Reflections

VIS 106A Winter 2021

Zoom Reception: Thursday, March 11th, 12:30 - 2:50 p.m.

This is an exhibition of our own interpretations of the word Reflections. Our perspectives include the mirror as a metaphor for self and identity, narrative representations of our time over the past year, pondering the past and future, our parallel and reversed realities, the virtual space behind the screen and our time spent with representation and thinking transparently.

Sjana Carter, Converging Worlds

12.5 x 84 in., oil, acrylic, and chalk on mirrorDaily we are face to face with digital worlds. Characters act as alternate selves, the screen mediates all actions, our world is reflected through a screen, and it is easy to forget reality.

Emily Randall, Broken Shadow

19 x 24 in., oil on paperIt is the mirror version of my aunt's dog. The broken shadow under him represents his difficult time because he's afraid of strangers. The backgrounds are blue (past), teal (today), and green (future).

Kiyahna Brown, Reflections of Light

19 x 24 in., oil on paperA reflection of light from a CD projected onto my ceiling while the center is a reflection of a memory as I miss staring into the horizon looking at the sunset while at the beach.

Celine Pham, Untitled

19 x 24 in., oil on paper and gouacheThis piece is meant to represent escapism and submersion. Within the pupil is a person’s head peeking out from the pool.

Kiko Thomas, Caught In-Between

2021, 22 x 30 in., acrylic, oil, photo transfer and oil stick on paper

Emily Tan, Dreamers

19 x 24 in., oil on paperSelf expression is a performance. Who are you when the mirror doesn’t reflect who you are?

Zena Yakimow, Escape

16 x 20 in., oil on canvas Reflecting on the past year stirs up the feeling of being out of control. Combined with the monotony of being inside most of the time, a world beyond the grasp of COVID-19 almost seems like a fantasy. I wanted to capture this escapist daydream feeling with a wide open landscape and vibrant colors.

Grant Blades, 20/10 Vision

24 x 36 in., oil on canvasReflection.The recurring reflection of myself waiting for class to start. Stuck in space.Reflecting my appearance digitally. A digital artifact is presented, repetition of this form leads to obscuring of its form.To represent this loss of accurate form I took a screenshot and used a process called ‘deep-frying’. This process continually reprocesses an image until it is fragmented into a low resolution version of the initial image. Then painting this altered image. Painting does two things in this project that are worth highlighting. First, it puts the image through another level of processing which pushes it further away from the original. Secondly, I am reintroducing my reflexive essence into it. Obscuring and then recapturing.

Chen Wang, The Mirror

19 x 19 in., oil on canvasThis painting showcases an abstract reflection in a mirror, that tells everything has two sides, such as past and future, hope and despair, or even life and death.

Yunqi Li, Reflection of the Past Year

20 x 20 in., oil on canvasIt is a reflection of the past year. It was a hard time. We are almost all in isolation, and some are even alone. We all look forward to the outside world, it is still interesting and colorful. I just painted it down to say that even if we have a difficult time or suffer, just look at the outside world, there is somewhere, something or someone you are looking forward to, so just keep going.

Gabi Van Konynenburg, The Scent of Lavender

19 x 24 in., oil on paperAn abstract reflection of how lavender smells, if scent was a color. The painting is modeled after a French lavender bush known for its violet blue color that fades to pink. Lavender buds can be seen sprinkled onto the actual painting itself to add scent and texture.

Ezequiel Mora Mendez, High Five

19 x 24 in., oil paint My painting is of me giving my reflection in the mirror a high five, because of COVID-19 people have to wear a face mask to avoid getting sick. I am giving myself a high five as I went all of 2020 without getting sick.

Rae Kanoa, Descent

19 x 24 in., oil on paperDescent into madness. A reflection of how dissociating can feel like you’re watching yourself from outside of your own body, unable to control your own movements. This feeling is depicted by the discrepancies within the posing, the reflection’s body coming out of the mirror itself, and the tendrils of red that seem to evaporate her. I wanted to challenge myself on this piece within skin tone- and thus decided to depict my character with vitiligo.

Adair Huang, Armchairs

24 x 19 in., oil on paper

Megan Tran, blue

19 x 24 in., oil on paper

Nomi Winsor, Reflecting on a nightmare

30 x 36 in., oil on canvas This painting is of a nightmare I am reflecting on that I had when I was in high school. The part of the dream that scared me the most was I saw a woman eating herself while I was on a roller coaster. This is a crystal ball showing me this dream I had in the past and the fortune teller is showing it to me. The shadow of the fortune teller is looming over the crystal ball. I decided to create this painting to overcome my scary experience.

Nicole Uzoaru, Still Life with Lamp and Cup (2021)

30 x 40 in., oil on canvasI wanted to make a piece that reflected the present, which is mostly about lighter moments emerging after a dark period of time.

Sara Santibanez, Mi Mandala de Covid-19

19 x 24 in., oil on paperReflecting back on the past and current year. The effects on earth and humanity due to the Covid-19 virus have been historical, and the future is uncertain, but hopeful. There have been over 2,500,000 deaths worldwide because of this contagious virus, and my black flowers are my sentimental approach for those dead.

Esmer Kazvinova, Thoughts in Color

18 x 24 in., oil on paperColors I think about often. Especially this past year. The colors that float through my head echo changes in my life. Every chapter reflects a different palette.

WeiHao Laing, My quarantine life

11 x 14 in.The inspiration of my work came from my quarantine life. Not being able to show our mouths has become the norm in our life now, so in my painting, I want to convey this idea by covering my mouth with my hand.

Ziqi Zhuang