1:52pm, 2024, oil on wood panel, 12x12" - This painting depicts my dad at the kitchen table. After immigrating to Canada and starting anew, my parents have established a sense of belonging by holding onto more.

1:52pm, 2024, oil on wood panel, 12x12" - This painting depicts my dad at the kitchen table. After immigrating to Canada and starting anew, my parents have established a sense of belonging by holding onto more.

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16”

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16”

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16”

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16”

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16”

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16”

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16” - This series utilizes the visual representation of a fish in different environments to portray my parents’ shared experience as new immigrants in Canada.

Fish Out of Water, 2024, oil paint, coloured pencil, and paper media on wood panel, 20x16” - This series utilizes the visual representation of a fish in different environments to portray my parents’ shared experience as new immigrants in Canada.

Comfort Food, 2018, oil & embroidery thread on canvas, 40x46”

Comfort Food, 2018, oil & embroidery thread on canvas, 40x46”

Let’s Eat (食飯), 2018, rice, rice paper with food colouring, glue, 6x 6x 5.5”

Let’s Eat (食飯), 2018, rice, rice paper with food colouring, glue, 6x 6x 5.5”

Seaweed Porcelain, 2019, roasted seaweed, rice, sesame seeds, glue, 4x4x1.5" each

Seaweed Porcelain, 2019, roasted seaweed, rice, sesame seeds, glue, 4x4x1.5" each

Let’s Eat (食飯), 2018, rice, rice paper with food colouring, glue, 6x 6x 5.5”

Let’s Eat (食飯), 2018, rice, rice paper with food colouring, glue, 6x 6x 5.5”

Knotted, 2020, charcoal & conté on paper, 22x30”

Knotted, 2020, charcoal & conté on paper, 22x30”

Here and There, 2021, acrylic ink on paper, 22x30"

Here and There, 2021, acrylic ink on paper, 22x30"

Knotted, 2020, charcoal & conté on paper, 22x30”

Knotted, 2020, charcoal & conté on paper, 22x30”

'1979', 2021, oil on hardboard, 20x24"

'1979', 2021, oil on hardboard, 20x24"

'1979', 2021, oil on hardboard, 20x24" - These paintings depict the experience of Vietnamese boat people. The title 1979 refers to the year my father left Vietnam on a boat.

'1979', 2021, oil on hardboard, 20x24" - These paintings depict the experience of Vietnamese boat people. The title 1979 refers to the year my father left Vietnam on a boat.