-What and who has inspired you the most in your artistic career?

Before I went to The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, I studied oil painting with
Rebecca Alex at San Mateo City College. I was overly proud of myself and signed up
her Level Two class. The first day of class, Rebecca told me to drop Level Two and to
enroll her Level One, after she saw my artwork. She pointed out that I did not have
enough foundation. To this day I owe her a thank to her honesty and being the first
artist to help me building my skills. Our final project for our class was to study a master
painting and apply the style to create a new painting. That semester, I studied Gerhard
Richter’s “Reader” and painted “Prince of Monte Carlo”. I named my painting
“Temptation” originally. I renamed it to “Prince of Monte Carlo” years later. Gerhard
Richter’s “Reader” was relocated to San Francisco Museum of Modern Art right before I
went to Chicago. I remember that I sit in front of that painting for at least half an hour,
admiring and feeling astonished. I was thinking, “How could such beautiful painting
being created!”.

-Every true artist is also a revolutionary against power. Do you think there is still room
today to express one’s revolution through art?

I was a study nerdy girl, when I was young. I found that boys usually look down at
nerdy girls. Maybe we can do something about it?

-We live in a world where, unfortunately, war still exists. Do you believe that if there
were more dissemination of art through the media and social networks, the world would
be a more peaceful place?

Love is the antidote. Art is one form of Love.

–Are you working on a new project/. If so, can you give us a sneak peek?

I just finished writing a new animation short script. The title is “Horse Ride”. It is about
how Dork Girl conquers her fear toward riding a horse.