Sacha Hao

East Asian Studies and Economics major

I work with collaged images and narratives in my paintings to explore the all encompassing presence of unrealized, repressed desires. My paintings wrestle with the tension between the human nature to desire and the obstacles that keep us from embodying that desire. They depict the moments where figures choose to indulge in their latent desires despite complications.

Going Home!!

oil on canvas

Jewett Sculpture Court

two semi abstract paintings in shades of green, white, blue, with small areas of red

This pair of paintings explore the physical and political constraints of homegoing. I find the idea of requiring permission from governing bodies to return home incomprehensible to the point of comedy. And as such, I offer an equally frivolous resolution.

painting of overlapping 'torn' forms, mostly in greens, with red, white, orange including a couple number 8s

abstract-ish painting in greens and grays with patches of cream and blue and red arrows and a couple number 8s

detail of a painting with green and white and a red stripe with white 8

detail of a painting with dark green, green, red, and white

detail of a painting with orange lines over translucent green surface

detail of painting with red arrow-like shape over translucent green surface

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