As an interdisciplinary artist and art educator, my art explores the terrains of transition in different levels – politically, economically, physically, temporally, culturally, linguistically, emotionally, and spiritually. As I immigrated to the United States in my late teen years, the abrupt loss of the communities and the process of re-positioning in a new country opened my perspective about my selfhood and the others.

The nature of transition is monumental; each change marks a transformation; a transition also displays a sense of vulnerability, as one must step out from familiarity into unfamiliarity; a transition is to become and evolve, perhaps in an unexpected momentum; a transition marks an experience of transcendence – that one moves away from the past being to a new level of being. This process of transition, transformation, and transcendence is reflected by the use of cutting in my art-making. The act of cutting embodies the idea of disruption that might lead to a sudden displacement but also serve as an indication of a new beginning. Through putting together the cut pieces, the colleges of my artwork also display my conditions as an individual, artist and art educator at the same time. My life is a college that is composed of art-making, teaching, and collaborating with diverse communities.