Thank you @generationt_asia for your recognition of Asia’s “Leaders of Tomorrow” for 2021. I’m honoured to be a part of this list and encouraged even more to create art that tell stories through an Asian lens. I hope to be able to do this for as long as I can lift a brush/basketball/teabag/matchstick/coffee cup or whatever comes my way. My hope is that the projects I’ve worked on will help inspire and map a path for aspiring creatives out there – especially Asian female creatives. I believe that art can make a difference, and that artists have the superpower of presenting a subject and helping people to feel it emotionally and physically, and ultimately to turn thinking into doing.
Big hugs to @tatlerasia for believing in artists and creatives across Asia.
[ps: very special to be sharing this moment with @annicelyn who made the list too! Here’s a photo of us and how we first met: we both coincidentally displayed our works (her photos, my paintings) in the same space last July at Zhongshan Building. Since then, we’ve combined forces to work on a few projects and we look forward to doing more together…and with other fellow creatives too!] #generationtasia
