metamorphosis

PrizeOfficial Selection in Use (product)
University/SchoolSchool of Art Institute of Chicago
ArtistPeicen Jiang
CategoryNon-Professional

The collection draws from a friend's experience of being bullied, reflecting today's social media pressures on self-image. Influenced by Ito Junji's manga, Salvador Dali, Dorothea Tanning, and Jesse Kanda, it explores body transformation without gravity, often unsettling and provocative. Junji's work highlights societal pressures and deformed bodies under the male gaze. I translate horror and tension through manipulated fabrics and exaggerated silhouettes in the clothing.