Born in Beijing, Yiyi Wang is New York based interior designer and freelance artist. She received Bachelor of Interior Design degree from Pratt Institute.
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Time travels from the past to the present; it spans the past, present, and future. Likewise, space covers hundreds and thousands of realms; it spreads across all directions. In fact, not only is space without bounds, time is also endless and cannot be measured. However, we all confine ourselves to our own limited slice of time and space. If we penetrate the ultimate truth of time and space, we can be liberated from the space defined by the four directions of north, east, south, and west and emerge from the time cocoon of seconds, minutes, days, and months. We then will be in the dimension of total freedom.
The Universe-Time, 2019, Alcohol Ink, 30 in x 36 in
The Universe-Space, 2019, Alcohol Ink, 30 in x 36 in
Website: maximage.org
Fringe
“Fringe ” is a study of my hometown’s (Taiyuan, Shanxi) reconstruction projects, where Max contemplates his struggles with identifying Chinese traditional and economic-driven values. Through the scenes of landscapes blurred by camera movements, Max strives to document dubious concerns toward such harsh urbanization.
Webson Ji is an international-award winning artist using art works as a platform to share his opinions. The exploration of the essence of materiality is the driving force throughout Ji's artist career. He tries to combine the characteristics of materials with his ideas while illuminating his critical point of view. His background of being a competitive swimmer during his youth also contributes to his viewpoints surrounding the element of water. Since he was born and raised in the Eastern part of the world, Ji is inspired by his Eastern Culture.
website: websonji.com
Water is a vision to me.
Initially, I was working on the still state of the water, the capture of the rain, the moment water ripples and flows. I focused on the meditative perspective of seeing such a malleable material. Water is like a self-exploration of myself. It is about diving into the unknown. To run. To roar. To blast.
Water can flow, or it can crash.
Trace, 2018, Pastel and Shell, Dimensions variable
Trace, 2018, Pastel and Shell, Dimensions variable
Cindy Chen received a BFA in interior design from Pratt Institute.
During winter on my way to Beijing. The lake is frozen, and there is a chimney far away. The train is moving very fast toward the opposite direction from the wind and everything flash across my thought.
In the train, 2018, Color Film Photography, 16 in x 24 in
Elaine He is a New York based photographer and visual artist who works in the media company and cultural institution. Her work includes fashion cultural events, high-end still life, interior both photos and videos. She has gained an MFA in Digital Art at Pratt Institute, 2016; and a BA at North China Institute of Aerospace Engineering, 2014. Her work Applloo has been exhibted in One Art Space, New York City and Myrtle Gallery, Brooklyn. Her photography works has been published on ARTNEWS and China Press.
Applloo Phase Two
Phase II is the expression of my imagination/fantasy of the intimate relationship. The boundary will appear when viewers start excluding themselves from the emotional connection between viewers and this series. By using apple as a metaphor, I can easily use the simple still life to depict a complicated, abstract and unspeakable image.
Applloo Phase II, 2016, Photograph, 20 in x 20 in
Applloo Phase II, 2016, Photograph, 20 in x 20 in
Hoa Ton received a BFA in interior design from Pratt Institute.
Drawing on the concept of constant change and adaptation explored in Ceric Price’s Fun Palace, where space operates as an environment where users shape their own experience and the notion of contingency as an open of possibilities in which the junction point lead to multiples results. I am interested in the phenomenon of how the mutable density of the human inhabitation of space can contribute to how the space being changed through time. In this way, the space becomes a network that measures and record the human interaction.
The idea of the market, a public space that celebrates public exchanges, such as vendor exchange, performance, or simply transitioning from one place to another. These distinctive variables correspond to the different programs within the market. Using the model of a Farmer’s market, this site will function through a means of offering a spatial network, where one could witness the constant change of human landscape that lead to the change of density of a space. As a contingent space, it will offer the consumer an opportunity for constant exploration and discovery.
Elvin Xingyu Ou is a New York-based multidisciplinary creative technologist. He graduated from Pratt Institute with a BFA in Interior Design and is currently pursuing a master degree in Interactive Telecommunications Program at Tisch School of Art, New York University.
The work “24/7“ is to explore the notion of self through the perception of time.
It is an installation that is composed of two sets of 7 standing alone devices that represent strokes of the Chinese character “self“ and "you". Each set of the 7 devices mimics the progression of time in the way that each stroke will be rotating with a central axis like clock needles. All "strokes" are placed in a way to be perceived separately as the word “self“ every 60 seconds/ 1 minute and the word “you“ every 60 minutes/ 1 hour.
24/7, 2019, Mixed Media, 33 in x 18 in x 18 in
24/7, 2019, Mixed Media, 33 in x 18 in x 18 in
Dayu Ouyang received a BFA in interior design from Pratt Institute.
