[PHOTOS] YCIS Beijing's IB Art Showcase 北京耀中国际学校IB艺术展

Year 13 students at YCIS Beijing recently held their capstone IB art exhibition. Teachers, students, and Beijing community members alike had the opportunity to witness the work that had consumed our most talented visual artists over their IB careers, many of whom have received offers from world-renowned art schools to continue their studies.

北京耀中国际学校Y13年级最近举办了IB艺术展览。老师，学生还有北京社区会员有机会见证IB职业生涯中消耗了我们最有才华的视觉艺术家的作品，其中许多人被世界顶尖艺术院校录取，以继续他们的学业。

Cecilia Cao, a Canadian student at YCIS Beijing for four years, was one such student. Attending the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design (RISD) in the fall, her inspired artwork spans a wide variety of styles, from comic-book style illustrations, to clay creations, to multi-material collage pieces, and much more. She shared with us the background of some of her pieces as well as her plans for life after graduating from YCIS Beijing.

Cecilia Cao，一位加拿大籍学生，在北京耀中国际学校学习了四年。她在秋季加入了著名的罗德岛设计学院，她富有灵感的作品跨越多种风格，从漫画插图，泥塑制作，再到拼贴画作等等。她与我们分享了她作品的北京，以及她从北京耀中毕业后的 生活计划。

What forms of art have you pursued in high school?

在高中你追求何种艺术形式？

I’ve done a variety of things. My current art exhibition tries to look at traditional gender roles and expectations in ancient western and Chinese culture. What I try to do is take on a range of different styles to express the different timelines. 

我尝试了许多种类型。我现在的艺术展试着着眼于传统性别角色，并且期待于古代西方和中国文化。我所尝试的就是呈现一系列不同风格的作品，以展示不同时间线。

I’ve taken on the styles of Egon Schiele for some of the works, who I really admire, and then I’ve also jumped back to a Renaissance style as well, of whom I really love Da Vinci and Gentileschi. I’ve worked with clay, pencil on butcher paper, ink illustrations, and water color, among others. I dabble in a bit of everything.

在一些作品中，采用了埃贡席勒的作品风格，他是我崇拜的偶像，我也会跳跃回文艺复兴时期的风格，这个时期我最喜欢达芬奇和真蒂莱斯基。我曾用与泥土，铅笔厚纸，墨水插画和水墨画等。

Where are you planning on studying? Why did RISD appeal to you?

你打算在哪里学习？罗德岛设计学院为什么吸引你？

I’d never heard of it until one of my really close friends mentioned it to me, and when I saw their stuff it was really impressive. While I know university rankings aren’t everything, RISD was very high on the list, so I thought maybe I’d give it a shot. 

我之前从没有听过这个学校,直到我的好朋友提到他，当我看到他们的材料我真的很感动。虽然我知道大学排名不是一切，但是罗德岛设计学院的排名是非常高的，所以我想尝试一下。

I was a bit conflicted about going to RISD or another school in the UK, but in the end I decided on RISD as I thought going there would give me more opportunities. I’ve had the (highly romanticized!) dream of working in a small flat in NY as a kind of starving artist, so this would put me in a better location to achieve that. The teachers I’d met there are also really wonderful.

去罗德岛设计学院还是其他英国的学校让我非常矛盾，但是最后我选择了罗德岛设计学院，因为我觉得那里对我来说有更多的机会。我曾经梦想（非常浪漫）在纽约一座小公寓里以一名饥饿艺术家的身份工作，所以这会让我处于更好的位置来实现。

Read more about Cecilia’s artistic aspirations in her student blog by tapping “Read more” below!

点击“阅读更多”来了解更多Cecilia的艺术愿望。