
Coexistence in the Escher Garden
High School Illustration
2026
Ryan Lee, Beijing
Program: Performing & Visual Arts
School: Western Academy
In a surreal, yellow-green world, an Escher-esque maze of endless stairs merges with lush tropical foliage. Giant chameleons and lizards peacefully lounge upon this impossible geometry. Tiny humans wander the labyrinth, sharing this dreamlike, gravity-defying ecosystem with the colossal reptiles.