VISUAL ART

**A Cry for Help**
**Simona Milev** is a junior at Stanford Online High School living in Tupelo, Mississippi. She attended Interlochen Arts Camp 2022, whereafter she received the Advanced Painting Fine Arts Award. She has also won multiple recognitions from the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards over the past three years, most recently including the Senior Division Painting Award and Vera Pacini Memorial Award. Simona garners significant artistic inspiration from unique contortions of the human form and the imposition of vibrant colors onto the skin.

**Awakening**
**Yilu Zhai** is a senior at the international campus of Beijing No.4 High School. She is a talented artist with a passion for exploring the interplay of color and lines in her work. Her piece "Reaching from Two Dimension" was included in The Interlochen Review last year, and in the future, Yilu will continue her artistic journey at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

**Bird Cages**
**Jami Huang** is a sophomore studying at the Hotchkiss School, a top boarding secondary school in Lakeville, Connecticut. She is from Beijing, China, and started studying in the United States in 7th grade. One of Jami's passions is photography, and she has traveled to many places in China over the course of two years to take pictures of the sceneries, people, and cultures there. Her work has received Gold and Silver Keys in the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards, and two of her photos have been selected in the top 60 photos out of 300 submissions for the ASAP! Celebration of Young Photographers showcase in November 2021.

**Blue**
**Jami Huang** is a sophomore studying at the Hotchkiss School, a top boarding secondary school in Lakeville, Connecticut. She is from Beijing, China, and started studying in the United States in 7th grade. One of Jami's passions is photography, and she has traveled to many places in China over the course of two years to take pictures of the sceneries, people, and cultures there. Her work has received Gold and Silver Keys in the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards, and two of her photos have been selected in the top 60 photos out of 300 submissions for the ASAP! Celebration of Young Photographers showcase in November 2021.

**Borderline**
**Annabel Jung** is a sophomore attending Cornerstone Collegiate Academy of Seoul in South Korea. She is a curious girl who is very interested in what happens around her, such as visual phenomena and social issues. She likes to observe objects around her and express them, paying attention to details and depicting them in high quality. She is cultivating her artistic talents by researching and experimenting with new ways of expression using visual contrast, reflection of light, and various textures. She also enjoys watching movies because the color palette of each movie is different and has unique characteristics, which often serves as inspiration for her artwork.

**Channel Orange**
**Sophie Mo** is a junior at St. Andrew's School in Delaware. She is from the Bay Area in California. Her photography piece has been recognized with Gold Key honors in the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards in Delaware. She enjoys writing poetry and attended the Kenyon Young Writers Workshop this past summer.

**Collected Day Dream**
**Seongeun Kim** is in 11th grade and attending SSI Art & Design in Seoul, Korea. She is majoring in fine art to express her thinking about social problems and different cultural backgrounds and their varying customs based on different countries. She is working on expanding her photography portfolio to make it more specific to what she is passionate about while exploring the use of various programs. She founded the “Media and Instrument Club” in her school to share and discuss animations and movies, and play their musical instruments such as guitar, piano, and drums together.

**Cornelius’ Converse & the Pursuit for Corporeality**
**Iker Fernández** is a native to Mexico and a junior at Eton School, where he focuses on visual arts. Through his work he explores themes of existentialism and community— and how they tie together—often through the use of metaphors.

**Dream**
**Gina Yang** is a young artist based in Southborough Massachusetts. She is currently a junior at St. Mark's School. She received 4 gold keys, 6 silver keys, and 8 honorable mentions in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing competition. She won a grand prize in the Endangered Species Youth Art Contest and first place in the FAA high school competition. Her work was published in Celebrating Art and Teen Ink magazine. In 2020, She had a solo exhibition in Seoul, Korea. She also participated in group exhibitions with the Modern Japan Art Society and Australia Sydney Blueming.

**Fairytale**
**Jami Huang** is a sophomore studying at the Hotchkiss School, a top boarding secondary school in Lakeville, Connecticut. She is from Beijing, China, and started studying in the United States in 7th grade. One of Jami's passions is photography, and she has traveled to many places in China over the course of two years to take pictures of the sceneries, people, and cultures there. Her work has received gold and silver keys in the Scholastics Arts and Writing Awards, and two of her photos have been selected in the top 60 photos out of 300 submissions for the ASAP! Celebration of Young Photographers showcase in November 2021.

**Fast All Day**
**Yerang Park** enjoys a variety of sports including skiing, horseback riding, and soccer and has been training for 7 years already. She has recently started to pursue photography and drawing as an extracurricular.

