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Earth Systems 2025 @laiabent
This work converts content into physical form. Charlie Chan, played by white actors in yellowface, investigates murders. But who is he really hurting?
2017
Ink and print on wood
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
Commenting on our smallness in comparison to all we have to face – be it a pandemic, the vastness of the ocean, or history. Our smallness is humbling
acrylic on cardboard
I made this painting with an attempt to capture the vibrant feeling of spring and awakening. It’s a reminder of the beauty and color of life!
2014
Oil on canvas
These pictures were taken during a neurosurgery at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children hospital.
Digital photography
It’s a shame if you did not get around time to see Hoover Tower in different lights.
2018
Photo
Inspired by individuality and body empowerment. Work focuses on abstraction of human form and color.
2019
This piece is a manifestation of the growth and maturity, both physically and mentally, found in adolescence. It mimics the flowering of youth.
Photograph of a physical collage (paper, printed image)
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.
gouache on paper
Amid noise and glitches, serenity emerges as data flows, lines converge, existing and dissipating simultaneously.
Link to Website
2024
Video Art (with sound)
A process exploration of dye sublimation to print the iconic “Bliss” wallpaper of the operating system Windows XP onto constructed shutters.
Sculpture: wood, white house paint, printed acrylic sheet, venetian window structure
The piece is inspired geometric subdivision, tessellations and fractals, fusing representations from Chinese, Japanese, and Japanese symbolisms.
Laser Cut Birchwood
February is a gray month, but these flowers bloomed anyway. Link to Artwork
sublimation print on synthetic blue satin
Collage exploring feminist and bioethical discussions of reproductive technologies. Previously featured at the Medicine & the Muse Student Symposium. Link to Artwork
print
Taken at Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature.
Photograph
A self-portrait composed of identity objects: rings from my mother, the teapot on my coffee table, the graphic on my favorite t-shirt, etc.
Digital Collage
Taken at Baylands Nature Preserve during one of the field trips of MI 70Q: Photographing Nature, featuring a student and a community member.
A love letter to passionate yet high-strung and jaded Generation Z, this series focuses on youth’s struggles to find meaning in today’s online world.
2021
Photography
Bright orange poppies burst into the foreground framed by cool blue houses behind.
2022
Oil paint on panel
Seeing the majestic elephants in Kenya was one of my favorite memories from my trip, and I loved depicting the different textures of the landscape.
2016
Acrylic Paint on Canvas