Using readily available materials, I transform and reimagine discarded objects into regenerated works. My creation is not confined by any specific medium; it is about discovering beauty and uncovering the unique character within things. Through unconventional methods, I seek new forms of aesthetics—whether in shape or color.
– P VAN TING
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2025 ｜ Sculpture ｜ Process
We are all waiting for the moment when our wings grow strong enough for us to take flight. During the COVID-19 pandemic, when access to materials became limited, I developed a habit of working with discarded and readily available objects. This constraint gradually evolved into a creative practice, through which I assemble and transform these…
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2023 ｜ Sculpture ｜ Rodins Augen – Vulcanus
I combine different elements, regardless of their age or material, to give them new meaning and life. It is akin to life itself—our experiences and backgrounds may differ, but the key lies in how we reinterpret and reconstruct these outcomes in the most fitting way to rediscover the essence of life. Auguste Rodin –…
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2023 ｜ Installation ｜ ATA
A compilation of personal works ATA, 2023, Refrigerator+ATA+Video- Quarantine Emotion, 2020, Video 1.02 ATA and the Refrigerator, or When Artists Suffer During the pandemic, I, a freshly minted artist, must stay indoors and confine myself to the refrigerator. Watching Schweinesee at the ballet for relaxation is out of the question. In Germany, refrigerators are even…
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2023 ｜ Installation ｜ Rodins Augen – Jewels
Beauty does not always come from careful cutting or refinement. Even without deliberate embellishment, one can create striking new forms by embracing the inherent qualities of the materials. In this piece, I repurposed colorful glass fragments and bottles discarded from a glass workshop. When combined with light and shadow, they resemble unpolished gems radiating their…
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2023 ｜ Painting ｜ Coppélia
Fascinating German Romanticism To be Dr. Coppélius is seductive. Magic of technology — or manipulation and total control? My Coppélia brings freshness and freedom. That is Coppélia’s magic. canvas, acrylic paint｜75*115*3 cm (with silver woodframe)
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2023 ｜ Installation ｜Adrift
In the cold month of January, people inside enjoy beauty and joy, while outside others long for warmth. Figures made from second-hand clothing, wire, and waste paper, like homeless refugees, evoke empathy and compassion. The installation in the square, showing only the lower halves, conveys uncertainty and wandering—where have they come from? Where are they…
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2023 ｜ Installation ｜ DA-TI, DA-TI
Spiegel, Rückwärtslaufende Uhren｜ This clock is composed of a mirror and a reversed clock hand. What I want to express is quite simple: when you look at yourself, which moment of your life would you most want to return to? It offers viewers a moment to have a dialogue with themselves.
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2022 ｜ Installation ｜ Everything is possible!
The same materials can be transformed into different objects. I enjoy using ready-made materials, giving them new life through reuse. This work features a large pile of waste paper, originally the packaging from online shopping during the 2022 pandemic. After the exhibition, the paper was recycled and reused once again. This is a conceptual piece—each…
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2022 ｜ Installation ｜ Material of life
A meat grinder shreds and mixes the bittersweet, sour, and spicy experiences of life—its joys, sorrows, and emotions—into the fabric of existence. I enjoy leaving space for imagination in the scene; perhaps someone is sitting on that chair, or maybe it’s an empty chair that exists only in memory. Everyone has their own story. This…
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2021 ｜ Ceramic Abstract Painting ｜ Co-dance 01
clay, pigment, glaze, porcelain | 15*6*0,1 cm Contrasting ceramic materials—impressed forms, ceramics, ready-made glazes, and mineral glazes— explore the possibility of coexistence and harmony within their opposing textures and qualities. Perhaps they can dance together within a single work, revealing an unexpected balance and tension. Music for Creation: Mozart, Streichquartett KV575 II.
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2021 ｜ Installation Art ｜ Backbone
There is a Japanese proverb: “出る杭は打たれる,” which means “The nail that sticks out gets hammered down.” Some choose to compromise from the start, some persist but are eventually suppressed by reality, while others become that unyielding iron nail, standing tall and never bowing.
