Yudi Cao
Illustration
OCAD University
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Illustration / UX Design
My location: Toronto, Canada
Yudi Cao
First Name: Yudi
Last Name: Cao
University / College: OCAD University
Course / Program: Illustration
Graduates: 2024
Specialisms: Illustration / UX Design
My Location: Toronto, Canada
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About
Yudi Cao is a multidisciplinary artist and designer from Beijing, now living and studying in Toronto. Her art combines elements from both Eastern and Western traditions, exploring the intersection of digital and traditional media. Yudi has a special fondness for raccoons, which often appear in her work, bringing a sense of playfulness and curiosity to her explorations of everyday life. Through her art, Yudi invites viewers to experience intimate moments and personal narratives set against a backdrop of vibrant scenes. Join her in appreciating the subtle beauty and intricate details that make the ordinary extraordinary.
This illustration takes a contemplative dive into the truism "Dying Should Be As Easy As Falling Off a Log" by Jenny Holzer. It portrays a serene yet poignant scene in a forest where elements of life and its cessation coexist. A skull and a decomposing log, alongside sprouting trees and a resting deer, depict the natural cycle of life and death. The juxtaposition of growth and decay presents a tranquil acceptance of life' s finality. The artwork serves as a visual metaphor for the truism, offering a peaceful reflection on the inevitability of death as a natural progression, as effortless as leaves falling or logs tumbling. It suggests that the end of life, much like its beginning, is an intrinsic part of nature's rhythm — necessary, unceremonious, and devoid of struggle.
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