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Artist's Statement (300 word max)

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My SI explores how I can show/evoke emotion through moments from history/mythology. I've always found inspiration in history and mythology, especially female-centered stories, so I wanted to portray that with my pieces. I delved into research about various stories in order to best represent the emotion in each scene. This taught me about the hardships and courage of women throughout history/mythology. With these pieces I used acrylic paint and mixed media and focused on mark-making, composition, and how light/dark can show emotion.

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My art represents the exploration of identity and belonging, showing the subject breaking out of her black and white world into a new colorful one

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Exploring the different emotions modern teenage girls go through when finding their identity.

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How can I use different art mediums to explore the ways that my immigrant childhood shaped my views on the natural environment? I constructed my art chronologically throughout the work process, examining childhood memories in Korea that excited me about nature, drawing similarities between my life and the environment, sustainability inspired by recycling things while settling into America, and how I feel connected to nature today. I continuously asked myself what makes me appreciate nature today and reflected on how my identity was shaped. This piece in particular expresses how I feel as if I become a child again when interacting with nature and become even more connected.

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My SI is how can I show development and emotion through out my pieces. This one is suppose to represent the fear of the unknown even though angel are suppose to represent strength ad protection/ its hiding away.

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I explored the social aspects of dystopia, speech and Industry through metalwork, paint and organic elements. I examined how emotion and power affects us in our daily lives and takes us in a chokehold of feelings and expression. My work delves into themes of elitism and overreach, culminating into pieces that represent our daily emotions. By juxtaposing rigid, Industrial forms with organic components, I challenge the perceptions of Industrialist co-existence.

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My investigation was looking into the feeling of isolation, so in this piece I created around a hundred unique clay tiles, and then strung them together with window shade drawstrings to create a view of necessary connection.

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how can i express my struggles with ADHD through characters

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How can I use the symbology of dragons from around the world to explore the aspects of the mind? I have used dragons are a way to express my mental experiences. My artwork explores processes in my mind. such as desire, perception, & emotion & vividity. The dragons that I use are drawn from cultures who depict them in a fashion that aligns with the mental aspect that I am exploring. This piece is a persian dragon set on juxtaposing background elements and there is Farsi poetry on how we percieve things inscribed in the outline of the dragon.

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The question "how can I show human resilience/strength of human will through different mediums," was with me the whole year, and I created this piece to show the resilient, often oblivious nature of the human spirit. The world may be destroyed, but life carries on. We find ways to still enjoy life, for example the tea party in space shows the of rebuilding a sense of normality despite disruption to life. This was the first art piece I made for AP 2D art, and it will remain one of my favorites, if not for the skill, just for the silly scene.

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My sustained investigation was guided by an exploration of human connection with the environment and each other. As I have grown through adolescence, I learned to appreciate the small ephemeral moments that provide me with comfort among the increasing pressures of society. How can I represent interaction from a psychological perspective with color and value? What does the warmth of sunlight on skin, a joke with friends or sitting alone look like? Focusing on the quickly changing nature of human life, I created art to show the impermanence of small moments and how they shape us over time.

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To explore my experiences with disconnection me & my parents have & the negative effect had on my relationships with others. This year I have started to grasp the negative effects of the lack of communication & bond me & my parents have. Through finding meaningful connections with found family, I have been becoming more honest with my pieces showing feelings of loneliness, anxiety, & connection. I'm chose to display them from my first piece to my most recent because it showcases the mental story of me this year. The pieces show the story of my growth, letting go of family and embracing found

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It is often the most mundane and peripheral structures that we develop the greatest degree of connection with. Similarly, it is often the structures designed without beauty or comfort in mind that express the most character and identity. Through vandalism, degradation, and decay, they become living records of our history and reminders of a shared human experience. Through my photography, I aim to capture the complex and subtle beauty I see in the urban and suburban structures around me on a day-to-day basis.

Through exploring new & unfamiliar environments, I practiced my photography intuition & technical skills and revised my approach to capturing my subjects. For example, I was originally interested in larger arrangements of photos, but I focused in on individual photos viewed in series. I learned to photograph my subjects with my own emotional and artistic intent beyond simply documenting reality. I experimented w/ materials, composition & editing to evoke the identity & character I saw in the structures around me and developed an ability to choose the strongest images from each series.

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Ever since childhood, I’ve been surrounded by nature. I’ve been drawn to its complexity: colors, forms, interactions between species, and how it all fits together.

