Author

Xia Zhang

Date of Graduation

2015

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Type

MFA

College

College of Creative Arts

Department

Intermedia & Photography

Committee Chair

Robert Boomer Moore

Committee Co-Chair

Jason Lee

Committee Member

Joseph Lupo

Committee Member

Kristina Olson

Committee Member

Shoji Satake

Abstract

This written thesis is created in conjunction to a thesis exhibition shown in the Paul Mesaros Gallery at West Virginia University (displayed March 16th to April 3rd). The work presented in the gallery consists of installation, photography, performance, sculpture, and video. I create work based on my personal past influenced by my everyday life in search of my individual identity within my external environment. Being a Chinese female living in predominantly White areas, my interactions often are laden with preconceptions of who I ought to be. My daily life is affected by a global past. I intend to discourse my research on the representation of Asian women alongside my own ruminations of beauty.

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