Artist Statement
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I am a Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist from South Korea whose practice includes painting, weaving, installation, hand papermaking, and performance. I earned a BFA in Textile Art from Hongik University in Seoul and an MFA in Fine Arts from Columbia College Chicago in 2023, and am currently pursuing an MA in Modern and Contemporary Art History at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. I have exhibited widely in solo and group exhibitions across Korea, the U.S., and internationally, and I was awarded the Albert P. Weisman Award and the Haystack Fellowship in 2023.
My art practice is grounded in Buddhist philosophies that portray this world—sabba—as a realm of suffering, where humans experience dukkha (unhappiness, despair, or pain) through excessive attachment to both tangible and intangible materials. These teachings also promote the practice of wisdom and loving-kindness to reduce dukkha and achieve nirvana, the ultimate state of serenity or happiness. Believing that the work of art can be another instrument to lessen individuals' hardships, I compose artworks to deliver life-affirming sensations, such as hope, joy, respite, transcendence, or tranquility.
I dream of my showcase as a sanctuary for the people of sabba.
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