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sonia li (tristanperk)
I was made in Taiwan, and then got shipped off to SUNY Purchase eighteen years later with some art supplies.
Humor. Sincerity. Innocence. Bravery. My art reflects my belief in being honest to others and myself as an artist, and my experiences as woman coming of age in her sexuality and emotional maturity. Most of the pieces are made from paper and fabric. The issues I deal with are serious, but the intention of my artworks is not to invoke desperation or sadness. As serious as the subject matters are, I strive to keep my artwork lighted-hearted with twists of my own humor – thus, my reincarnation as
‘The Vag.’
My vaggies and penises have traveled to many places including the Whitney Museum in New York City and Third Ward Artist Space in Brooklyn, at the same time juggling between working with feminist artists and surviving in New York City.
Education and activities
- Exhibitions
Summer 2004: Planet Thai Fine Arts Exhibition Brooklyn, NY
• Contributed a wall size paper piece in group show of New York City artists
Spring 2005:Senior Group Show of School of Art & Design Purchase, NY
• Showed installation of several pieces of three-dimensional paper sculptures
September 2005 (ongoing): Art-O-Mat: Art Vending Projects Various Locations, USA
• Art pieces displayed in various locations in U.S. such as the Whitney
Museum, NY. http://www.artomat.org
June-July 2006: Pride Show—Featured Artist Minneapolis, MN
• Installation of several pieces of three-dimensional paper sculptures
August 2006: Big Art Show Exhibition Brooklyn, NY
• Installation of several pieces of three-dimensional paper and fabric
sculptures
September 2006: Big Art Show Exhibition—Invited Featured Artist Brooklyn, NY
• Installation of three-dimensional paper and fabric sculptures with chosen
theme suitable to exhibition space
October 2006: A Perfect Outfit Exhibition—Invited Featured Artist New York, NY
• Installation with three-dimensional paper and fabric sculptures designed for
the gallery space with New York City artists
October 2006: Third Ward Open Studio Exhibition Brooklyn, NY
• Private Studio Exhibition displaying Installation and handmade paper piece.
April 2007: Artist of the Month—Invited Featured Artist Internet based
• Featuring installation of several pieces of three-dimensional paper
sculptures at www.goodvibes.com/Content--EGallery-Sonia-Index--id-2120
May 2007: Chance Exhibition—Invited Featured Artist Brooklyn, NY
• Installation of a wall size paper piece in group show of New York City artists
July 2007: Two Worlds Exhibition Johnstown, NY
• Installation with three-dimensional paper and fabric sculptures with chosen
theme suitable to exhibition space
September 2007: Living Exhibition—Invited Featured Artist New York, NY
• Installation of three dimensional soft sculptures- Publications
April 2007: Artist of the Month—Invited Featured Artist Internet based
• Featuring installation of several pieces of three-dimensional paper
sculptures at www.goodvibes.com/Content--EGallery-Sonia-Index--id-2120
My favourites
- Movie
Alice in Wonderland, meat love and Faust by Jan Svankmajer
Malena
amelie
In the mood for love
chungking express
eat, drink, man, woman
raise the red lantern
before sunrise/before sunset
how to draw a bunny
art 21 series (i want sally mann to be my mother!)
metropolis
amarcord
8 1/2
la dolce vita
la strada
the conformist
life is beautiful
y tu mama tambien
the science of sleep
red, white and blue series
a short film about love
live flesh
Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown
laws of desire
talk to her
all about my mother
volver
almost famous
secretary
gentlemen prefer blondes
billy elliot
love actually
clueless
the virgin suicides
being john malkovich
jules et jim
girl with a pearl earring
pleasantville
in the realms of the unreal--the art of henry darger
the legend of leigh bowery
breakfast at tiffany
the cabinet of dr. caligari
Fur
Manufactured Landscapes- Literature
in every sense like love, a game we play - simona vinci
the perfect red
Chromophobia - David Batchelor
virginity or death! - katha pollitt
cunt
the accidental masterpiece
veronica decides to die
the boy who kicked pigs - tom baker
courtesans
The Artist's Joke
The object stares back- Music
cepia, lemon jelly, fuck buttons, le loup, nouvelle vague, emily haines, television personalities, felt, fields, Irene, loveninjas, the legends, peter bjorn & john, Corduroy Utd, the lovekins, i'm from barcelona, the radio dept, windsor for the derby, suburban kids with biblical names, edson, my brightest diamond, broadcast, nouvelle vague, el perro del mar, elika, gang of four, iggy pop, jaymay, kings of convenience, of montreal, asobe seksu, apostle of hustle, bow wow wow, o'death, langhorne slim, leslie feist, page france, the ponys, yann tierson, grizzly bear, beirut, metric, solex, Star, velvet underground & nico. the cure. the smiths. the please dept, tracy and the plastics. rasputina, weezer, the flaming lips, beatles, kinks, billie holiday, dufus, nirvana, le tigre, bikini kill, blondie, flock of seagulls, when in rome, my bloody valentine, jesus & mary chain, pixies, xiu xiu, david bowie, the arcade fire, john cale, joy division, new order, depeche mode, kraftwerk, ladytron, prince, the supremes, the talking heads, violent femmes, wham, the clash, prince, cocteau twins, elliot smith, television, smashing pumpkins, the bloodsugars, broken social scene, cat power, chicks on speed, lush, the moldy peaches, the magnetic fields, devo, morrissey, blondie, saul williams
- Interests
"And 'white; appears. Absolute white. White beyond all whiteness. White of the coming of white. White without compromise, through exclusion, through total eradication of non-white. Insane, enraged white, screaming with whiteness. Fanatical, furious, riddling the victim. Horrible electric white, implacable, murderous. White in bursts of white. God of 'white'. No, not a god, a howler monkey. (Let's hope my cells don't blow apart.) End of white. I have a feeling that for a long time to come white is going to have something excessive for me." - Henri Michaux, artist, poet and acid-head., writing 'With Mescaline'
"I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ART THAT IS COURAGEOUSLY SILLY" - Dave Hickey
i make vagwhat value would there be in life if we are not together?
"I WOULD LIKE TO SEE SOME ART THAT IS COURAGEOUSLY SILLY" - Dave Hickey
"And 'white; appears. Absolute white. White beyond all whiteness. White of the coming of white. White without compromise, through exclusion, through total eradication of non-white. Insane, enraged white, screaming with whiteness. Fanatical, furious, riddling the victim. Horrible electric white, implacable, murderous. White in bursts of white. God of 'white'. No, not a god, a howler monkey. (Let's hope my cells don't blow apart.) End of white. I have a feeling that for a long time to come white is going to have something excessive for me." - Henri Michaux, artist, poet and acid-head., writing 'With Mescaline'
"Looking is hoping, desiring, never just taking in light, never merely collecting patterns and data. Looking is possessing or the desire to possess-we eat food, we own objects, and we 'possess' bodies- and there is no looking without thoughts of using, possessing , repossessing, owning, fixing, appropriating, keeping, remembering and commemorating, cherishing, borrowing, and stealing. I cannot look at anything-any object, any person-without the shadow of the thought of possessing that thing. Those appetites don't just accompany looking: they are looking itself." - James Elkin, The Object Stares Back
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