Mee Jey
ENDLESS (ii), 2023
Repurposed fabric and golden emergency mylar quilt on wood board 48"x 48" x5" (inches)
A desert landscape with a figure of camel embossed, addressing the lust for life and a better future of the immigrants and refugees who survive through difficult time and terrain.
Mee Jey
Paradise, 2022
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x24" Inches
Immigrants undertake life-threatening journeys holding a vision of an imaginary destination, a paradise.
Mee Jey
Maze, 2023
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x24" Inches
A maze of sand dunes representing life of immigrants and refugees
Mee Jey
Day Dreamer, 2023
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x24" Inches
An overcrowded boat in the middle of a water body under blazing sun
Mee Jey
In Between, 2023
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x24" Inches
Silhouette of a person facing end of land between sun and moon.
Mee Jey
In Search of Home, 2022
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x24" Inches
People on move in search of home.
Mee Jey
Belonging(ii), 2023
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x24" Inches
Silhouette of a mother with a child carrying its toy with a string, on move.
Mee Jey
Water Walker, 2023
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x24" Inches
Sub-murged people forming human chain to cross rough water
Mee Jey
Brave Wave Rider, 2022
Repurposed fabric on wood board 24"x 48" inches
An over-crowded inflatable boat carrying people in a rough sea moving ahead in the light of full moon
Mee Jey
MANNAT: A Special Prayer (for children victims of war and violence), 2021
Repurposed fabric on plastic mesh 12x21 feet
With the participation of 48 visitor/volunteer, I created this imagery of Ayan Kurdi, the Syrian child who drowned in the Mediterranean sea, and this image changed the way immigration crisis was dealt by global powers.
