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Lily Thai '27
A faceless woman in a room of South Vietnamese soldiers
2022
Graphite on Paper
By Lily Thai '27
“Ritual” is an unfinished game prototype that is one piece of a meta-narrative that unfolds as the viewer explores the file directory containing it.
Link to Website
2020
Interactive narrative horror game/file explorer experience
Photo series capturing California’s landscapes and the impacts of human intervention through 35mm film.
Analog Film
This work is based off a creative non-fiction short story I wrote about my childhood relationship with my father.
2017
Oil on Canvas
This was a fun illustration that I polished up for International Day of the Girl this year (October 11)!
2016
Digital art
An exploration of nature’s healing power as an avenue for escapism and introspection.
Ballpoint and pencil on paper
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard, the numbers juxtaposing the letters and a soft, glowing gleam reflecting across its surface.
2019
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
Mice own your belongings at night.
Charcoal Pencil on Paper
Taken while walking in my hometown of Washington, D.C.
Photograph
This image plays with scale, texture, and the physicality of water.
Color Film
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. This piece intends to instill a sense of curious serenity.
Digital Visual Art
A portrait of a good dog who has traveled a very long way.
Two paintings exploring emptiness and isolation, and confronting feelings of lack of control during the early stages of the pandemic.
2021
Acrylic on canvas, some collage from a news story
This piece is a manipulated photograph printed on metal.
Mixed Media on Metal
Portrait of my friend, a queer black woman, in her room the night of the 2025 election results.
2024
Acrylic on Canvas
Sky River is a digital reinterpretation of Japanese graphic designer Koichi Sato’s style based on minimalist forms and gradients.
Blender 3D render
Cool portrait of girl trying to keep in her tears.
2018
Photoshop
This piece is an abstract self-portrait linking the internal self and the body to the collective human consciousness.
3D animation (Blender)
This piece depicts how the new digital, photo-sharing era fetishizes Asian women against their will, especially in their traditional attire.
Linoleum Block Print on Paper
The security blanket is a metaphor for something we cling to when we are afraid and how it is something we must learn to let it go.
Photography
This 3D, interactive piece represents my relationship with my immigrant other due to the shifting pressures of assimilation.
2023
Interactive 3D animation installation