2025 Submissions
The Heart To Serve
Inspired by a segment from the prayer that is said daily in my school, my art displays what I believe having the heart to serve would look like.
My contorted madness
Welcome to ’My Contorted Madness,’ a surrealistic exploration of my inner world.
Threads of Hope, Tapestry of Struggle
This artwork shows the struggles of a teenage immigrant who arrives in the U.S. with hopes of a better life, only to face the harsh reality of poverty and exclusion.
In the Quiet of the Forest
This painting explores the theme of solitude and inner peace found in nature.
Crushed Underfoot
I have been focusing on the relationship between human interactions and spaces.
Soulless Lantern
This artwork was made in inspiration of a weapon from a video game that I tweaked to better fit what I was looking for.
New Warmth
This piece was created for my AP Photography class where I am experimenting with mixed media.
Ông Ngoai (Grandfather)
This is a drawing I made of my Grandfather while visiting him in the hospital.
Carousel of Life
This piece conveys the inevitable, yet beautiful passage of time from childhood to adulthood, innocence to maturity.
Escape Within Me
My artwork is a self-portrait exploring the theme of restraint, shaped by my childhood as an introvert in a family and culture where children were expected to be neither seen nor heard.
Splash Pine
I made this painting in my Art class for an inspirational Artist, in my case I chose Bob Ross.
Columbine’s Freedom
Columbine flowers represent freedom. Using a play on the words, ”bed of flowers,” I wanted to convey escaping from reality through the act of sleep.
Paper Figurines
A girl sitting on a chair while a creepy paper figurines stand behind her and help her to do make up.
He Who Is No King
This piece is a digital drawing of an OC of mine. He is a part of a bigger series me and my friends are creating and I wanted to depict him in a very simplistic way.
Prey Animal
In this artwork, I explored something that I hold a very close and complicated connection to, which I have struggled with grasping since birth: girlhood and the possession of a female body.
Chum in the Water
I wanted to create a piece that reflected vulnerability and sharing intimate experiences with the public eye.
chilly and cool mountains
When I was younger I would like to go on trails and explore the nature and I would watch little Mr beast’s videos on where he would do challenges to climb up mountains and stuff like that so that was one thing that I used to like to enjoy and do when I was younger.