Selected paintings and sculptures.

"A Stroll Down The North Avenue" was a commentary, documentation and reflection on the scenery of my daily commute of the blocks between Calvert Street to Howard Street on North Avenue in Baltimore, Maryland.  It is also a commentary on gluttony, greed, poverty, narcissism and negligence.  This piece is an experiment to bring forth the subject of a painting into 3 dimension.  As the painting suggested an idea and the setting, the 3 dimensional sculpture of the subject further validates the idea.  Such as the experience of meeting the person portrayed in a photograph in real life.  

The painting was painted with ink on paper.  The sculpture was made with un-recyclable plastic, papier-mache and painted with ink and water color.  It was made in 2019.

"Square Basketball" was made to explore an alternative form of a basketball, the basket hoop, and the backboard.  The work was inspired by children's shape game.  A part of the work was a painting of a basketball player unsure of the user experience of the "Square Basketball" game.  The basketball player was intended to portray LeBron James, an American professional basketball player who was known to be one of the great basketball players.  It suggested that even him would have a hard time with it.  The interactive sculpture encouraged viewers to score a basket during the gallery hours.  "Square Basketball" was exhibited in Current Space, Baltimore Maryland, 2015.

The cube basket ball was made of sewn faux leather and inflatable bladders.  The back board was painted on wood.  The hoop was painted metal.  The painting was painted with Gouche on paper.  

"Banana Melt" was about global warming.  Imagine when the ice melts, how slippery would the floor be?  

The work was installed at Current Space in Baltimore, Maryland, 2015.  

The slippery-floor caution sign was screen printed by myself and James Bouche.  Found banana peel in ice was frozen with a curved top display freezer.

Double Barrel was an exhibition composed of 3 parts.  First part was a group of 4 paintings in frames narrating personal struggles and growth.  Second part was an installation titled, "The Worm".  Third part was an installation titled, "The Human Anatomy".  Double Barrel was a collection of work inspired from pop culture, media consumption, daily routines and social interactions.  

First part, a series of 4 paintings in frames, from Left to Right.  "A Tickle In The Pacific North West" was about the desire to travel to a strange far away place.  The outcome of being in a strange place would be thrilling.  "Self Pong" was about loneliness.  As if one plays pin-pong by oneself.  "Butter Hawk" was illustrating the feeling of helplessness and frustration.  The grimmacing face echoed the summer heat in Baltimore, as a stick of butter melts on ones' head.  "Timing Belt" was about looking inward and finding renewal, enlightenment and peace.  This series was influenced by travel pictures and the art of the indigenous people of the Pacific Northwest.  

Second part, "The Worm".  "The Worm" was a collection of images regurgitated from pop culture, media consumption, and social interactions.  "The Worm" was inspired by a break dancing move as to impress and liven up a party.  These images were compared to the dance move in hopes to brighten up the mood of the viewer.

Third part, "The Human Anatomy".  It is inspired by the traveling exhibition, Body Worlds.  A male and female sihouette was painted to represent both genders.  The imaginary objects fitted inside the sihouettes took on the shapes of human organs and bones.  The groups images around the male and female were imaginations of the productino of the Body Worlds exhibition.  

Double Barrel was installed in Space 1026 in Philadelphia, PA, 2013.  All die-cut installation pieces were painted with latex and acrylic on wood.  Paintings in frames were Gouche on paper.

"Desert Dream" was an installation about personal clash of identity.  The subjects presented in the installation were regurgitations of pop culture and media consumption.  The installation is a self-portrait.  The composition of the installation is in 3 groups.  In the center, a skeleton-rabbit riding a horse symbolized the myself.  To the right hand side were a Godzilla monster and a grouping of images symbolized the pop culture consumption prior of immigration to the United States.  And to the left hand side were Chief Red Cloud, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, etc. symbolized pop culture adopted from living in the U.S..  "Desert Dream" was an experiment on placing floating subjects onto a mural, providing context to the narrative.  

The second part of the installation was "Cat Tongue Race Track".  This piece was about the feeling of inescapable doom.  Regardless of the speed, the mice raced on the cat tongue race tracks.  The work is a personal commentary on delusion of freedom in a capitalistic society, more specifically life in the U.S..  

"Desert Dream" was exhibited in Washington College, Chestertown Maryland, 2012.  All art were painted with latex and acrylic on wood.  

Double Dribble was an installation about personal mythologies.  It was a play to expand existing mythologies and add on invented ones.  The narrative could be read starting from either the left or the right end of the wall.  By focusing on the characters and eliminating the settings of their stories, they were liberated to interact with each other.  The intention was to create a large scale narrative with a mix of various subjects mimicing children's peel-and-stick stickers.  As the attraction of the peel-and-stick stickers were the characters, they could be sticked onto any surface/context, and the audience would recognized and filled in an imaginary setting.  The installation took place in WindUp Space, 2010.   

All of the art were painted with latex and acrylic on wood.

"Human Pinball" was an interactive game mimicking a combination of the table pinball machine and the hand held water hoop games.  Participants used the green peddles resembling the pinball flippers and paddled the balloons into the basketball hoops.  A fan installed on the ceiling created gusts of wind blowing the balloons off of its course.  The fan was remote controlled by the spectators by two switches mounted on pedestals facing the installation.  It was a collaboration project of Michael Benevento and myself.   "Human Pinball" was created for the Sondheim Semi Finalist Exhibition at the Meyerhoff Gallery of Maryland Institute College of Art in 2011.  All art were painted with latex paint on wood.

"Bingo" was a reacreation of the game Bingo.  It was a collaboration project of Michael Benevento and myself.  "Bingo" took place in the summer of 2012, at Current Space, Baltimore Maryland.  All prizes were donated by local businesses.  All art were made with found wood and painted with latex house paint.  All of the Bingo cards were designed and contributed by local artists screen printed by John Bohl and myself.  

"Mole Balls" was created in collaboration with Michael Benevento in Baltimore, Maryland 2010~2011.  It was a life sized participatory game inspired by Whack-A-Mole.  2 teams of participants took turns to be the "whackers" and the "moles".  The "moles" wore the mole helmets which was covered with the loop side of the velcro.  They would hide behind the up-right large cut out characters.  The "whackers" would sit on a cylinder spinning platform and throw velcro balls aimed at the mole helmets.  The scores were counted at the end of each timed rounds based on how many balls were collected from the mole helmets.  

All images were painted with latex, acrylic, and glow in the dark paint.  All structures were made with wood.  Helmets were made from painted Greatstuff Foam.  

"Human Foosball" was created in collaboration with Michael Benevento. 12 participants.  6 people per a team.  Team members interlock arms to form a unit, they would face the opposing team .  First two rows of 3 players on each team faced each other.  Second rows of 2 players on each team faced the goalie.  Third row of 1 goalie faced the opposing team players.   The game was accompanied with sound effects and play by play live announcement.   The project was made of:  PVC pipes, inflatable beach ball in sewn cloth, sewn seat belt as harness, latex house paint on found wood.