Life cycles & their connection to symbiosis also interest me – the relationship between the two, how it is necessary for an ecosystem’s survival. I chose to create art that contained nature’s cycles; both the beauty of life and the beauty of what comes after, putting a greater focus on nature itself over humanity’s impacts on it.

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How does digital surveillance characterize people as data, and what is the impact? Digital surveillance works through recording remotely sensed events as a string of on and off. As of present, there are only two possible states, which by definition, makes all digital technologies discrete (finite level of precision). For instance, digital technology cannot store smooth curves, creating every animate object from polygons. As such, all of my works portray humans as a set of simple polygons. Then, in acrylic works, the polygons were stamped onto canvas board. This is evident of the indirect nature in viewing surveillance—how the human surveyors review footage recorded and stored in a third party. In this work there is a collection of wires covering the faces of the discrete characters, symbolic of how the thoughts of the surveilled are not captured by external surveillance. The work is set up like propaganda, encouraging people to subject themselves to surveillance under the motif that SURVEIL=SAFE.

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Lalala my name is Liz and one thing about me is I love flowers. All the unique shapes, colors and sizes. I aimed to explore​

societal stereotypes in my work that are associated with the meanings placed​

behind different flowers. They've been symbols of various sentiments:​

love, innocence, strength, and even sorrow. I’m drawn to how the beauty of​

flowers reflects both the complexity of these associations and the potential​

for individual interpretation! I've connected these meanings to my own​

experiences, for instance, my feelings of suppressed femininity as a child.

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*I am on Exhibition Team and will be displaying my works in a designated area.

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*I am on Exhibition Team and will be displaying my works in a designated area.

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*I am on Exhibition Team and will be displaying my works in a designated area.

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I designed and constructed garments that mimic Eurasian symbols of rebirth while incorporating traditional historical Eurasian silhouettes to present cultural symbolism and artistry exploration. These symbols drew from nature, mythology, and spiritual beliefs. To the symbols with historical silhouette, to create an ensemble of diverse garments.

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si on another slide

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My portfolio was born out of my passion for biology; I constantly find inspiration in the complex forms of biological organisms that have arisen over millions of years of evolution. I sought to connect the contrasting worlds of biology and art through 3D works which balance scientific accuracy and artistic exploration. Each of my pieces capture a different biological structure, organism, and/or process through literal and metaphorical representations. I revised my designs in my sketchbook using watercolor mockups, supplementing my design process with in-depth biology research. Despite being new to clay, I practiced techniques such as slab building, wheel throwing, and slip trailing to tackle more complex ideas. I experimented with creating physical juxtaposition through materials such as wire, string, recycled metal parts, and living moss. While initially focusing on sculptural pieces, I explored how incorporating functionality could heighten connections to my pieces' biological roots.

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My portfolio was born out of my passion for biology; I constantly find inspiration in the complex forms of biological organisms that have arisen over millions of years of evolution. I sought to connect the contrasting worlds of biology and art through 3D works which balance scientific accuracy and artistic exploration. Each of my pieces capture a different biological structure, organism, and/or process through literal and metaphorical representations. I revised my designs in my sketchbook using watercolor mockups, supplementing my design process with in-depth biology research. Despite being new to clay, I practiced techniques such as slab building, wheel throwing, and slip trailing to tackle more complex ideas. I experimented with creating physical juxtaposition through materials such as wire, string, recycled metal parts, and living moss. While initially focusing on sculptural pieces, I explored how incorporating functionality could heighten connections to my pieces' biological roots.

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My portfolio was born out of my passion for biology; I constantly find inspiration in the complex forms of biological organisms that have arisen over millions of years of evolution. I sought to connect the contrasting worlds of biology and art through 3D works which balance scientific accuracy and artistic exploration. Each of my pieces capture a different biological structure, organism, and/or process through literal and metaphorical representations. I revised my designs in my sketchbook using watercolor mockups, supplementing my design process with in-depth biology research. Despite being new to clay, I practiced techniques such as slab building, wheel throwing, and slip trailing to tackle more complex ideas. I experimented with creating physical juxtaposition through materials such as wire, string, recycled metal parts, and living moss. While initially focusing on sculptural pieces, I explored how incorporating functionality could heighten connections to my pieces' biological roots.

