The Sexuality Issue: Art Roundup

Each issue we feature some of our readers to highlight the diversity and stories of Asian women around the world. Here are these issue’s ladies!

Artist: Delphine Chang
Personal IG: @delphinenais
Company IG: @shopalrescha
Pieces (L to R): ‘Plant Babes’ (hand drawing), Hand drawn assortment, ‘Block Form’ (acrylic on canvas)

Artist: Reeti Roy
Piece: “Elephants”
Medium: Mixed Media
Artist’s Note: “The elephants in the middle are a cutout from the newspaper and the elephants in the side are drawn by me. I used chart paper, colour pastels and watercolour to paint. Circa 2003.”

Artist: Nancy Thepmanivong // IG: @nancyt_art
Piece: “Something Intimate” series
Medium: Digital

Artist: Lizz Vo // IG: @lizzvo
Piece: “Not Your China Doll”
Medium: paper

Artist: Annie Lu
Piece: "Alice Down the DigitHole"
Medium: Photography
Artist’s note: ““But if I'm not the same, the next question is 'Who in the world am I?' Ah, that's the great puzzle!” Ongoing series taken by Annie Lu (editor of @how2bebadzine), where the body is performance art and sexuality is the red & cyan filter through which the viewer sees in 3D.”

Artist: Vania Djelani // IG: @vaniiid
Pieces (L to R): “Tenacious Grip (2019)”, “(un)covered (2019)”
Medium: Embroidery. 8x6 cm., Woodcut print. 20.32 x22.86 cm.
Artist’s note: “As an artist and writer based in Tiohtiá:ke, or Montreal, Vania Djelani explores the ways in which materiality can be manipulated to construct a sense of identity, in exploring subjects like race, class and gender. Through a series of portrait studies, her artistic practice often draws on personal relationships and its influence on self-reflection. In dealing with familial narratives, memory and loss, the bodies seen in her works appear passive and self-conscious. With attention drawn to the gaze and the grip, her use of vivid colours and floral motifs add to the dreamlike quality of her pieces. By exploring a variety of mediums, Djelani attempts to preserve and materialize these fleeting impressions, as they get woven into our identities.”