y i l i n g c h a n g u e s

More vahine.

Series of illustrations portraying in a sensible and metaphorical way the feeling of being a vahine.

自家人 chi ka ngin you are one of us You share our history You eat our food You speak our language We are from the same people And our culture binds us

If everyone Could make their thoughts blossom Like a Hibiscus bouquet I would gather your words To put them behind my ear

In Tahiti, babies are born in papayas My mother’s belly is a papaya She runs in the Tahitian chestnut tree forest Her running is cadenced by to'ere and her heart, beating in unison

Series of illustrations representing the meeting between Tahitian and Chinese culture.

My spirit is in France My heart in China My soul in Tahiti And my identity in pieces

Drawings for the 2018 Inktober challenge, focusing on representing Tahiti’s everyday life.

Reinterpretation and illustration of a famous Tahitien tale : the legend of the coconut tree, as part of the 4th volume of the Cautionary Fables & Fairytales (Oceania Edition). Self published by Kate Ashwin and Kel McDonald (United States).

What’s the sea without a lagoon The Ocean The ocean isn’t my home The island and it’s banks are

Deep breaths

Happy World Ocean’s Day (sorry it doesn’t translate well il English)

Illustration for the-feminist digital magazine GUTS (Canada). Text by Francesca Omolara.

Island

Graphic experimentations made with shapes cut out from painted canvas. The shapes were then assembled in various compositions, photographied and set in a booklet.

We are still here.

Illustrations for Opium Philosophie Magazine (France). Text by Mathilde Aplincourt.