Drawing
My work deals with issues intimately related to my personal life and my surroundings. I seek to recreate images that I have seen in dreams, the emotions involved in relationships with others and their individual characters, and my own interpretation of objects and nature. These elements are expressed as characters, lines, letters, and symbols in my paintings and drawings.
I conceptualize the world around me, such as my personal memories, interpretations of nature and daily objects: houses, bowls, creatures, trees, sky and water. My work has formed the concept of inherent worth of the individual life to respect all living creatures. For instance, the Evergreen trees that grow on a rocky mountain in my painting depict a human being or myself and symbolize a great strength of character, which overcome adversities. These could be a barren environment to grow, or rain and a snowstorm, which could be reinterpreted as obstacles of human life as well. My drawings’ subject matter is often daily objects, and, in some cases, the harmony of lines and colors themselves.
I try to open each viewer’s imagination though the creation of ambiguous or clear characters that are intended to be suggestions. For example, a bowl, as a container, is a common vessel used to serve food. But in my painting, the bowl suggests an imaginative approach; the bowl is not only an object to contain something, but also a place to grow my emotion and imagination. My imagination is based on my cultural background and natural environment, and in my artwork, I reconstruct my emotional reaction to these elements.
They are open to interpretation from each person’s perspective, and at the same time my works are open-ended and dependent on the perception of others.
The main materials for my work are charcoal, pencil, oil pastel and acrylic. Especially I prefer using pencil and charcoal for drawings because of the vividness, roughness, and rawness. Also, oil pastel is always one of my favorite materials because the material arouses my nostalgic childhood.
Sculpture
My three-dimensional works relate the personal experiences in my life: relationships between others and myself, and living in a new and different environment from my own country, Korea. Living in a new environment arouses my interest in many things, such as food, clothing, and shelter, which are things I did not consider seriously before. I started to recognize these vital elements deeply and try now to interpret them with a different point of view. My sculpture’s subject matter is especially informed by the cultural differences between the United States and Korea, and the gap between reality and imagination.
My work deals with issues intimately related to my personal life and my surroundings. I seek to recreate images that I have seen in dreams, the emotions involved in relationships with others and their individual characters, and my own interpretation of objects and nature. These elements are expressed as characters, lines, letters, and symbols in my paintings and drawings.
I conceptualize the world around me, such as my personal memories, interpretations of nature and daily objects: houses, bowls, creatures, trees, sky and water. My work has formed the concept of inherent worth of the individual life to respect all living creatures. For instance, the Evergreen trees that grow on a rocky mountain in my painting depict a human being or myself and symbolize a great strength of character, which overcome adversities. These could be a barren environment to grow, or rain and a snowstorm, which could be reinterpreted as obstacles of human life as well. My drawings’ subject matter is often daily objects, and, in some cases, the harmony of lines and colors themselves.
I try to open each viewer’s imagination though the creation of ambiguous or clear characters that are intended to be suggestions. For example, a bowl, as a container, is a common vessel used to serve food. But in my painting, the bowl suggests an imaginative approach; the bowl is not only an object to contain something, but also a place to grow my emotion and imagination. My imagination is based on my cultural background and natural environment, and in my artwork, I reconstruct my emotional reaction to these elements.
They are open to interpretation from each person’s perspective, and at the same time my works are open-ended and dependent on the perception of others.
The main materials for my work are charcoal, pencil, oil pastel and acrylic. Especially I prefer using pencil and charcoal for drawings because of the vividness, roughness, and rawness. Also, oil pastel is always one of my favorite materials because the material arouses my nostalgic childhood.
Sculpture
My three-dimensional works relate the personal experiences in my life: relationships between others and myself, and living in a new and different environment from my own country, Korea. Living in a new environment arouses my interest in many things, such as food, clothing, and shelter, which are things I did not consider seriously before. I started to recognize these vital elements deeply and try now to interpret them with a different point of view. My sculpture’s subject matter is especially informed by the cultural differences between the United States and Korea, and the gap between reality and imagination.
