Ivy Chen's Portfolio

Title: Delusions (Interactive Work - 2025)

Medium: Arduino, Millumin, Procreate

Description: Delusions is built around the idea of internal roleplay, where multiple thoughts compete for attention without clear hierarchy. I drew a garden populated by unique plants, each linked to a hand-drawn character representing a recurring inner struggle. Pressing a physical button makes a character appear; pressing again removes it. As more characters surface, they interrupt one another, overlap, and destabilize the scene. The interaction mirrors how intrusive thoughts arrive, linger, and disappear through repetition rather than resolution. Iteration focused on timing, visual rhythm, and system instability so the environment feels reactive without offering clear control.

Title: Obstinate (2025)

Medium: This work is a mixed-media piece, utilizing Nicker poster paint, color pencil on TMK paper, and digital techniques in Photoshop.

Description: This mixed-media work explores the friction of a generational divide. Through a visual dialogue with my grandmother, I examine how our identities clash: she views me as overly modern and headstrong, while I perceive her as obstinate and old-fashioned. The piece captures the push and pull of these contrasting realities, with two individuals standing at the same intersection but seeing completely different landscapes.

Led a live human–AI painting session with a robot trained in the artist’s style, blending technology and gesture to explore shared authorship later expanded through light and projection.