“I explore love in my work. Love is what matters — love for each other and the love that we pour into the art we feel compelled to share. We…
“Intimacy is important in my artworks. And not only intimacy between the audience and the artworks, but also between myself and the material. Some artists spend 15 years studying colour.…
“I think when I started working with plants I did use them as metaphors. But as you probably can sense, as I learned more about their life, I’m trying to…
“At that time in the village, if you dared to come out, you would be scolded by the whole family and could not live there anymore. I would love to…
“Every time Tee (a transgender woman won a transgender beauty competition) came to visit at our house, my heart would beat hard. I remember wishing to be beautiful like her.…
“My intention was to capture what happened in the parks, so I was not a real ‘voyeur’ like them, but I think, in a way, the act of taking photographs…
“Handling the most important problem that you need to face and solve now is the most accurate and powerful creation. Honesty is crucial. Point to the core and don’t dodge.…
“Taking down to street level this time, I wanted to focus in close on some of the endless layers of conflict that has us all bound together… Always locked in,…
“I think everyone, regardless of gender or appearance, should be free to be as soft or as hard as they like. I personally am a very romantic person and paint…
