A Promising Career 2025
Aaliyah Uy
Oil on canvas
40" x 30"
@goodjobliyah
NFS
A Promising Career reflects how I see myself within my mother, pictured side by side rising from a lotus pond, to illustrate rebirth. The piece carries both liberation and tension in my passion to pursue a career in art, alongside my mother’s quiet uncertainty about its security. Referencing the apsara, a familiar figure in many Cambodian households, the work represents generational support. This painting is also a gift to my mother, in her wish to be portrayed as an apsara and expressing my hope that she continues to support me in my chosen career path.

Artwork was returned to the artist following the exhibition.