Art history is an important, vital aspect of artmaking and art. It teaches not only methods, means, and styles of art throughout the ages, but it also lays out what fits into the art canon.

What is art? Who can make it? What is the function of art? These are all questions that the current art canon can lead an artist to answer.

By communing with art history in artmaking, my practice becomes grounds for rejection, appreciation, and augmentation of art forms and mediums for the purpose of making art that reflects a broader audience that has been left out.

In addition to making art that converses with art history, it is important to shed light on visuals and narratives unique to peoples and cultures besides what is featured in the art canon.

As a mixed individual, Vietnamese and African American, I have found it vital to represent people who may look like me or have a similar story. This has led me to make highly narrative and design-centric works based on religion, race, gender, and more.

It is not often people get to see a part of themselves represented in art spaces and commercial works because they have been omitted due to who they are, so a major overcorrection is due.

Throughout history up to modern times, art has always kept its value upon its purchase. It is safe to say that with art comes equity. And equity is something not everyone has as readily or as easily as others.

We already know that the art canon does not cater to everyone, but that does not mean it cannot be made so.

My art is unique, and so is my clientele. I create for anyone and everyone who enjoys and places value in something that surrounds us all and is an integral aspect of all cultures. However, I will always place importance on new clients, those who may not understand fine art, to build and educate on the equity people may not have access to.