I was born in New Jersey. When I was 4, I moved back to my home country, Malaysia, with my family. I stayed there for 9 years, and then I came back to the U.S. During those 9 years in Malaysia, I had been in art classes where I learned how to draw, color and paint. Not only have I learned art from art classes, I have also learned art from my brother because he has an amazing talent in art. I mostly sketch people in my sketchbooks or loose leaves. I like to listen to music while doing art because that is what inspires me.

The theme for my collage is difference and dualities. In my collage, I painted the background black and white, which represents Yin and Yang. And then, I used pictures to transfer them to Bristol board, and put them together to show the difference of the original picture and the transfer. I chose “Difference and dualities” as my theme because I feel that there is a lot of difference in this world. Empty streets vs. crowded streets, rich and poor, happy vs. sad etc. By putting differences together and comparing them, we can see and learn things from them. I think that this topic should be brought up more.