Dolls (2012)
Ceramics (gypsum) of old plastic doll parts (N/A)
Is there truly a standard for beauty? Why do we say something is beautiful and something is not? Since that standard starts to form as we are children...

 

Self-portrait (2012)
Printed photo and oil paint on canvas (N/A)
Thoughts overgrow like willows, and the weight of their twigs push me into the unrealistic world. From memories of two years ago to two hours ago...

 

Tree (2013)
Silver-printed photo (N/A)
Although I had worked with many media to represent trees, I realized that I had never attempted to interpret a tree of my own...

 

Close-up Tree (2012)
Oil paint on canvas (N/A)
An abstraction of a close-up portrait of a tree.

 

Uncomfortableness (2013)
Post-its and old stamp drawing of a figure (17 x 30 in.)
The drawing was originally created with stamps, tapes, and beads, that is, some parts of it were covered with beads and the lines of the figure in the drawing were defined with thin black tapes. But soon after...

 

Eye Alphabet (2011)
Silver-printed photos (32 x 19 in. each)
I made my own system of writing by combing the English and the Korean alphabets. I wrote English alphabets in Korean as they are pronounced in Korean. To differentiate the shape of eye that was used redundantly...

 

The Present (2011)
Silver-printed photo (N/A)
Part of my daily routine is to choose the outfit that I would wear the next day, which actually takes up quite a bit of my time every morning and night. So...

 

Abstract Ceramics (2011)
Old unrecyclable ceramics on ceramic plate (N/A)
Although the old ceramic debris might have appeared to be utterly useless in any way individually...

 

Ten Years from Now (2011)
Silver-printed photo (N/A)
I want to travel all around the world in complete freedom and delight.

 

Molly (2012)
Ink on old book page (8.5 x 11 in. each)
Although the figures on the two drawings are identical with equally identical poses...

 

Abstract Painting (2012)
Cloth, oil paint, and oil paint thinner on canvas (36 x 36 in.)
Because I did not expect the big piece of cloth to make wrinkles when I initially attached it onto the canvas...

 

Collage (2011)
Oil paint on canvas (36 x 36 in.)
I was curious if a collage could be made of three different genres, namely, Renaissance, Cubism, and Surrealism, and still come out agreeably...

 

Polaroid (2013)
Colored-pencil on enlarged Polaroid (30 x 30 in.)
Inspired by Kusama Yayoi’s polka dot room that was created by letting her patrons decorate a white room of white fixtures with polka dot stickers, I asked...

 

Renaissance Cartoon (2013)
Oil paint on canvas (30 X 40 in.)
The saying in the caption means “No adversity, no volition in life” in Korean. As the main theme for our assignment was...

 

Cabbage Sprout (2013)
Silver-printed photo (16 x 20 in.)
A portrait of vegetable represented on a 4 x 5 film.

 

Cabbage Blossom (2013)
Silver-printed photo (16 x 20 in.)
A portrait of vegetable represented on a 4 x 5 film.

 

Dolls (2012)
Pen and water color on paper (15 x 11 in.)
As we had to draw a scary still-life of all the dolls in the studio, I cropped the heights of two tall dolls so that...

 

Figure (2013)
Acrylic, sharpie, and colored-pencil on paper (19 x 16 in.)
A drawing of figure in still-life. Initially, the figure and the large still-life were outlined without...

 

Tree in the Woods (2012)
Ink on gesso-painted cardboard (14.5 x 8 in.)
During one of our drawing classes, we went into the woods for an entire class time and drew several depictions of the landscape. This is one of them that I drew from...

 

Mural (2013)
Acrylic on concrete wall (N/A)
This is the mural I painted on the outside wall of my grandma’s house.

 

Ink and pen on old book page (8.5 x 11 in.)
I sketched the figure with a pen first then put the shadings in afterward with ink.