I was named after the eighty-eighth element radium (镭 léi). Radium’s luminous glow brought the invisible into view, a metaphor that parallels my work’s desire to illuminate the ephemeral--encompassing both wonder and peril— and reflects my exploration of life: creation and destruction, beauty, desire, and sacrifice.


To me, color is not merely a surface element but a repository of memory and meaning. Drawing from the discipline of Chinese painting and its reverence for a single brushstroke’s energy and spirit, painting is my language to navigate cultural intersections, where abstraction and color act as vessels of memory, meaning, and feeling. I seek to transform fleeting moments into shared language and wonder. Histories, literature and interpretations of colors inform my material and visual choices, reflecting the complexities of human experience. My practice is steeped in curiosity, seeking to unearth deeper truths about personal belonging, displacement, and collective memory.