In honor of the United States’ 250th anniversary, the McAninch Art Center and Cleve Carney Museum of Art, in association with the College of DuPage Foundation, present Walking With Giants. Exhibition opens until October 2026.

Career Narrative

I am a visual artist based in Naperville, Illinois. Born in Canton, China, and raised in Chicago's Chinatown, my early experiences as an immigrant shaped how I observe and understand the world. Drawing became a natural way to explore my surroundings, communicate ideas, and make sense of unfamiliar experiences.

My artistic journey has taken me through illustration, publishing, painting, drawing, public art, and museum exhibitions. Years of working across different disciplines have developed a broad understanding of visual language, composition, and technique. That experience now provides the freedom to explore ideas beyond established styles and conventions.

Curiosity and critical thinking are central to my creative process. Rarely beginning with a fixed outcome, each work develops through experimentation, questioning, and discovery. I am interested in the relationship between representation and abstraction, personal experience and collective memory, and the many ways images can communicate meaning.

Some of my work explores history, immigration, and cultural identity. Other work is driven by the possibilities of form, structure, and imagination. While these directions may appear different, they share a common desire to question familiar ways of seeing and discover new possibilities.

What continues to inspire me is the freedom to explore. Art is not simply about demonstrating what I know, but challenging what I think I know. The goal is to create work that invites curiosity, encourages interpretation, and opens possibilities beyond my own intentions.