Bubbles I - A Fragile Moment of Elation

Bubbles I - A Fragile Moment of ElationKar Mun immigrated to Australia with their family at a young age, creating a sense of disconnection from both their home country and their newly adopted culture. Never feeling as though they truly belonged, this struggle was intensified by the cultural stigma surrounding mental illness and by their mothers inability to accept her own borderline personality disorder, which created an unpredictable home environment. Kar Mun's inability to process an

I want to stay comfortable in my illustrative style yet deliver an open narrative of my work

There is plenty of space

I created this artwork to honour my resilience - the ability to come back stronger when life throws its curveballs

and a sense of calm

and text to express complex emotional works shaped by personal experience

acting as symbols of renewal and growth

their beauty juxtaposed with the screeching sounds they make

Finding herself physically wrecked

no salvation from its virtue

with colour mixing often revealing otherworldly forms and creatures within the paint

shared meaning

to balance the continuum of everyday life