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Symbolic Systems 2019 @niusteph
A medium exploration of painting on windows screens.
2018
window screens, oil paint
This piece depicts how the new digital, photo-sharing era fetishizes Asian women against their will, especially in their traditional attire.
2022
Linoleum Block Print on Paper
Whales and dolphins were my favorite animals when I was younger. In this piece, dark shadows contrasted by blue hues highlight that childhood bond.
Adobe Photoshop Illustration
This is a painting of inception as an artist recreates a Delacroix masterpiece, “The Death of Sardanapalus” with a little boy looking up in awe.
2021
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
An experiment with my visual synesthesia, which imparts color on 2D shapes. This piece intends to instill a sense of curious serenity.
2016
Digital Visual Art
Location: East Asia Library
Digital Illustration
This is a painting of me as a child, my mom, and my grandma at the beach. It symbolizes the treasure that is family and togetherness.
This means “my cabbage” in Russian, and the word also means “money”. This was inspired by a photo from r/peopleofwalmart.
2020
Digital Art
This 5-page word-art series explores the way emotion and memory lives in the body through experimentation with colour.
2023
Mixed media (watercolor, charcoal pencils, pencil) on sketch paper
This is a “still life” of the fish market at my local Chinese grocery store. It is a wet, slimy, strange, intimidating, and magnificent place.
Link to Website
Acrylic on Canvas
This 3D, interactive piece represents my relationship with my immigrant other due to the shifting pressures of assimilation.
Interactive 3D animation installation
Photojournalistic exploration of the human impact of rhino poaching in South Africa – done in Prof Sue McConnell’s overseas seminar in Summer 2016.
Photographs
Photo series capturing California’s landscapes and the impacts of human intervention through 35mm film.
Analog Film
This piece is a self-portrait that puts emphasis on gaze and light to convey a subject that is emerging from the shadows.
Oil Paint on Canvas
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
Oil paint on canvas
Aluminum CNC machined monstera leaf inspired bottle opener. I promise it looks better than it sounds.
2024
Sculpture
The emotional turmoil of Fall quarter. As students process their new reality, they long for human connection but also feel empty and purposeless.
Photography
Exploring the weary determination of an aged subject shouldering generational burdens. Experimented with earthier and darker tones, deconstruction, an
This piece highlights the importance of community and hope in the midst of a pandemic, despite physical separation from others.
“I’ve loved you since the day I met you”