Volume 32 Issue 1 — Note to Self

VISUAL

VOLUME 32

OPINION

ISSUE 01

CREDITS

Published in an edition of 1000 copies for the School of Visual Arts in New York City. Printed in New York, NY. This issue features artwork by students from the School of Visual Arts, submitted in response to our request for pieces that reflect their truest self.

Editor-in-Chief Nandinie Andlay Managing Editor Elisabed Dushuashvilli Design Editor Brooks Orich Editor-in-Chief Intern Jianshen Wu Managing Editor Intern Malia Eugenio Design Editor Intern Gottfried Reyes Retana Staff Advisor Maria Rovira-McCune

EDITOR’S NOTE

The art you make is a product of every moment you have lived, every path that led you in, every face that passed you by, every distant whisper that brushed against your skin, every late moon that flickered upon your eye that urged you to forge something new. This issue of Visual Opinion celebrates the act of creation, hoping to capture the harmony between the art and the artist through the search for self.

- Nandinie Andlay

CONTRIBUTORS

LEYLA07 CUI EMILY XINYA08 WANG RUBY 09 DRISCOLL JASON 10 YU MENGXI 11 ZHANG JIHYE 12 KIM AMBER 14 DACANAY

CHRISTINE 15 LIN SITONG 18 LIU RUBY 20 YANG ALEXANDRIA21 ELIAS JHERO 22 JULIA24 CHEN JESS 26 BAJČIĆ

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To Create Colored Pencil, Pastel on Paper BFA Illustration 2026

LEYLA CUI

EMILY XINYA WANG

Trees in My Life Ink on Paper, Colored Digitally BFA Illustration 2027

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Skiz Oil Pastel, Oil BFA Fine Arts 2027

RUBY DRISCOLL

JASON YU

Self Doubt Oil on Canvas BFA Illustration 2027

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Starburster Pen and Ink BFA Illustration 2027

MENGXI ZHANG

JIHYE KIM

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Nostalgia Bathroom Colored Pencil BFA Illustration 2026

AMBER DACANAY

Surrogate Oil on Canvas BFA Fine Arts 2026

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Layers of Interaction Acrylic on Canvas BFA Fine Arts 2028

CHRISTINE LIN

Draw a self portrait.

Artwork Title First Name

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Last Name

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Have a friend draw you.

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SITONG LIU

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Escape from the Museum Egyptian Art Collection Watercolor and Colored Pencil on Paper MFA Illustration as Visual Essay 2026

RUBY YANG

The Roots of Strength Procreate MFA Illustration as Visual Essay 2026

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Skinned Down Pencil BFA Illustration 2028

ALEXANDRIA ELIAS

JHERO

Escencia Feminina Oil on Canvas BFA Photography and Video 2028

JULIA CHEN Merak Ink on Paper BFA Illustration 2029

JESS BAJČIĆ

Cluster Duck Acrylic BFA Illustration 2029

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VOLUME 32

OPINION

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