Bree Ho Yuen Ching

Fine Art

I am an artist working across installation and sculptural forms. My practice explores anthropocentrism, often working with animals to examine how human-centred thinking shapes everyday attitudes toward other living beings. I am particularly interested in how ethically questionable behaviours toward animals become normalised and embedded within contemporary society.

My current project engaged with a Chinese legend of the “Sweeping Sunny Maiden” in which a young girl was sacrificed to end relentless rain because of one’s interest and later memorialized as a hanging charm to bring fair weather. This narrative becomes a lens through which I examine how acts of violence, whether toward humans or other living beings who are reconfigured into symbols of comfort and cultural normalcy. Through this tension, the work questions not only anthropocentric attitudes toward animals, but also the broader mechanisms through which harm is aestheticised, displaced, and ultimately forgotten, becoming embedded within the structures of everyday life.

Ultimately, my work invites audiences to reconsider what has been accepted as “normal,” encouraging reflection on our ethical responsibilities toward other living beings.

Don't be Framed, mixed media, 1.5 × 2 m, 2025

Reading School of Art