Through painting I challenge archetypes of femininity and question expectations surrounding care, strength, and martyrdom. I reimagine familial stories, biblical folklore, and classic tropes of the hero, villain, and damsel through technicolor avatars and multilayered fields of light. By creating my own mythological taxonomy, I invite the viewer to indulge in fantasy as a way of grappling with interpersonal dynamics.

 

 I am a Hmong Chinese American artist who works primarily through painting and video art. Pulling from embodied experiences, dreams, and spiritual rituals I address themes of race, gender, sexuality, and digital identity. Through smooth, metallic renderings of form, translated from digital origins, my work holds a mirror to contemporary culture. The screaming spirit escapes a body bound by illusions of a biological clock; lovers evaporate within the embrace of each other; a dripping hand transforms the human skin into that of a metal demon.