Chicago Deep Dish Pizza, 36" x 48", Acrylic on canvas, 2024

Food Treasures

This series is an on-going project I have been working on since 2018. It reflects the anxiety I have experienced as a foreigner living in America and adapting to its culture. In examining this matter, I choose food as the subject because it is not only the essential in our daily life, but also an entry point for foreigner to understand an unfamiliar culture. There paintings deal with the duality of classical Chinese and contemporary American culture, fine art and food, high and low aesthetics by joining Chinese antique porcelain wares with American food in a surrealistic way. The juxtaposition of two cultural references also sets up a subtle and opposite tension of hard(raw)vs soft(cooked), inedible vs tasty, ancient vs modern yet a unitary form which ask: Do the two cultures fight each other or can they merge?

Greasy Cheeseburger, 36" x 48", Acrylic on canvas, 2023

Lasagna - 2, 36" x 48", Acrylic on canvas, 2023

Carry-out Burger, 18" x 22.5", Acrylic on cardboard, 2019

Macaroon, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2018

To-go Burger, 37" x 50" x 5", Acrylic on FedEx package, 2024

Bagel - 1, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2018

Bagel - 2, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2021

Donut, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2021

Deep Dish Pizza - 3, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2021

Fruit Tart, 18" x 24", Watercolor on paper, 2022

Lasagna - 1, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2023

Celadon Macaroon, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2021

Macaroons, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2018

Cracked Macaroon, 17.5" x 23.25", Watercolor on paper, 2025

Broken Oreo, 19" x 24", Watercolor on paper, 2023

Waffles, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2022

Triple Cheeseburger, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2021

Blueberry Muffin, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2021

Fruit Cake, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2018

Ice Cream, 22" x 30", Watercolor on paper, 2018