“Brave Boy” is an example of how youth not only revel in life’s pleasures, but are brave souls who seek to change their personal world.

My piece is a celebration of my grandma and all the love she gives to our family and her presence in my upbringing.

Nina Simone is my favorite musical artist, her music is amazingly invigorating and moving.

Milan Cathedral is one of the largest churches in the world, and also one of the masterpieces from the past, with thousands of statues and hundreds of years of work.

Simple pleasures are biting into an ice cube, moving a small, wet worm off a concrete path, smelling fresh coffee in the morning, finding a crow feather on the ground, humming a song over and over again.

It’s based on how splotchy the world is and can be simply by being aware, like a video game with loads of bugs!

I created this piece to tell my grandma’s story of immigrating from China to America and to contrast her life with that of her brother, who remained in China.

putting an emphasize on the un-anthropological animals; this piece brings to light the beauty of the natural world without a human influence: Utilizing vibrant colors, intense textural differences, and surrealist elements playing with life and death, this piece balances all of these aspects into a exiting and harmonizing artwork.

The painting portrays a bustling Korean market, filled with vendors. Among them, only one shines.

I used to believe my identity as an Indian-American seamless, perfectly half-and-half.

The word “ordinary” applies to everyday life, might that be eating dinner with family, or in this case, being on call with a friend.

I used a reference of a family friend's new persimmon tree from their new house.

In the past, mentally ill individuals were confined in insane asylums.

Music is a highly individual way of expression that connects people of different cultures across different times, building a collective experience for all.

My grandfather suddenly passed away last fall in the midst of my own packed junior schedule and the complexities of family chaos.

(Un)manly Marriage shatters the standard of a pure, modest wife serving the stoic, controlling man.

Figure drawings using graphite pencils are what I am most comfortable with as a creative, so moving to a different medium was no easy task.

This cherished piece stems from my deep fascination in koi fishponds, all the way from my childhood.

The Thinker, a sculpture by Auguste Rodin, depicts how humankind has the unique capability of deep thought.

The piece was inspired by my dad. He doesn't like me saying that though because the nose is quite big. So lets just say its a man.