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How have different forms and representations of humans skewed my perception on identity? I’ve always been curious about human behavior—especially how people present themselves differently from who they are inside. Inspired, I looked through museum galleries and opened my eyes to how each artist portrayed humans in different ways,. My SI guided me to manipulate or emphasize certain aspects such as proportion, scale, and balance and allowed me to utilize photography and mixed media art to explore those layers of identity in my own way.

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how do childhood cartoons reflect culture, and what adult significance do they carry? this explores how cartoons shape societal values for young audiences, while examining their deeper, often overlooked meanings that become apparent in adulthood. by juxtaposing the childhood experience of these cartoons with their potential adult relevance, my investigation considers how these shows evolve in significance, impacting both individual development and broader cultural narratives.

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How can I use color and symbolism to explore how prioritizing personal aspirations over the goals of others pushes you to grow as an individual? My work focuses on how I can represent breaking away from the path that peers, friends, and family expect one to take.

Over time, my work evolved to investigate the consequences of choosing yourself such as the resulting guilt or disconnect one may experience. Through the usage of color and symbolism, I depicted the emotions associated with prioritizing personal growth - the relief of leaving an unhealthy relationship, the sadness of investing more time in career/friends/school/extracurriculars than family, and the confusion and chaos of a changing family dynamic. My portfolio primarily uses alcohol markers, acrylic paint, and paint pens to demonstrate my concept. In this particular piece, I incorporate poetry in Dutch to show a complicated relationship between a mother and her daughter.

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I explored nature’s microscopic worlds in both organic and cultivated environments. Since the beginning of my work, I have favored photographing natural scenes. In this portfolio I explore the unexplored, the bits of our world that I too often overlook in my day-to-day life. I focused on details that I found striking and essential to my relationship with nature. This process allowed me to rediscover and fully realize that relationship through texture, contrast, and repetition. These details challenged my previous, surface-level perspective and inspired me to look beyond the obvious.

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Through personal experiences, how can I show the impacts of injuries that go unnoticed when the damage isn't visible on the outside and is present underneath the bodies surface? Throughout my life I have experienced injuries that went overlooked as they weren't apparent on the outside. To show the impact it had on me and my teammates, my SI guided my work through those experiences to represent different ways that the human body can be damaged, and how these impacts can be both physical, mental, & both together. Examples include depression, the impacts of abortion, and scoliosis.

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Throughout this year, I wanted to use graphite and ink to explore how the characters and situations we create in art can be used to express intangible ideas. I wanted to focus on line, contrast, and value to invoke a stronger impact from my work, and work on creating accurate anatomical structures in the people I draw.

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My portfolio was exploring unseen emotions in my art. The shapes and distracting thoughts represent struggles with focus and worrying about uncontrollable factors.

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Displaying how emotions and memories shift through seasonal changes and nature.

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Living in a big city has left me feeling stressed and rushed. Learning how to slow down is crucial for people's well-being. I've noticed that when people see calmness, they often feel it too. Through my photography, I wanted to create calm photography so my viewers would receive a sense of calmness, working as a form of visual therapy. My goal is to capture the nuances of calm by taking time to discover subtle patterns, compositions, and subjects. How can I find peaceful and calming compositions in my own neighborhood, the places around me, or while traveling?

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What is in front of you does not represent the whole situation. The lake is dark, shadowed by the mountain which blocks the light of the early sunrise. Signifying that there is hope around the corner but it my not be visible.

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Through the usage of Mexican traditional art and American pop culture I explore and represent the clash of my ethnicity and my nationality. Growing up with the feeling of living between two worlds, I have learned to embrace the complexities that come with both my culture and my heritage.  Specifically growing up bicultural in America, it has made me look at this "problem" through a different light. Allowing me to show confliction, enrichment, and dynamic outcomes with the usage of clay.  leading me to be able to create pieces of art that represent the complexity and richness of both worlds.

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nostalgia etc

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nostalgia ,etc

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nostaliga etc, all three images are on canvas

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My overarching SI was to explore how it feels to exist in a world in which power is taken, to exist in a world that silences & attacks. Branching out from that, I explored the different ways I cope with feeling powerless, then considered how these coping mechanisms can actually be tools for empowerment. As I processed this, I realised that I have so much more power than I thought I did. I used the contrast between ink and acrylic paint as a tool to show disparity between reality and perceived reality, as how we see the world changes drastically based on how we move through it.

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My SI was to express different insecurities i have and turning them into art to show that they are more than just flaws but Art