![]() | Crystal (Xiaojing) Wang: BFA Exhibition 2025Jo Farb Hernandez Gallery, 10/21/2025–10/23/2025Advisor: Shaun O'Dell | ||
Artist's Statement
My work explores the relationship between humanity and nature through a diverse range of media, including acrylic figure paintings, landscapes, still lifes, abstract compositions, black-and-white sketches, children's picture-book illustrations, and a 3D design project. In addition, my series The Twenty-Four Solar Terms–a set of colored-pencil works inspired by traditional Chinese culture–celebrates the rhythm of the natural world and the wisdom embedded in seasonal change.
Across these varied forms, my work reflects a continuous observation of life and an ongoing dialogue between Eastern and Western aesthetics. Through the body, I examine emotion, vulnerability, and strength; through the landscape, I trace the harmony and tension between humans and their environment. The still lifes and abstract works serve as meditations on perception–how color, form, and light can express inner movement beyond representation.
By combining traditional techniques with contemporary sensibilities, I seek to build a bridge between cultures, between reality and imagination. My art is ultimately an exploration of coexistence: how human emotion, natural rhythm, and cultural heritage can find balance within a single visual language.
