My practice is rooted in the fluidity between memory, imagination and experience, examining how a sense of identity and belonging is constructed, particularly within the context of migration. My work spans various mediums and processes, while physical space takes a crucial role in the content. The form and sometimes the narrative of the work shift in response to these environments, making space itself an active participant in my process. Although I do not consider myself a painter, my practice often discusses the possibility of paintings/images and what the medium implies and contains.

 

In the early years of my practice, I used to probe into socio-political issues — from freedom and xenophobia to the lingering shadows of recolonization. As a Hong Kong-born artist living in the Netherlands, I am always sensitive to themes of identity. Over time, my diasporic experience has driven me to confront deeper questions of hometown and cultural context. My work seeks to dismantle ahistorical narratives surrounding ethnic identity, delving into how visuals can shape, reflect, and challenge notions of self. It is also about emotional memory and ‘Otherness.’ I employ a language of images/patterns—those in the spaces of childhood and the broader imaginings of collective memory. They have become visual fragments, intervening in the space between pictural and physical. I further question how these fragments — the seen, the remembered, the imagined — can come together to articulate identity, to carve out a sense of home, or even to disrupt it.