Shell is a series of self-portraits of the artist. The artist perceived her body as an inanimate object like a still-life or a shell encasing another being. Her works speak to her body identity of being an Asian female. Her attitude towards the body expresses a sense of dislocation, separation, and isolation. There is a lack of connection to the body and disagreement with any notions that pertain to it. In this series, the artist metaphorically conveys her overwhelming emotion weighted by the expectations surrounding the Asian female body while questioning her relationship to the form.