Detail View: CVPA Student Collection: 2009

resource_ID: 
g_meghan_mullins002
artist_name: 
Mullins , Megan
artist_variant_name: 
Megan Mullins
artist_nationality: 
American
UMassD_CVPA_degree: 
MFA - Artisanry
graduation_year: 
2009
area_of_study: 
Ceramics
additional_acad_degrees: 
MFA
medium: 
Ceramic
work_title: 
[Ceramic Sculputure]
technique: 
ceramic process
work_date: 
2007
description: 
Artist Statement : I create ceramic sculpture informed by my first generation Chinese American heritage. I use figure, cultural icons and situational predicaments to draw attention to the conflicts of balancing cultural burdens in a heterogeneous western society. Exposure to diversity and growing up in the open-minded region of Southern California contrasts the reserved values and traditions practiced within the walls of my Chinese home. The troublesome situation connected to the figure stimulates inquiry into the choices I make to carry my cultural traditions specific to my family. I use the figure as a conduit for empathy, perseverance and strength while predicaments create tension, and anxiety. This taproot of my individuality generates work that shares my commitment to foster the existence of my remarkable cultural heritage.
type: 
image file
format: 
.tif - tif file
creation_date: 
2007
upload_date: 
2011
note: 
master