IMBALANCE

Jia Lee

HLA

Candidate StatementAs a student in IB Art and as an artist I have strived to achieve a form of art where I

can fully express my ideas concerning myself as well as the world around us. More than anything I wish to create works projecting my emotions, ideas, and views, starting with distorting the real world and relating it to myself. During the course of my growth I have found that I have a natural ability to extend and relate elements in my works to create a visual story, thus building a stronger concept. I have also found that I have become comfortable working with color and composition wore than anything as I continued to work on my pieces constantly.

Some problems I have encountered mainly concern the IWB. Often when I research cultural history or current events, I find that I have a difficulty creating art that I actually care about, thus sometimes I drop the project as a whole or proceed to create works I am never that in to. My work tends to be more about me, my personal experience and the cultural significance within those encounters. In overcoming these experiences I have attempted to generate a concept I am interested in first, think of what imagery I want, then research into that culture or concept later on.

Artists that have heavily influenced me include Frida Kahlo, Philip Guston, Eduard Munch, and Nicoletta Ceccoli. They are artists that have moved the world with their personal stories, their raw emotions portrayed in their works. Elements that Kahlo uses inspire me, and the very unique work of Ceccoli intrigue and fascinate me always. I always attempt to experiment with new media, and have gained experience from charcoal to painting to ceramics, and have attained a level of personal technique.

Jia Lee IB# 000518-314

1. “It’s Just a Phase” Size: 11”x14” Media: Color

Pencil, Pen Date Finished:

July 2012 Idea of the value

of money and happiness

2. Greed Size: 11”x14” Media: Color Pencil,

Pen Date Finished:

October 2012 Imbalance of

resource distribution caused by selfishness, greed

Artist & Inspiration Nicoletta Ceccoli

Street side near SFAI, strawberries in container left by a tree

3. Still Life

Size: 16”x20” Media: Graphite

Pencil Date Finished:

December 2012, November 2013

4. Family Feud Size: 14”x11” Media: Acrylic, Color

Pencil Date Finished:

January 2013 Effects of Divorce

5. Metamorphosis

Size: 11”x14” Media: Acrylic,

Watercolor, Color Pencil, Pen

Date Finished: late February 2013

6. Pink, Polka dots, Pearls, Piglet, Party, Party Hats, Presents, Pie, Painting, Pitchfork, Punishment

Size: 12”x9” Media: Gauche Date Finished:

July 2013

Idea Sketches

7. Lust Size: 12”x9” Media: Gauche Date Finished:

August 2013

Revision Piece, Unfinished

8. Male Nude Size: 9.5”x9” Media: Oil Paint Date Finished:

September 2013 The usage of female

nudes over history of art reflecting status of women at that time

Concept Research and Figure Sketches

IWB

Similar Concept Artist Egon Schiele

9. Lotus, Lily Pads, Koi Fish

Size: 9”x12” Media: Oil Painting Date Finished:

October 2013 The drive to find

inner balance is central to Japanese culture

IWB

Japanese Culture

Marcia Baldwin, Joseph Burrow

10. Underwater Size: 20”x16” Media: Graphite

Pencil Date Finished:

September 2013

11. Fearsome Size: 20”x16” Media: Oil Painting (the

other side: Watercolor, Color Pencil)

Date Finished: November 2013

Imbalance between humans and nature, the rich and poor

Ideas and Sources Life in Colors by National

Geographic

Uses both sides of the paper

Source Pictures

Tora Bora Girl Photograph by Reza

CougarPhotograph by Frans Lanting

12. To Save Rapunzel Size: 12”x9” Media: Acrylic, Color

Pencil, Pen Date Finished:

November 2013 Do we as a society

focus on the goals reached rather than the means used?

Revisions

13. Untitled (yet)

Size: 16”x20” Media: Oil Painting In Progress Environmental link

of the things we leave in nature and the disasters that come with it…imbalance of survival

Sources and Trials Namibia Desert

Photograph by Jasper Bloom