Chay Yit Xuan

Theme: Making a difference starting with me

Merit, School Category, 2024

Artist statement:

Against an ethereal pink canvas, a resilient human heart emerges - transparent and vulnerable. Adorned with delicate butterflies, it symbolises transformation and souls entwining. Each butterfly carries whispered promises and memories. Amidst the heart’s delicate anatomy, a silhouette embodies unwavering resilience - a heartbeat defying despair, murmuring, “There is always hope.”

Within, two souls merge - a dance partner for eternity. “There me, there you,” they whisper, acknowledging their shared existence. Separate yet inseparable, like constellations, their orbits create celestial connections. In existence’s quietude, they find solace.

About the Artist

Chay Yit Xuan, 16
Greenridge Secondary School