of the same name. Inspired by the music video of “Money for Nothing” by Dire Straits.
2018
Blender 3D Render
This work is about rupture and disruption, whether environmental, familial, or linguistic. I wanted to think visually about over-saturation.
2020
India Ink on Paper
This piece was made the week before quarantine when everything was uncertain and the weight of not knowing what was to come next hung over our heads.
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Boulder & Rope
Mount Daly in Snowmass, Colorado
Gouache paint on watercolor paper
A close-up, multi-colored rendering of Eppendorf tubes illustrates that Lab Life is not as monochromatic as it appears.
Oil paint on Canvas
The feet of my former roommate are greeted by the warm light that streams in through the blinds.
Oil on canvas
“prayer”, featuring the artist’s grandmother, captures feelings of chaos and anxiety, as well as the calm performed to or provided by others.
2021
Projection Installation
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
Digital Photograph
cloudy with a chance of love
Digital illustration
Interrogating the digital footprint created when heteropatriarchy, hypermasculinity, and social media co-exist.
2024
Video Art
In a knife fight, two versions of me grapple and wrestle for control, but both end up symmetrically and simultaneously triumphant and defeated.
Oil paint on found wood
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Watercolor on Paper
This painting is in honor of Ahina and all the women that spend years wishing for a day at school.
46″ x 32”
Machines roar and metal parts clang away in the background in this artwork as an enormous robot is constructed before the eyes of a young spectator.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
Released some restless energy onto paper with this portrait sketch.
Graphite on Paper
This 3D, interactive piece represents my relationship with my immigrant other due to the shifting pressures of assimilation.
2023
Interactive 3D animation installation