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Tyler Quintin
My work explores the internet’s role in both navigating a mixed race, Korean-American identity and the understanding of my queer identity. I was raised in the midwest with a culturally white-American upbringing. Clay is my primary medium because it is the first material where I was taught something with historical ties to my heritage.
Taking visual inspiration from character icons, historical research, and the wire frame structures used in 3D modeling software, I fragment my vessels and figurative work. This rendering vs fragmentation communicates both the authenticity of online interactions and the knowledge gained from research, while acknowledging something is missing.
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