My artworks explore the complex and sophisticated material forms that can be achieved with the humble material of paper. I was heavily inspired by the thoughts of Chinese philosopher Lao Tzu “the sky and man are one” and Liu Xie’s interpretation of Lao Tzu’s work. Lao Tzu believes that man and nature are one
entity, and one should not think that as humans, we are separated from nature. While Liu Xie pushes these ideas further by expressing that all things have their “marks”, the pattern of nature is no different from the writing of scriptures; both creations are of different entities. Western art tends to emphasis the one-way process by that artists create art. I want to challenge this by exploring how art and artist are “created” together.
By combining these two philosophies, my work seeks to explore the “marks” of
paper and the relationship between the artist (man), paper (the object and mark), as well as nature. My work seeks to explore the potential of paper to its limits and, in the process, create “marks” that demonstrate that art and artist are one.

By folding, car crushing, sunbathing, dribbling, sprinkling ink on paper, and so on, day after day, repeated again and again, countess times through the creation process. The result is a creation of these “marks”. The recording of these very natural, haphazard, and textured lines, patterns, and colours both mark the potential physicality of paper and the marks of me, the artist, in creating them.
Thus like Lao Tzu’s thoughts, my art becomes an extension of me, and me an extension of my art. I am one with my art. My work helps the viewer understand
my ideas and thoughts, and simultaneously I help viewers appreciate my work.
Ultimately the beauty also lies in the fact that my works on appearance feel like there is no human intervention, seemingly a product of nature. Highlighting Liu Xie’s ideas that nature is not just flora and fauna but everything around us.

In order to achieve my intention, in creating these works, I made full use of the
power and methods of nature. I tried various intervention methods according to the characteristics of the paper. For example, in one of the works, soil dug out from my back garden was added with water to make mud and smeared on the paper. After drying, the mud naturally fell off, leaving colours and traces on the
paper, the colours marking the paper highlight the documentative property of the
paper. My work is partially wall-mounted and an installation in itself, being able to be displayed in various ways and flexible sizes as a material, as well as arranged in a sculptural form. Adding the effect of light also plays a crucial role in creating the
atmosphere of my work.
I have a strong expectation and curiosity about the unexpected results of different behaviours, different ways, and different tools on materials, with
interest in the effects of unintentional contingencies. These may be my motivation for creating these paper works.