**Fragile Dreamer**
**Emelia Ciccolini** four-year senior at Interlochen Arts Academy from Yorkville, Illinois. She has attended Pratt Precollege and is a Youngarts Merit winner. Emelia’s art uses fibers, metal, and other multimedia to touch on the meaning of freedom in relation to women's societal roles and generational sacrifices. She implements her own experience with grief and how that has impacted her family’s lives. Emelia’s goal with her art is to help bring power to people to be seen and heard.

Marlene Schwier is from Brooklyn, NY and has attended Interlochen Arts Academy for four years. She was an Interlochen camper for six summers, a 2022 American Visions National Gold Medalist in the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards, and a 2023 YoungArts finalist in Visual Arts. Marlene's art practice challenges her understanding of trash through the routine reuse of her own artwork. She constructs her mixed media pieces through compression-based techniques such as weaving, printmaking, animation and papermaking. This condensed layering of “many into one” represents her journey of rediscovery and self- acceptance.

**Head in a Construction Site**
**HwaIn Choi** is a freshman attending BC Collegiate in South Korea. Her art-making practices include experimenting with diverse materials to communicate a personal narrative to viewers. Having won the 8th Grade Constitution Day Poster Design Contest, she has broadened her artistic capabilities by exploring various mediums such as painting, drawing, and digital art. She wishes to continue pursuing her interests in visual arts in the future as she continues to investigate and express various social and personal issues through this creative outlet.

**I said yes**
**Maggie Morris** is a junior at Interlochen Arts Academy from Agoura Hills, California. She received a Gold and Silver Key in the 2023 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.

**Landscape**
**Benjamin Goodlife** is a second-year junior Visual Arts major at Interlochen Arts Academy. They are from Boulder, Colorado, and currently reside in Michigan. Their work often explores themes of connectivity and questions where we end and the world begins.

**Little Bear**
**Grace Weber** is a senior year high school student at Pembroke Hill in Kansas City, MO. Aside from ceramics, she enjoys creating multi-media work, both 3D and 2D.

**Maya**
**Marlene Schwier** is from Brooklyn, NY and has attended Interlochen Arts Academy for four years. She was an Interlochen camper for six summers, a 2022 American Visions National Gold Medalist in the Scholastics Art & Writing Awards, and a 2023 YoungArts finalist in Visual Arts. Marlene's art practice challenges her understanding of trash through the routine reuse of her own artwork. She constructs her mixed media pieces through compression-based techniques such as weaving, printmaking, animation and papermaking. This condensed layering of “many into one” represents her journey of rediscovery and self- acceptance.

**Mirrored**
**Gina Yang** is a young artist based in Southborough Massachusetts. She is currently a junior at St. Mark's School. She received 4 gold keys, 6 silver keys, and 8 honorable mentions in the 2022 Scholastic Art & Writing competition. She won a grand prize in the Endangered Species Youth Art Contest and first place in the FAA high school competition. Her work was published in *Celebrating Art* and *Teen Ink magazine*. In 2020, She had a solo exhibition in Seoul, Korea. She also participated in group exhibitions with the Modern Japan Art Society and Australia Sydney Blueming.

**My Window**
**Teresa Hyoju Chang** is a South Korean artist who was born with a love for art, reading, and writing from an early age. Currently a student at Seoul International School, she takes a particular interest in the subjects of history and Spanish, and also participates in the swimming varsity team at school. As someone who always strives to create a medium for self-expression, Teresa loves combining her passion for writing, art, and design to convey a sense of truth. She has showcased her virtuosity by winning the Logo competition held for the 60th Anniversary of Diplomatic Relations between Israel and Korea. Her major inspirations include shifts or changes in one's life, as well as the feeling of being directionless and lost.

**Sleepless**
**Yilu Zhai** is a senior at the international campus of Beijing No.4 High School. She is a talented artist with a passion for exploring the interplay of color and lines in her work. Her piece "Reaching from Two Dimension" was included in The Interlochen Review last year, and in the future, Yilu will continue her artistic journey at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD).

Emelia Ciccolini is a four-year senior at Interlochen Arts Academy from Yorkville, Illinois. She has attended Pratt Precollege and is a YoungArts Merit winner. Emelia’s art uses fibers, metal, and other multimedia to touch on the meaning of freedom in relation to women's societal roles and generational sacrifices. She implements her own experience with grief and how that has impacted her family’s lives. Emelia’s goal with her art is to help bring power to people to be seen and heard.

2023 Visual Art

VISUAL ART