"My work is about telling stories.  Since my childhood, storytelling has had a strong influence on me. I grew up listening to my parents’ recorded voice reading children’s stories on tape in an effort to keep me company while they were away at work. Lack of their presence and having no one to explain children’s classic question ‘why,’ I began to imagine the reason why. I also began to make keen observations and developed a photographic memory. With my interest in storytelling, I was drawn to history as I grew older, which I consider a type of storytelling. I read in depth about China, Japan, and the United States' history. I began re-creating the historic scenes as well as scenes from the daily lives of common people, and people in animal forms with my imagination, wondering what I would have observed if I were at the scene. The combination of all the above enables me to project my views and imagination accurately on a surface."

- Mu Pan