Website: dayuouyang.com
Empty your mind, be formless. Shapeless, like water. If you put water into a cup, it becomes the cup. You put water into a bottle and it becomes the bottle. You put it in a teapot, it becomes the teapot. Now, water can flow or it can crash. Be water, my friend.” -Bruce Lee
Water, 2018, Digital Print On Fabric, 20 in x 20 in
Shuang Liang(1989) is a Chinese artist who creates public sculptural installations involving methods of psychology, sociology, and study of manufacturing. Liang earned his degree from Central Academy of Fine Arts, Beijing, and Harvard University, Cambridge. His solo exhibition Ouroboros recently exhibited at Kirkland Gallery, and Harvard Yard, Cambridge.
This project of monochrome silkscreen prints is an reclaiming of the recycle packages:
When logistic tracking informations erased in the print making process, the body of the paper-made consumers deconstructed their functionalities into the time-sensitive resources on the dark room.
Maxwell Chen is a New York-based multidisciplinary spatial designer. He graduated with a BFA Interior Design degree from Pratt Institute and is currently pursuing a Master of Architecture at Columbia University. Originally from Taipei, Taiwan, he is interested in the shift in cultural representations through time and space, mixing the old and the new, the traditional and the contemporary, into a story of spatial and cultural representations of Chinatown.
Urban Shan Shui
48”x 72”on fabric
Shan-Shui painting is a traditional representation of landscapes that were usually a projection of the imaginary. In a contemporary context, where time has shifted and culture has migrated, Chinatown of Manhattan has been developing and changing along with the city since the 1850s. “Urban Shan Shui” is a drawing done for a proposed cultural center in Chinatown where contemporary issues are being discussed through culture. The drawing itself challenges the clinging of traditions and openness to western culture.
*disclaimer: the project has no association with the logos used in the drawing.
Calendar Floor Plans
18”x24”
Floor plan is a very representational and graphic way of understanding an aspect of a space. Chinese characters, similarly, are graphics that carry certain essential meanings. “Calendar Floor Plan” is a series of drawings done for the proposed project of cultural center in Chinatown. The drawings ask how to draw events that becomes easily understandable while producing culture through graphic representations. The series takes a traditional, everyday object —calendar—and redesigned it as a directory in a public, contemporary setting.
Qing is an interior designer graduate from Pratt Institute and currently living in New York, she is originally from Shenzhen, China. As a creative professional, She has always had an interest in space planning and photography. Qing thinks design is a form of communication, an encouragement of experience and interaction, and a response to people’s ever-changing needs.
This project use street photography as a means to document the world around and seeing ordinary things as extraordinary. This black and white film photography taken in New York shows an “artist” painting the city, restlessly and silently covering up the little cracks in the walls and streets.
Cover Up, 2017, Black and White Film Photography, 11 in x 16 in
Junchao Yang received a Master of Science in Advanced Architecture Design degree from Columbia University and a Bachelor of Architecture degree from Huazhong University of Science and Technology. Through his exploration of technology, he finds his interest in the various ways of recreation of the common object and modern representation of traditional narratives.
Composition 017 is a series of experimental representation of a three-dimension phoenix.
Composition 017a is a capture of motion as it is rising from mist and river. It is ideation of unified contradictory; while Composition 017c is a more technical shot of this creature.
The design of the Phoenix is developed from an aggregation of the variation of a simple motif. The freeform surface and rational structure harmonize in this motif, showcasing a sense of both chaos and order.
The three-dimensional combination of the motif deconstructs the anatomy of the Phoenix and create a different level of complexity and consistency.
While we design this enormous composition in three-dimension, we use an isometric projection of this piece to capture the momentum of this gigantic creature while keeping an oppressing but solemn still.
The juxtaposition of modern representation technique and traditional figure give this composition a dichotomous harmony.
Composition17a, Digital Art, 30 in x 30 in
Composition17c, Digital Art, 36 in x 24 in
Yongqi Liu is a fashion photographer residing in New York City. He brings a clear and detailed perspective to his work, demonstrated through the projects he leads. As a freelance photographer of many photography platforms, he has worked with many artists, brands, and magazines. He is a contributor to Getty Images, NYFW, L'Officiel, and Vogue Italia. His work was featured in Vogue, Harper's Bazaar, SCHÖN, Cosmopolitan, WWD, etc.
Instagram: ivanliu_
More than ten years of practicing both traditional Chinese and western percussion instruments, the opportunity opened for him to join the orchestra and he has become an award-winning performer. This expression and experience of musical art started him thinking about the differences between eastern and western culture and endeavored to combine ancient Chinese elements and western culture. This was the motivational key to combine the two cultures into his photography work.
Yuxian He is a fashion and fine art photographer currently living in Chicago. Born in Beijing and soon graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, he has worked with many top industry professionals and clients. As a NYFW veteran, his fashion editorial work was featured in Harper's Bazaar, À PART, and L'Officiel.
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