This spring, less than a year after graduating, Ting Wang ’24, Illustration, achieved an early career milestone nearly 8,500 miles from campus.
From April 27 to May 10, Wang held her first solo exhibition at the Nan Art gallery in her hometown of Taipei, Taiwan. Frames of the Flowing Memories featured a series of mineral painting works focused on cityscapes, seascapes, and cats. Through those subjects, Wang hoped to explore the ever-changing nature of memories.
“This exhibition explores the idea of memory as something fluid yet emotionally enduring,” Wang said. “Through my work, I aim to capture fleeting internal images and moments, personal reflections, the quiet glow of city nights, or the silent movement of cats. As a way of preserving what often slips away unnoticed.”
The painting Night Reflections is intended as a space for self-healing after daily chaos, while Whispers of Cats depicts a longing for freedom.
Wang came from a background in digital illustration, but physical media gave her a new appreciation for texture. She gravitated toward mineral painting, an Eastern Asian tradition also known as Nihonga or Eastern gouache. That medium traditionally creates layered textures using natural pigments made from minerals, shells, and earth, combined with animal glue and applied on handmade paper, silk, or wooden panels.
“Contemporary mineral painting builds on this foundation by incorporating mixed media elements such as gold leaf, acrylic, and textiles,” Wang explained.
“The layering process and reflective qualities of mineral pigments create depth, allowing the artwork to shift and shimmer depending on the angle of light, much like how memories are refracted through time.”
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