In the project, I combine the medium of photography and sculptures to create both photographic and sculptural assemblage. I use fleshy Sculpey clay to build up altered and fragmented bodies as my subjects, aiming to create a dialogue between the ambiguous nature of the objects and the space depicted in photographs- photography is the pictorial representation of mental states.
In the project, I combine the medium of photography and sculptures to create both photographic and sculptural assemblage. I use fleshy Sculpey clay to build up altered and fragmented bodies as my subjects, aiming to create a dialogue between the ambiguous nature of the objects and the space depicted in photographs- photography is the pictorial representation of mental states.
A cactus
in the Chimney
Project Description
BIO
Yi Hsuan Lai (b,1988) is a visual artist from Taiwan and works in New York. She has recently completed her MFA from School of Visual Arts in Photography, Video and Related media. Her past background in graphic design and documentary for theatre established her art process through performance, staged self-portraiture, installation, and sculpture-based photography. Her oeuvre explores the multi-layers of self as well as the experiment of the representation of sensation through physical materiality used to build up imagination of her mind.
Her work has been shown in Anonymous Town SPRING/BREAK Art Show (2020, New York), In visible space in Here Art (2020, New York), Body language in Deer studio (2020, New York), WONDER FOTO Day (2019, Taiwan), Break a leg in Photo emphasis Suger gallery(2019, Fayetteville). She has been the recipient of SVA alumni scholarship award (2020), SVA scheimpflug Award (2020), SVA MFA Photo Alice Beck-Odette scholarship (2020, 2019, 2018).
Contact Info
mail: ylai8@sva.edu phone: 702-217-6065 instagram: flaneur_shan