Studio Projects

In this piece, is image of myself that is overlapped with a collage of many important people and places in my life. I feel that a lot of who I am is influenced by my community and those around me… Continue Reading →

My identity based off society. Since I am Asian, I must be Chinese by default. Since I am Asian, I must have covid and I must be to blame for covid. Since I am Asian, I can be sexualized like kpop idols. Since I am Asian, that must be all that I am. In reality I am just a regular guy that is tired of this bullshit and just likes to lift weights and go fishing.

This piece shows two of the main struggles a student such as myself faces when trying to progress in academics. Its all a tightrope walk to graduation all while thoughts about increasing sums of loans and social aspects of life make it extremely hard to walk that rope, and in many cases we fall. The question is how many times do we fall and finally decide its time to give up.

Who am I? My name is Tia, using this picture along with specific identifications to myself. My identify follows, my sexuality, my orientation regarding my ethnic and where I originate from. My love of the moon, and my zodiac sign. Along with my love of plants and flower tattoos, and my dachshund dogs. Breaking myself into these simple categories seems enough give a basic understanding of who I am as an individual.

Here I’ve hand painted a canvas with various colors representing the moods and emotions that were prevalent in my life during quarantine, the colors are brashly blended together painting a mental picture of emotions fighting for the spotlight, I’ve also… Continue Reading →

Comic books have always played a huge role in my life. Growing up me and my brothers would read them with each other for hours on end, and I always would picture myself at the center of the story. For… Continue Reading →