Interview by Peter Hoc TranHoang
So what year are you this coming fall? I’m going to be in my fourth year, exciting!
What are you excited about? I’m adamant about having my last year being in person and having a last stretch in an environment of dedicated help I started in and will hopefully finish in.
How has your artistic journey been up to this point? W ere you always a sculptor or do you feel like you are experienced in a media? Funnily enough, I actually entered UCI wanting to be an animator. It's been a very entertaining journey because I started off wanting to work at a computer all day and build up layers to produce animation, as I was very intrigued about this medium that could create images that could come to life. But once I gave sculpture a try, I fell in love with working with my hands and producing artwork that came to life in a real 3D space and could be present with its audience physically. After that point, I realized that I honestly preferred working physically for 7 hours rather than at a computer screen for the same amount of time.
How was being forced to work at a computer screen for the past year? Painful? It's been… an experience. It was very hard because my... 12