Kuo Hsin-yi’s practice revolves around an ongoing question:
as the world remains in constant flux, how does one perceive one’s own existence within it?

The “Pond” serves as her central and evolving motif—not as a representation of nature, but as an open field of perception. Across its surface, light, reflections, and ripples intertwine, forming an unstable yet continuously generative structure. In this space, viewing extends beyond a purely visual act, becoming an experience where time, memory, and embodied perception intersect.

Her artistic trajectory has gradually shifted from depicting the external world toward investigating inner experience. This transition raises a deeper question: when we look at a scene, are we perceiving an objective reality, or a world already shaped by our own experience?

Within her paintings, space is no longer fixed but remains in a state of flux and reconfiguration. Color and structure loosen, allowing the image to move between figuration and abstraction, opening up multiple modes of perception. The pond thus ceases to be an object of observation, and instead becomes a site where perception itself takes place.

Her works do not point toward a singular narrative; rather, they remain in an open state—
where viewing becomes an experience,
and existence is continuously formed through the act of perception.