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Artist Statement

My work centers on moments when experience fails to arrive clearly.
I am interested in how emotions, bodily sensations, memory, and even death are not perceived all at once, but reach us in delayed, distorted, or uneven forms.

Rather than depicting events directly, I focus on what remains after them—traces, residues, and surfaces where meaning has not yet settled. Across drawing, painting, and sculptural forms, I explore how perception shifts depending on distance, language, and the position of the viewer. My work does not aim to resolve these moments, but to hold them open, allowing viewers to encounter the instability of how things are seen, felt, and spoken about.

Education

2023-2027

Tufts University, BFA 

2021-2023

Idyllwild Arts Academy

2020 

Seoul Arts High School 

2017-2020 

Yewon School

Exhibitions

2025, "Some of this is true", SMFA, Boston, MA - Participant

2025, "Artist to Artist", SMFA, Boston, MA - Participant

2023, "Epiphany", Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA - Participant

2023,  Visual Arts Showcase, Melissa Morgan Fine Arts, Palm Desert, CA - Participant

2022, "Passing Period", Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA - Participant

2022, K&P Painting Contest, K&P Gallery, New York, NY - Winner

2022, Sorodha International Art Competition, Love 2 Arts Gallery, Belgium - Gold Medal

2021, "Dream", Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA - Honorable Mention

2021, Meadow Mural Collaboration, Idyllwild Arts Academy, Idyllwild, CA

2020, "Escape", Parks Exhibition Center, Idyllwild, CA

Awards

2023, Visual Arts Outstanding Senior Award, Idyllwild Arts Academy, USA
2022, Visual Art Drawing Award, Idyllwild Arts Academy, USA
2021, Computer Graphic Award, Idyllwild Arts Academy, USA
2021–2022, Scholastic Art & Writing Competition (Gold Key, Silver Key), USA
2022, K&P Painting Contest – Winner, K&P Gallery / MySlide Corp. & Arté, New York, USA
2022, Sorodha International Art Competition – Gold Medal, Sorodha & Arté, Belgium
2021, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art Award, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, South Korea

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