My name is Tatjana Lee. I am a Munich based visual portrait artist. The essential theme of my work of art is about the interaction between man's external (physical) and internal (spiritual) identity and how this is showing in a humans face.
As Germany is getting confronted with people of different ethnics and cultural background due to the refugees issue, I started wondering why is it that people are so afraid of faces that look different from what they are used to. I observed my own reaction when travelling to a country with different ethnic and cultural background. The first impression was to see the people as a population of anonymous identities, making me also feel anonymous and unconnected to the people. As I got more and more in touch with the people among me, I started to discover the new, beautiful diverse and interesting characters around me. More than that, I also met a whole bunch of new identities within myself. I decided to share this positive experience with a social media art project:
Traveldentity resembles the fun to discover new identities within yourself due to the mind broadening process of travelling.
More info: tatjanalee.de
Meet #traveldentity and friends
This is my "being-excited-waiting-in-the-lobby-before-entering-my-new-hotel-room" identity.
Making new friends at Gyeongbokgung Palace
These beautiful girls really made me desperately wanting to have one of these colorful traditional hanbok dresses.
Relaxing at the pool in Jejudo Southkorea
This is my really relaxed pool identity.
Seoul subway station - should I stay or should I go?
Have you seen such underground traffic lights for pedestrians before?
Taking time off at Jejudos seaside
Don't you love the colours of the sea?
Meet my hanbok identity
Don't I look pretty in my traditional Korean hanbok?
Red little fella
My friends and me tried to cheer up this red little fella.
My Korean dance identity
I discovered my traditional korean dance identity at Gyeongbokgung palace.