chinese american queer multi-media synesthetic artist astrologer diviner bazi yijing educator mystic creator
Vision
Corten Steel, Paint
29’ x 43’ x 4”
2022
"Vision" is a sculptural mural created with nearly 2,000 pounds of corten steel bolted onto concrete. Spanning four stories, its grand cascading shapes and line work encourages a visionary perspective that aims to join the seen and unseen worlds.
Vessel
20’ x 49.5’
2022
"Vessel" is a large-scale painted mural designed to pair with its sister mural "Vision." The hollow center invites viewers to contemplate the abundance that comes from receptivity, a meditation on the fertility of emptiness.
Rivers of Time
Patinated Brass, Printed Cast Acrylic, LED
8’ x 28’ x 3.5”
2022
This mural was inspired by the paleogeographic and human migration history of Salem Sound. The artwork was adapted from a depiction of the landmass and estuaries when the ice sheet retreated 10,000 years ago. Each waterway is embedded with cultural patterns showing waves of human settlement in the area, hailing from the Caribbean, West Africa, East and South Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, Western and Eastern Europe. The design cut into the central river comes from an ancient ceramics pattern provided by the Massachusett Tribal Council to honor the first peoples of this land.
Layers of Time
Concrete, inlaid brass, resin, granite
30’ x 55’ x 4’
2022
This splash pad is an artistic interpretation of the geologic events that shaped Salem Harbor and the North Shore of Massachusetts. The three layers of the splash pad represent different periods of time that occurred over millions of years.
Inspired by this deep time perspective dating back to Pangea, “Layers of Time” gives insight into our interconnected history. The local Avalonian bedrock was once a piece of North Africa that collided with North America around 500 million years ago. As Avalon rifted, the volcanic activity that followed produced the rocks we see in Forest River Park today. The lowest level of the splash pad represents these rocks, called Salem gabbro-diorite. The second level shows Avalon rifting and separating, as gabbro-diorite emerges below through magmatic activity. The top level of the splash pad represents the glacial stage, occurring from 2.5million to 10,000 years ago. The artists hope to draw a connection to our current climate, bringing awareness to rapid glacial melt and rising sea levels. The splash pad uses geology to encourage a non-anthropocentric view of our planet, while guiding us to recognize our shared common ground. Follow the rivers of brass magma, fossilized plants and creatures to discover your own journey across time.
Cast acrylic, latex ink, lighting
South Wall: 177" x 73" x 0.5”
North Wall: 106" x 73" x 0.5”
2021
A Drop Landing is the first artwork in the Re:Generation series, a permanent installation at the Instructional Technology Center at Western Oregon University. This work shows precipitation as a metaphor for the human relationships within the building. Flanking both sides of the entrance, this piece welcomes and immerses each person into the building as a drop of water entering into the ocean, acknowledging the individuals that make up the greater collective.
Steel, patina, lighting
72" x 53" x 3” (Set of 2)
2021
Diasporas Rising is the second permanent installation in the Re:Generation series, located in the Instructional Technology Center at Western Oregon University. This piece honors the cultural fabric and heritage that represent WOU and the greater Monmouth, OR community. Woven into the metal waves, the patterns come from across Asia, the Pacific Islands, Latin America, the Carribean, Africa, the Middle East, Europe and the Wasco and Wishram Native Americans.
Cast resin, dichroic glass, lighting
6’ x 5’ x 9’ (Set of 2)
2021
Gathering Radiance is the third installation in the Re:Generation series, showing evaporation and condensation in the water cycle. Water has been transformed into clouds representing the digital, virtual realm as well as our collective imagination. Re:Generation was created with the hope of inspiring the integration of technology and art in service of a more resilient and sustainable future for generations to come.
The Re:Generation series is a permanent installation in the Instructional Technology Center at Western Oregon University.
