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Jianna So '22
“prayer”, featuring the artist’s grandmother, captures feelings of chaos and anxiety, as well as the calm performed to or provided by others.
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2021
Projection Installation
By Jianna So '22
Video edited from found footage reflecting on the repetition, absurdity, and futility of everyday life. Duration: 05:05
2018
Video Art
A process exploration of dye sublimation to print the iconic “Bliss” wallpaper of the operating system Windows XP onto constructed shutters.
2017
Sculpture: wood, white house paint, printed acrylic sheet, venetian window structure
This photo was taken in the McMurty Art Building. I used black paint in photoshop to highlight the lights and computer.
2016
Digital Photograph
A classic San Francisco house is bathed in orange light at sunset.
2022
Oil paint on panel
I made this painting in Iceland as part of my Chappell-Lougee arts project. It is a portrait of a glacier in the glacier lagoon known as Jökulsárlón.
Mixed media (oil paint, charcoal, pastel, grass) on canvas
Taken in Alberta, Canada. My hope is not to showcase landscapes but to acknowledge that Earth’s beauty surrounds us.
Photograph
This piece depicts how TikTok primarily portrays a fetishized version of Asian women, leading to an uncertain digital future of complicated dynamics.
Linoleum Block Print on Paper
I was inspired by the stillness of this moment, the warm light, and the beautiful shadows created by the trees. This was based on SF Japantown.
2020
gouache on paper
inspired by Mondays, morning showers, and an addiction to caffeine.
2019
Digital illustration
Pinned parts of a traditional Vietnamese dress cut to my measurements. Through deconstruction, functionality and familiarity are lost.
2023
Charcoal and Mixed Media on Salvaged Cotton and Organza
Both works are depictions of traditional Catholic religious figures figured through an assemblage of inanimate objects.
Graphite and watercolor on paper
This work converts content into physical form. Charlie Chan, played by white actors in yellowface, investigates murders. But who is he really hurting?
Ink and print on wood
I wanted to depict the endless possibilities of this world; the one we are so used to taking for granted.
Acrylic on canvas
Open your eyes…this is the forest reverie, a queer healing space situated between mother nature and the digital world. Sleep tight.
Photography
This piece was inspired by the many rooftop cafes and stunning views of the Bosphorus River while I was exploring Istanbul on a summer vacation.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
An abstract perspective of a cityscape.
Water Color on Paper
My mother in her monthly kimchi-making ritual, a food that I learned to take pride in despite being initially ashamed of it.
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
every part of this earth is a surrogate for the people that helped create iteach building reflects the community that built it
Acrylic on Canvas
Photo series capturing California’s landscapes and the impacts of human intervention through 35mm film.
Analog Film
This is how your friend from high school looks at you–knowing you’re different now, knowing she’s different now.
2014
Color Film