Neither, Nor

This body of sculptural ceramics explores identity, belonging, and inheritance through the lens of second-generation Chinese diaspora experience. Living between cultures creates a space that is neither singular nor fixed - where memory, displacement, resilience, and transformation exist simultaneously.

Each piece is handbuilt through slow, intuitive processes that embrace excavation, rupture, repair, and erosion. Some are carved using the Japanese kurinuki technique, where form emerges through the deliberate removal of clay - a reflection of absence and what remains. Others bear fractured surfaces rejoined with metal staples, referencing Ju Ci, the ancient Chinese practice of repairing broken ceramics. Rather than concealing damage, these repairs treat fracture as part of an object's history, letting brokenness and wholeness coexist.

The forms lean, distort, and shift away from familiar vessels - their layered surfaces and rugged textures speak of weathering, migration, and adaptation, the accumulation of lived experience settling into shape.

Together, these works consider how identity is shaped across generations - through what is inherited, what is lost, and what is remade. They reflect the ongoing negotiation of belonging that comes with existing between cultures.