Exploring the essence of energy through art: MFA Thesis - Painting & Drawing

Abstract

My interest is in the examination of the spatial and sensory perception of energy in relation to the artistic experience. I focus on the relationship of the phenomena and aura of all existences that instinctively leads me into my studio practice. What is energy to human beings? I concentrate more on a primordial and fundamental spiritual energy than on scientific theories and concepts. The root of spiritual energy I perceive is the cosmic vitality that penetrates ecology in general. The vigor of all living things, called vitality, is too vast to be defined by the word "energy." The closest terminology that accurately explains is the word “Ki (氣)” which is based on Oriental thought. The meaning of the term, grounded in the Eastern philosophy, understands the deep sense of interactions between nature and human beings as a phenomenon.