Introduction : Ink Sculptures 2017 - present
Ink, for me, echoes the complexities of race, belonging, and memory in America. Through the lens of my own identity, I use ink to navigate and expose systems of representation, rewriting narratives that have historically rendered bodies like mine invisible, objectified or abstracted. By grounding my work in Chinese ink traditions while also disrupting their conventions, I create forms that carry and resist their histories—hybrid, shifting, uncontainable, redefined, remade.
In a moment marked by ecological uncertainty, political upheaval, and rapid technological change, my sculptures serve as quiet meditations. The organic nature of my ink—made from gelatin and shaped by time, temperature, and touch—transforms, shrinks, and decays mimicking the fragility and flux of our contemporary condition. It mirrors the instability of the world we inhabit: a world strained by climate collapse, global displacement, digital disembodiment, and the encroachment of artificial intelligence. The material itself becomes an index of change, vulnerability, and survival. In this way, my work is not only about personal or historical transformation, but also about the precarious present we collectively face—where bodies, borders, and meanings are always in various stages of motion, desire and hope.
