One Day, The Sun Won’t Be Wounded.

One Day, The Sun Won’t Be Wounded. is my senior thesis for my BFA in Illustration at Parsons School of Design.

It is the result of my exploration of queerness and transness through Chinese history, opera, folktales, mythology, deities, my family history, and my journey towards getting to know myself better.

It’s an in progress series of digitally illustrated, hand-lettered poems (each 10” x 24”) about Guanyin, the bodhisattva of compassion, and their gender-expansive selves throughout the centuries; about figuring out my own transness and seeing proof that those like me have always existed; about my maternal grandma’s past in Cantonese opera; about having to hide my true self away from those who won’t accept me; about knowing that we sow the seeds for generations to come; and about choosing love.

It is meant to be either compiled in a long form scroll book, or hung together as an installation.

Awards + Exhibitions

2022 - BFA Illustration Senior Showcase, Parsons School of Design, NY
2022 - The Fool Volk Showcase, La Mama Galleria, NY

2023 - Asian Americana: Comfort, The Brick Aux Gallery, NY
2023 - Honorable Mention, 3x3 International Illustration Show #20: Student Show
2025 - The Truth As I See It, Flushing Town Hall, NY

Press + Publications

2023 - CantoCutie Vol. 06, Feature
2025 - AICA E-Magazine Issue #15, Feature