5 lives of a 33-Year-old woman
5 Lives of a 33-Year-Old Woman is a narrative-based art project exploring female identity through five fictional life paths.
Set across different cultural and geographic contexts, the project uses constructed characters rather than autobiography to examine choice, migration, and self-formation, revealing identity as unstable, situational, and formed through lived choices.
5 lives of a 33-Year-old woman #1
Collage，Wooden box
2025 NYC
5 lives of a 33-Year-old woman #2
3D-scanned sculptures, wooden panel, electrical wires
2025 NYC
#1 first life :the flighter
chiangmai, THailand
She is a Muay Thai fighter from Chiang Mai, Thailand.
She trains at dawn. The air smells of cement and lemongrass oil. Her fists are wrapped, her shins bruised, but she never flinches.
Her master is Buakaw, a famous Muay Thai champion. He once told her, “Once you step into the ring, never back down.”
Last week, she fought at Tha Phae Gate in a local match. She won, but what mattered most was the silence inside her during the third round.
After training, she eats slowly at a quiet Burmese vegetarian place down the alley. No one stares.
“Fighting taught me how to be still. Not how to win.”
#2 SECOND life: The Weaver
OAXACA, MEXICO
She is a weaver from Oaxaca, Mexico.
Her days are spent between a dim workshop and a dusty warehouse. Her fingers are dyed red from cochineal and blue from indigo. She speaks little, but her hands tell stories.
On her birthday, she walked barefoot into a temazcal to sweat out sorrow from a past lover. She emerged quieter, but not empty.
She wears bracelets of jade and crystal, passed down from her abuela. At night, she drinks champurrado from a clay mug and hums old lullabies once sung to her mother’s loom.
“The warp is the spine. The weft is the breath.”
#3 THIRD life :the Daughter
WENSHANG, SHANDONG, china
She is a girl from Wenshang, Shandong, China.
She wakes early to walk to her grandmother’s house for breakfast—warm youtiao, soy milk, and quiet TV sounds. Her parents live nearby and call often.
She works part-time at a stationery store. She loves scratch cards with full prize boxes from childhood, though she rarely wins.
They have a big black dog at home. Her life is peaceful and simple. She is not trying to break it.
“My world is soft. I’m not trying to escape it.”
#4 forth life :the Laborer
Adelaide, Australia
She is on a working holiday near Adelaide，rural Australia.
Some days she picks apples. Other days, she works as an electrician—trained in a technical school before coming. Her hands are skilled and steady.
She wakes at 5:30 a.m., laces up her boots, and works quietly for hours. The work is tiring but fulfilling.
On weekends, she drives her beat-up Ford or rides her motorcycle down empty highways to the mountains or the coast. enjoying the open road and music.
“I work, I ride, I sleep well. I’m not chasing meaning—I’m making it.”
#5 fifth life :The Light Walker
metropolises
She is a light walker—a feminine, untethered woman living in megacities.
She moves between metropolises with over 20 million people: Tokyo, São Paulo, New York, London, Shanghai，Istanbul. No fixed home, only radiant presence.
She wears silk dresses, drinks neon cocktails, and listens more than she speaks. People share secrets with her, which she writes in a red notebook.
She believes beauty is a public service. She is precise, not soft. She doesn’t explain herself—it’s not her job.
“My body is not mine. It’s a mirror, a myth, a message.”
