art

art gallery

Here you can find mixed-media drawings, oil paintings, illustrations, and murals. My art focuses on cultural narrative to speculative urban ecologies to community building.

coastal communities x senior concept project

meduim: laser cut wood, 3D prints, & paint

date: spring 2023

statement: in a world post-anthropocene where sea levels limit the livable space on land, communities thrive on water to adapt to the new terrain amongst the coastal enviroment. houseboats with sustainable energy sources such as water wheel genarators and solar wind turbines are the future. community ports with fishing farms, seaweed farms, and mussel farms add to the coastal lifestyle while providing spaces for community interactions.

some place in kagoshima x the drawing series

meduim: graphite & ink

size: 24 x 18 inch

date: fall 2022 & summer 2018

statement: Being a third generation japanese-american and never being to my family's hometown in japan leads to alot of imagination, romantization, and longing for cultural belonging.

our farm x the painting

medium: oil paint

size: 30 x 24 inch

date: fall 2021

statement: The last memory with my cousins and bachan (grandma) at our strawberry farm in OC before it was sold. A bittersweet scene of the literal fruits of our family's labor since immigrating from to america.

self portraits x the painting & photography series

medium: oil paint

size: 24 x 18 inch

date: fall 2021

statement: Often precieved as small and fragile, mix that in with marginilized sterotypes - making a self-portrait that is up close and personal allows my identity to feel empowered and does not let the viewer disregard my exsistence, but is forced to be confronted by it.

medium: graphite & ink

size: 24 x 18 inch

date: fall 2021

statement: A photoshoot based off entirely second-hand items - flowers taken from a wedding, a dress thrifted, and a bedsheet background repurposed. Then using the photos and repurposing them into art inspirations to create a diptec self-portrait. Reuse & Recycle!

terraburbia x the graphics series

program: adobe illustrator

size: 36 x 28 inch

date: winter 21-22

statement: As a speculative concept, Terraburbia is a post-anthropocene world where humans live peacefully in life sized terrarium. This set of three posters are meant to attract consumers to live in terrarium suburbia communities that are self-sustaining. The idea places importance on how the habitats need to take care of their homes otherwise they cannot survive which serves as a parallel to how we need to take preventative actions in the climate justice fight in our own world.

paper x murals

medium: wall paint

size: 40 x 28 feet

date: spring 2018 - spring 2019

statement:Where my love for painting and art direction grew, in high school I had the opportunity to lead murals that ranged over 40 feet long. Starting with the sketch to ending with the final touches with a team of people, these projects will forever stay with me.