Apart from math, I'm pursuing a side career as an artist. I am extremely passionate about essentially all forms of art -- visual arts, literature, music, films, installation, performance and interactive art (video games included)...
I am primarily an oil painter, but I occasionally work with other mediums, such as watercolor, gouache, acrylic, printmaking, pastel, colored pencil, and sculpture. Here are some selected artworks I made throughout the years. I have also done music composition; here are some selected pieces I composed in the past, all from a long time ago: Blueen (2013), An Ensemble (2013), A Rainy Day (2015), In the Clouds (2015), Funeral (2015), The Eskimo Religion (2016). I have recently become interested in writing as well, and here is a short fiction (2022) I wrote exploring a long-term vision I have of my life in which both math and art play an integral part.
I have always felt that math and art are intertwined through their shared appreciation for beauty. I'm trying to explore the connection between math, art, and aesthetics in my teaching — I believe it can be an approach to make math more accessible to the general audience as well as to enhance our understanding of aesthetics. I sincerely hope I will be able to spend my life weaving the two disciplines a bit more together.
*This page also intends to serve as a semi-art portfolio for those who are here for the art aspects of this website. Please see Research and Teaching for purely math-related contents.