Flowing (2023), one of the artist’s largest canvas works to date, echoes her rigorous process of bending glass. Prompted by the exploration of the dream symbols, the work unfolds a psychic landscape through the action of repetitive drawing, adopting the method of “automatic” drawing and the automatism as a way of accessing the unconscious imagery.

The monumental two-dimensional work measures some ten feet (three meters) tall and four feet (one meter) wide, features a bold abstract composition made with brightly colored acrylic and markers. Here, thick, curving bands of magenta snake through allover patterns of undulating blue and green lines, evocative of a river or stream.

Annesta Le is a multimedia artist living and working in Brooklyn, NY. Le left the University of Texas, where she was studying computer science, and, following intensive work with a Jungian psychoanalyst and a life-altering visit to the Brazilian rainforest, she shifted from occasional drawing and painting at home to a rigorous studio practice. As the daughter of Vietnamese immigrants, the work of positioning herself vis a vis society and finding ways to translate her inner life is an ongoing process reflected in her work in ways that are—like any human subject—constantly undergoing change. Her work can be divided into two very different and occasionally overlapping practices: sculpting in illuminated neon and drawing on paper and canvas. Le has exhibited in New York, Chicago and Turin, among other cities. She is the recipient of a grant from the Peter S. Reed Foundation and has been featured in publications such as Slow + Sustain magazine, Art Master, Vogue and Fortuna magazine, Japan.