Outside of their design work, they work with colour markers, charcoal and oil paint in their art practice. In these works, Ming uses: “vivid colours [to] convey the intense emotions of living with severe eczema and East-Asian queerness,” they say. Their paintings and drawings often combine elements of graphic design, showing how the two practices overlap for Ming – it’s perhaps no surprise that graphic-driven names like Bruce Nauman, Elizabeth Murray and Bráulio Amado are major influences.
Meanwhile, Ming’s graphic design portfolio is just as broad. They create everything from visual identities, motion graphics, websites, publications to posters and other printed matter. “I explore human experience, metaphors and questions through graphic methods,” they say, “seeking possibilities within structures, fluidity between dualities, and constant joy.” Another stand-out recent project is the design for Gold Art Prize 2023 Catalogue (also created while at Wkshps), which combines multiple visual elements, from the old (Kintsugi aesthetics) to the new (pixels), to create wonderful contradictions.
