Senior Thesis Show! Finally!!!
April 16th, 2011 § Leave a Comment
Last two week has been just fantastic. I FINALLY had my undergraduate senior thesis show! hooooooray! Now I have one more semester til graduation. I’m really excited.
My senior thesis was about finding my own identity. Identity is reoccurring theme of many of my work because of my personal background. This time, I examined my cultural background and religious background. I was interested in how different layers of each influences form one’s identity. The final outcome was a painting of floral pattern that were often used in Korean traditional clothes and shaman rituals. I will post a picture of the actual piece soon.
I had to give a presentation before the gallery opening about my thesis. Since I do not enjoy public speaking because of weird awkward silence, I’ve decided to make them laugh. I cracked jokes here and there but then soon I started to ask serious questions that I have asked myself over the years. I did pretty well on it – I think an hour long practice in mt bathroom helped me. The most awesome thing was my roommate, Sarah,’s dad came up to me started a conversation about my work. He asked me few questions about my work and how he wishes good luck on my journey to find myself in religion. It was not something that I expected but it definitely made me feel special – at least one audience got a chance to think about what I wish them to think. ohhh. and department head gave me a hug after the presentation! That was nice too.
I am glad I’m almost done with the graphic design program at UTC. I’ve learned SOOOO much from my professors and friends. They taught me how to look at things in design ways but also gave me a chance to truly truly fall in love with graphic design and visual art. I have spent 5 years with UTC art department and I really do not regret a single thing about it. Amazing faculty and their never dying passion of caring students is definitely something that I would miss after I leave the school. My graphic design friends will be missed so much too. They encouraged me to trust myself, to have fun, to respect each other and our work, and the list goes on and on and on. I know we are growing up fast as graphic designers and will leave the school soon. I wish I will never forget how passionate we are about design and so many other things.
Ah… I will miss school so much… I want to thank to my teachers and friends who spent last five years with me. THANKS!!!!!
