Spotlight
Trisha Harjono

Trisha Harjono’s first time traveling to the United States was when she began classes as a freshman at Mississippi State in the fall of 2019.
Trisha Harjono’s first time traveling to the United States was when she began classes as a freshman at Mississippi State in the fall of 2019.
"Design as a practice is (and should be) humanitarian. It is the duty of the designer, whoever they may be, and whatever tools they find at their hands, to use their skills for the better of humanity. Our toolboxes are infinite and undefined. Our peers are just as vital as our tools. We should be humans first, communicators second, both with love, patience, care, and kindness."
"Throughout this body of work, I am exploring domestic interiors and the landscape in response to a new relationship with the everyday that emerged due to the COVID-19 pandemic. In doing so, I am capturing subjects that are ubiquitous and personal as I investigate fleeting aspects of everyday life that can be difficult to see and appreciate.
"Moving imagery can be an art. The imagery reflects my visual activities, and the relationship between imagination and visual activities produces a multi-layered world of symbolism. The shape and color represent symbols of abstraction and transformation.
I make movements with small objects and liquid around me. I capture frame-by-frame images with a DSLR camera and a digital microscope. You can taste the rhythm and beat of shape and color in movements."
"My elementary school teacher, Ms. Fry made a passing comment that has kept with me. She said that we will never really know who we are and will spend a lifetime searching for who we are. I doubt that she thought much of such a statement - but it lodged in my mind permanently. My artwork is a constant search for self from my early crayon-colored rocks to today’s fine art photographic work. My art is my way of attempting to understand myself and the world around me."