2021 Faculty Art Exhibition - Alison Kuo
ALISON KUO
TV Show 8, 2018
Watercolor on Paper
22 x 30 inches
TV Show 9, 2018
Watercolor on Paper
22 x 30 inches
TV Show 10, 2018
Watercolor on Paper
22 x 30 inches
My intention is to heighten the sensitivity of our awareness in biased perceptions.
The identities of the figures in these paintings are difficult to determine. The tendency
to identify the silhouettes by placing generalities on these figures is our desire
to make sense of what we are seeing. The figure's identity is then established from
limited visual information. Since cultural and social stereotypes are often perpetuated
by media, television shows seem to be a fitting subject to convey the idea of biases.
The choice of medium is watercolor due to its less flexible characteristic. Conditioned
perceptions are difficult to alter because they are programmed and reiterated in our
social environment. Watercolor paint, much like our established views, is hard to
correct. Thus, the medium resonates this very idea.
Alison Kuo received two bachelor’s degrees in Fine Arts at the University of North
Texas in Painting and Art Education. Immediately following her undergraduate work,
she earned a master's degree in Fine Arts with the emphasis on Drawing and Painting
from the University of Southern California.
Alison Kuo began teaching at Cerritos College in 2015, including ART110 (Freehand Drawing).
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