Ariana Mitsuoka

Media Arts & Sciences major, Asian American Studies minor

I’ve been an artist for as long as I can remember. From teaching myself how to paint to learning proper drawing techniques in school, I’ve always found art to be my outlet and form of free expression. I love to create things that bring me great joy and use art to explore the human experience. All of our emotions, memories, and relationships create a special quality that makes life incredibly exciting. My work seeks to understand this quality and I hope to pull others along the journey with me.

Love, Ari

ink, marker, pencil, watercolor on paper

Jewett Sculpture Court

square drawing with lots of collage-style elements drawn in pen and marker, including various figures, objects, a few academic buildings, etc

Love, Ari is a reflection of the 5 years I have spent at Wellesley. This project is created using imagery from a collection of pictures I have curated since I arrived on campus. I have taken a picture every day as a student, and this illustration is an amalgamation of some of the hundreds of unique and special moments from my time here. Stay awhile and wander through some of my greatest memories. The orientation theme when I arrived was 'Love, Wellesley,' and this project is my final sign off in my love letter to my college experience.

close up of a section of a marker drawing showing popcorn, a pomegranate with a face, people wearing facemasks, a canada goose

close up on a section of a marker drawing showing a stack of circular drawings hanging from string together

in-progress drawing of a sandwich in plastic packaging with a label reading 'TCE-313 / Mitsuoka, Ariana / sandwich - honey roasted turkey thanksgiving --'; the sandwich bread is colored in tan and brown, the packaging is outlined in black ink, surrounded parts of drawings are in pencil

to see more work by Ariana: ultraluminari.com

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