Priscilla Yu provides a portfolio that summarizes her interests and experiences. She enjoys art, literature, history and philosophy. She is passionate about life and believes knowledge is what accompanies us. Some of her artworks convey meanings and perspectives that have impacted her outlook. The portfolio showcases her artwork including drawings, photographs and descriptions of the themes and techniques used to create the pieces.

1. PRISCILLA YU’S
PORTFOLIO
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2. GENERAL PROFILE
My name is Priscilla Yu Tsz Ching. I have a strong interest towards art,
philosophy, religious studies, history and English literature. In my leisure
time I enjoy reading, painting as well as socializing. Teachers have said I have
a hard working and mature character. I would admit that my life experiences
are a bit slightly fuller than same age teenagers due to my family experience,
to this extend they allow me to develop a rather more mature and sensible
behavior when compared with teenagers from the same age group, it also
has given me ability to cope with a higher stress level. Moreover, I am
capable of establishing a chat with different types of people due to my
interest towards the phycology of human nature. After all, I enjoy
contributing to the school campus(e.g. artist of Artery) and meeting new
friends. I do sports such as fencing and tennis. I enjoy singing and playing
piano. I have passed my grade 5 piano exam and got a distinction for my
theory exam. Lastly, it is hard to conclude myself with such a short
paragraph and I am sure more understanding would be done when you see
me in person.

3. LIFE ATTITUDE
I always have a passion towards life and I believe in
knowledge – everything changes in life and eventually leaves you,
however knowledge is the only thing that accompanies you till you die.
Apart from the kind of knowledge and theories that you can
learn from textbooks that would bring you through
examinations, I believe in lifestyle philosophy that allow you
to understand your role as a part of the whole humanity. We
are all individuals, at the same time, we are all in one.
I am also striving to be successful while contributing to the society . I understand
that I am not perfect and no one is, most important is to live imperfectly with your
own style. Although I am not perfect, I understand myself, which is a skill a lot of
people lack. ‘Only people who had found and understood themselves could be
successful.’ is my life motto.

4. ART ATTITUDE
To me, art is not just a way of expressing feelings without the consent and
restriction of language. Indeed, it is a journey of self-exploring, self-
improving and self-locating (locating your own position and role in life; and
in search of the values that suit you the most). Fascination brought by art is
overwhelming; likewise my feelings are constantly attacked by the artworks
of Van Gogh. The use of colour and his technique of painting is too unique
and shows his despair to me. Vision has always been the leading sense of all
humankind, correspondingly art attacked and fulfilled our vision. Art is our
rooted desire of crave for beauty. Therefore I sometimes describe artists as
‘those who write poems out of the junk’. In my point of view, even if most
artists hold a pessimistic viewpoint towards the world, which this motto is
clearly presented by their artwork. The presence of their pessimistic artwork
illustrated that bad things could also be presented in a beautiful way that

5. engages people (the beautiful appearance of their artwork). After all, art had
opened the door to a different perspective to life that affects many people.
I was affected by art. It is not just my drawing techniques that have gradually
turned from immature to mature, my attitude and contents of each art piece
allowed the establishment of the person I am today. The fact that I am able
to explore the space with lines (drawing) and transfer something temporary
into a permanent drawing, evidence my existence in this world. I was rescued
by art. Art has compelled me from negative thoughts towards positive
thoughts and it is the process of growing with art that I have developed such
a mentality. My life is a piece of canvas and I am going to paint it with my
passion, my experience would be the graphic on this piece of unknown
canvas. I truly hope I am able to splash my potential over it and influence
people by exhibiting it.

6. SOME OF MY ARTWORK
 On next page I am going to show you some of my artwork
 All of my artworks convey meanings, it is too difficult to speak out
for them in this powerpoint but if you are interested I am happy to
tell you in person

15.  Left one: represent people who are addicted to gambling and
closes their eyes and face towards the matter

17.  the drawing of pregnant women
 title : Written in Genes
 the fact that two puppets lie within the woman's womb symbolises restriction of
freedom and inequality. Correspondingly, the pregnant woman in this drawing live
as a puppet under men - she has no freedom under men. As the two sexes are too
different for equality to emerge within them, throughout human history there is
never a time when full equality between two sexes are established. Therefore the
'inequality' of women is written in their genes, so as the puppet lives in the women's
womb that even the next generation carries this fate.

21.  Heath Ledger’s room
• An atmosphere of dizzy and insane
• Van Gogh’s furniture reminds me of insanity
• Like a hospital room conquered by drugs
 Heath ledger’s halo made from drugs
• His death caused by drugs
• Photomontage

23.  This art piece is created during the time when the media had
taken half naked photos of Kate Middleton
 The weapon framing is to convey that the magazines in the
background had attack Kate Middleton and hurt her
 However throughout all this tough time she is still smiling and
stand up through this

27.  This is a half cross section of the brain
 a child’s imagination is developing in the brain,
 Just like the brain has provided a womb for the child to develop full potental
 the stationaries around the child helps it develop

29.  The grudge residence in our brain through scary movies
 Even when we are not watching the scary movies, the scenes had
marked into our brains and cage us in terror

35.  Photomontage
 The cats in the middle of the page is me with face paint on
 Musial: the cats

39.  Self portrait
 And face paint

47.  Title: to save oneself
 This drawing is a present to one of my friend who is engaged with a boy who
has a girlfriend. This drawing is sometimes interpreted by people as symbolic of
justice. However the truth is, the scale that stands on the angel's thigh is actually
representing the angel's morality and values. With the scale slanting towards the side
of the broken wing, it illustrates that the breaking down of the angel's values.
Moreover, with her eyes shut and ears blocked by her hands, the angel is purposely
ignoring the danger that is surrounding her which she could have avoided if she
dares to have a glare. She could have saved herself with her own values (the scale) if
she faces the problem. However she is happily willing to be hurt and is reluctant to
pull herself out with her own strength. After all, we are the only only who can save
ourselves. If we are reluctant to do so, no one could have saved us. I wanted her to
save herself.

49.  Title: farewell, see you
 This drawing could be interpreted in two ways - either positive or
negative. The two girls in the drawing is the same person while the girl on
the left of the drawing symbolises the girl's pure and innocence. It was a
mental state where the 'two girls' meet each other therefore both of them
are naked. With attention to the structure of this drawing, the negative side
of it could be conveyed by the two girl's motion that the 'innocent' part of
the girl is leaving her. However, the positive way is that the girl had found
the 'innocent' part of her which she had abandoned ever since she had
grown up. In addition, it is also a surprise to her that the innocent part of
her is still living within her, and 'innocent' is willing to turn her face to face
the girl who had once abandoned the existence of 'innocence'.

51.  Conveys hope is in our hands

52. PHOTOGRAPHS OF MINE
 Please enjoy watching some of the photographs taken by me in
different places

61. THANKS FOR WATCHING
 I hope you can understand me more through this power point