2025 Submissions
Simpler at 18 Cents
This piece began as an expression of my love of older photographs, and the way that they capture such a different feeling than modern photos.
Persistence
A reflection of civilians continuing to fight for their ideals in the face of police oppression.
Pelea de Perros
I made this in Oaxaca studying some teachers who specialize in printmaking, I have always had a love for animals but wanted to showcase the cruel treatment that many dogs used to and still are treated, its awful and I wanted to represent that.
Roses and Reactions
This piece features one of my original characters holding a test tube with smoke/gas emerging from it.
Pages Unturned
This piece explores the paradox of knowing about global crises yet remaining inactive.
Gender Norms
This piece is inspired by a recent conversation topic that came up at my dinner table.
THE WORLD CAN ACCELERATE AND BLUDGEON THROUGH, OR IT CAN CONTAIN, LIMIT, AND TRANSFORM ITSELF…
Photos from magazines were cut out and arranged to be glued into a collage.
Marilyn Monroe Icon
When I first started this artwork, I didn’t expect it to turn out like this.
Forest Campfire
My artwork relates to the memories I have during camping trips at night, where my friends and I sat around the campfire and played songs together.
Harlequin and Pierrot
I used a gouache wash under charcoal to express two self-portraits of distinct strong emotions.
Leaving Paradise
”Leaving Paradise” is a message about climate change and the choice we make to continue moving away from life-sustaining nature in favor of toxic, polluted areas.
Lazy Market Morning
Growing up, a large part of my childhood was spent visiting local Asian markets with my grandma, exploring the vibrant displays of exotic fruits and vegetables.
Trapped In Their Vision
An owl representing an human above a pool of blood trying to make it seam dangerous forgetting they have a heart the background shows how the owl has the ability to be something colorfully nice but it’s forgotten causing the owl to only want to fly away but only viewed as dangerous and never accepted trapped in the visionof others and never being free.