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Mingqi Shuai '26
Androids may dream of electric sheep, and electric sheep …
2022
doodle
By Mingqi Shuai '26
Our hands – bridges, sinewy tendons & arteries – among the last parts dissected because of their distinctly human character.
2015
Photography; De-identified photo taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
Moving away from home in a new country has given me independence, and also comes with its responsibilities. This piece was an outburst of this feeling Link to Artwork
2023
Poetry
Mount Daly in Snowmass, Colorado
Gouache paint on watercolor paper
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.
2019
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
This piece is a manipulated photograph printed on metal.
Mixed Media on Metal
Two girls, Cloud and Moon, are safe in space.
2018
Photoshop
A visual exploration of ZIP, a drug currently in development used to treat PTSD by directly erasing targeted memories.
Mixed Media
Open your eyes…this is the forest reverie, a queer healing space situated between mother nature and the digital world. Sleep tight.
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Photography
Location: Lathrop 24/7 Study Room
Digital Illustration
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Watercolor on Paper
Inspired by the strange reflection of an empty glass sitting on a table, this is a piece is about power and powerlessness—control and lack of it.
2020
Acrylic on canvas
De-identified photograph taken for artistic purposes with permission from anatomy professors.
Photograph
Princess Going Digital considers queer girlhood on the playground of the laptop screen, a site for unapologetic self-documentation and portraiture.
Gouache on Paper
This project was done on a ten-day summer trip to my family’s ranch.
2017
Environmental Photographs
A coloring pages for people to color and de-stress:) These pages are part of my project Coloring to Cope for the COVID-19 art grant.
Digital
A study of a tree for Drawing I in charcoal, exploring silhouettes and shading.
Charcoal on Paper
While at SFMOMA with Stanford’s ITALIC program, I created this self-portrait to explore the merging of technology with my image of self.
A commentary on the fifth stage of grief: acceptance.
2021
Acrylic on Canvas
2021 — a year of uncertainties, breakthroughs, and hope. The nurse at a vaccination site epitomizes this spirit of perseverance and hope.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. Here I try to create a sense of foreboding and discomfort.
2016
Digital Visual Art