Juli Adams

  Michelle Anderst

  Carole Barrer

  James Caudle

  Daniel Cautrell

  Sara Everett

  Cristin Ford

  Mattie Iverson

  Lisa Jacoby

  Weston Jandacka

  Kathy Liao

  Doug Mandt

  Liz Maxfield

  Janet Nechama Miller

  Teresa Morani

  Aimee Mori

  Erik Owen

  Jim Pirie

  Kate Protage

  Grego Rachko

  Stan Raucher

  Lee Richmond

  Lanae Rivers-Woods

  Angela Scott

  Chris Sheridan

  Rick Simpson

  Jason Stauffer

  Leslie Stoner

  Brad Strain

  Ken Van der Does

  Misha Van de Veire

  Chris White

  Harry Woods

  Rebeqa Rivers

  James "Shoes"

  Walker

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Artist Statement:

My paintings create a dialogue about Asian ideals of beauty and femininity. In particular they call into question the notion of beauty in different cultures. My works are often shaped by the cultural dichotomy between Asian and American culture. I drew inspiration from my diverse Hakka Chinese and Japanese ancestries as I trace the definition of Asian femininity. I seek to bring awareness to various Asian beauty stereotypes and attempt to reconcile Asian ideals with contemporary ideals of beauty and femininity.

The Lotus Foot series were inspired by the memory of my late Hakka grandmother, who passed recently at the age of 104. Hakka women refused to bind their feet, a practice considered erotic but excruciatingly painful. In “A Perfect Match”, I use the color red to compare and contrast the refined, erotic daintiness of lotus shoes with the gruesome, bloody image of a severed pig’s foot. The pig’s foot bears an uncanny resemblance to the end result of the foot binding process, in which one’s feet are purposely broken and folded inwards in the most unnatural way. To me this seems to be an act of reverse evolution.

Biography:

Education

2006-2008     BFA: Painting and Drawing, University of Washington; Seattle WA

2002-2006     BA: Interdisciplinary Visual Art, Psychology, University of Washington; Seattle WA

 
Selected Exhibitions

2009    

Behind the Facade, La Familia Gallery, Seattle, WA

2008    

Art Port Townsend Juried Show, Northwinds Art Center, Port Townsend, WA

BFA Show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA

Beyond Borders, Juried Show, Viking Union Gallery, Bellingham, WA

Greenwood Phinney Ridge Art Walk, Woodland Park Methodist Church, Seattle, WA

Student Exhibition, Mary Gates Hall, University of Washington, Seattle, WA

School of Art Open Juried show, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle WA

2007   

Italian Group Show, Art Not-Terminal Gallery, Seattle, WA

ARTIS Exhibit, Internet Train Cafe, Florence, Italy

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