Born

Phoenia Yuanmeilin Gao
Oil on canvas

A junior at the Rhode Island School of Design, Phoenia Yuanmeilin Gao is a storyteller whose work revolves around the quiet presence of light. Through digital illustrations, she explores how light shapes memory, connection, and the emotional texture of space. Her work is a love letter to moments where colors seem to breathe to the rhythm of light, glowing, tangible and infectious.