Qreine Hats | Wear Your Soul Out

Qreine Hats is my living canvas project where art, psyche, and liberation meet. As a queer immigrant artist in San Francisco, I transform hats into sculptural works of wearable visual art—some glow in the dark, some light up with LEDs, some carry mirrors, animals, or 3D objects, and others hold only the weight of a single brush stroke. Each piece is designed to carry a symbolic message, bridging past and future, memory and possibility.

My motto Wear Your Soul Out is both an invitation and a challenge: to discover your soul first, and then dare to show it. The hat you pick is never random. It is a direct reflection of your psyche—your anima, your animus, your shadows. Even when you cannot explain why you chose one, the choice itself reveals hidden archetypes and stories within you. Through this, Qreine Hats becomes a tool of self-discovery, not just decoration.

I believe in oneness, not separation. Nations, dystopian ideologies, and polarizations create divisions that harm us; I use art to dissolve them. Any lack of pain is a gain, and every act of authentic expression heals. My work resists manipulation and celebrates uniqueness, teaching that the courage to be disliked is the strength that inspires others to follow.

Qreine Hats grows from this vision—liberation, authenticity, resilience—expressed through workshops, exhibitions, and public encounters across San Francisco. Each hat is a spirit, each brush stroke a mirror, each glowing line a reminder: we are all unified humans, sharing one soul, learning from past, and creating new futures together.