Stainless steel, aluminum, powder coating, LED lights
18’x6’x6’
2020
‘Returning Home’ is a permanent public art installation at Plymouth Housing's new building in Seattle's International District. Plymouth Housing builds and manages supportive housing for individuals experiencing long term homelessness.
'Returning Home,' is a wind-powered sculpture comprised of a flock of cranes ascending upwards and returning home to their nest in a continual cycle. It was created using 500lbs of stainless steel and aluminum. The sculpture features origami red-crowned cranes to commemorate the local Japanese business that once operated at this site. The nest below glows at night and doubles as seating for pedestrians.
Cranes are international travelers, with migration routes defying national borders. Because of this, they are emblematic of resiliency and unity among diverse peoples. They are icons of survival, traversing epic proportions in both distance and altitude and outliving mass habitat destruction. We believe they represent the search for home and belonging, and the extraordinary resilience of one's spirit to rise above adversity.
Pictures and video by Pyr Design Studio
Click on the video above to see how the sculpture was made and watch the sculpture spin!
The Death Dome provides 360 degrees of immersive projected animations and music inside of a 20ft diameter custom-built geodesic dome. Based on the Buddhist Bardos, this audio/visual experience takes participants through the intermediary states between life, death and rebirth. Combining 3-D projection mapping and surround sound technology in a built environment of organic and natural materials, this installation is designed to submerge the viewer in a harmonious fusion of technology and nature. Prior to entering the Death Dome, participants were asked to write letters from the perspective of the afterlife, describing how they would like to be remembered. These letters were then collected and shared as part of a digital archive. Part interactive habitat, reflective practice and multi-sensory world, the Death Dome simulates one's final resting place as a celebration of life.
Journey inside the Death Dome through this video documentation of the installation experience. Click on the image above to start the video.
Wood, plywood, moss, plexiglass, bamboo, brass, water, interactive media
14’ x 9’ x 9’
2016
The Oracle is an interactive, fully immersive temple and divination space. The installation gives audience members a customized reading using the ancient Chinese divination system, the Yi Jing. Participants ask a question for which they seek advice, and a reading is triggered through interactive technology. Images and sound envelop the user, through animations that play at the bottom of a well and original music in a surround sound environment. Previously shown at the Seattle Art Museum Olympic Sculpture Park and Seattle Asian Art Museum.
This video gives a first-hand look at the user experience of the installation. Using creative coding, arduino technology and sensors, the viewer triggers the Yijing (I Ching) randomizer through a coin toss. The randomizer was created using the sacred math and algorithms of the Yijing. It activates stop-motion animations that play at the bottom of a well, with surround sound original music accompaniment, and a final text of the Yijing at the end to complete the custom reading.
Click above image to play video.
Click the above image to play the video, which features interviews of participants and their reactions to the custom readings they received from the installation.
Mixed media projection, wood and paper lanterns, LED lights, electric motor
8’x8’x10’
2018
Uniting traditional forms with reclaimed mythologies, this work honors Asian ancestors with illuminated paper lanterns and projected stop-motion animations. This immersive installation invites audiences to become submerged in the alchemy of remembrance, where one’s inheritance and history intermingles with the creative power of incarnation. From the ocean to human tears, the element of saltwater holds and preserves while simultaneously releases and cleanses. The choreography of light and shadow is emblematic of the dance between life and death, waking and dreaming, the visible and invisible worlds. These liminal spaces are where our past co-mingles with the creativity of emergence, symbolized by the hybridization of human, animal and plant forms.
Both light and water are elements of reflection and the installation is designed to be a space for meditation, remembrance and inspiration.
Animations by missTANGQ. Lanterns by Kristiana Chan.
Acrylic, Plastic, Foam, Plywood, LED lights, Natural Materials, Projection
40’ x 8’ x 5’
2017
Multimedia installation, sculpture and performance commissioned by the Seattle Asian Art Museum. This installation spanned three walls of the expansive foyer of the museum. Animations were projected over the sculptural murals, featuring a live electronic-acoustic musical performance in the space.
