Maddie Oh Artwork

I’m Maddie Oh, and my artwork explores the ways in which societal pressure and expectation shape identity. I focus on the tension between who we are and who we are expected to be by our family, culture, and community.

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Cultural expectations can both guide and confine. Through my work, I strive to translate these internal pressures into visual form to reveal the emotional framework that supports (or hinder) performance, perfectionism, and belonging.

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This theme stems from both my lived experience and personal observation. It comes from the unspoken expectations that dictate the ways in which I present myself to the world and the quiet negotiations between authenticity and approval.​ To me, art is both reflection and resistance.