FILL IN THE BLANK: I AM

SHOW STATEMENT

Fill in the Blank: I am ______.

Over the past year and a half, we have been able to have time to contemplate. Time to do and try new things, time to revisit the past, time to think about who we are and who we want to be. The blank sits at the end of this sentence as a parallel to the end of this journey that we have all endured. It exists as a place for us to hold space for the people that we have become and our continuing ability to grow.

We invite you to explore how you will fill in this blank. As we come back into some semblance of normal, who are we? What do we intend to do? And when given a space to answer those questions, how do we respond? We invite you to explore yourself, whether you have changed or stayed the same or whether you have done something new.


We would like to thank all the participants in this exhibition for their hard work on their projects.

Ainsleigh Douglas – Senior – PsychoAutomata
Alyssa Zhu – Senior – Let it be. ( 顺其自然 )
Clinton Van Arnam – Senior – Windows
Delaney Kough – Senior – Leaving the Nest
Floria Huang and Julie Kim – Senior – Hello and Goodbye
Gwydion Brain – Senior – Macrophases
Hua Chai – Senior – Dimsum Dodgeball
Lauren Leung Cramer – Senior – Rose-Colored Smoke
Kaize Xie – Senior – Dora’s Firefly
Min Li – Senior – a calm pig.
Natalee Decker – Senior – Crip Fantasy

Anne-Fatima Syed – Junior – Chaand ka Gaan
Anubha Gupta – Junior – Carving Party
Christine Kao – Junior – Those Found and Met at the Birthplace of Los Angeles, Olvera Street
Ella Roze Bandouveris – Junior – I Am Older Now
Henry Barbera – Junior – Have You Met Someone Yet?
Joseph Hernandez Torrejon – Junior – SURROUNDING THE BEAUTIFUL GAME
Joy Chen – Junior – How to Dissociate
Joy Yang – Junior – These Ethereal Feelings
Kai Lavey – Junior – Yesterday Was Another Outfit
Qiao Li – Junior – Self-Reconciliaton
Rachel Kim – Junior – Detour
Urna Bajrachrya – Junior – You are Color
Vivian Nguyen – Junior – Creative Pressure

Aileen Oh – Sophomore – Swings
Amie Xu – Sophomore – Adventures on the Bonsai Tree
Joanna Chen – Sophomore – WHAT DOES HOME MEAN TO YOU
Miglè Railaitè – Sophomore – Cultural Heritage
Yichen Pan – Sophomore – Do Re Mi
Yifei Sun – Sophomore – A Window

Lysander Xu – First-Year – Out of My Depth
Shiyun Luo – First-Year – Drowning
Yaozheng Song – First Year – I’m Levitating

We would also like to thank the students, faculty and staff that have helped make this exhibition a reality. Alex Wu, Brenda Williams, Chandler McWilliams, Charles Tran, Christine Kao, Henri Lucas, Hera Song, Isabella Perez, Israel Gutierrez, Jiyeon Han, Jonathan Cecil, Joy Chen, Joy Yang, Lauren Leung Cramer, Maya Lu, Rachel Kim, and Wiley Wiggins.