ARTIST STATEMENT

As a multi-disciplinary artist, I visually express the fragmented nature of human memory in modern society, creating abstract and metaphorical images that explore the intersection of individual narratives and broader cultural contexts. My work delves into themes such as women's lives, social positions, and the process of confronting human nature while continually exploring the fluid boundaries between reality and the surreal.

Before coming to the UK, I experienced a homogenization of identity as the eldest daughter and an East Asian woman in Korean society. This background deeply informs my work, visually exploring the fragmented and standardized nature of human experience. Grounded in Eastern philosophy and the body,  ’m seeking to create metaphorical visual poetry that reflects this tension. Through the Eastern philosophical concept of “enlightenment,” I explore the inner self, realizing essence and transcending the limited perception of the self. This is embodied in Gilles Deleuze's idea of the "Body without organs"—a concept of the body as a momentary, fluid state, free from the image of a universal subject, representing individuality as a free organism. 

I further examine the importance of history and space through various cultural contexts, intending to reflect on social power structures through architecture. By invoking collective experiences through the concept of 'home' and forming utopian and dystopian spaces through media, I investigate the process by which modern individuals experience isolation and identity loss in the realms of unreality and reality, as well as between two-dimensional and three-dimensional spaces.

In my practice, I aim to explore the “boundaries” between material forms, 3D, and media experiments. Through abstract expressions of fairy tales and the absence of fixed structures, I am looking for a sensory experience that evokes a childlike spirit while illuminating the darker aspects of reality. Just as social norms are formed and oppressed through the body, I layer and overlap images to transcend these fixed representations, deconstructing existing notions and revealing another side of society. The cyberspaces I create align with Eastern philosophical concepts of inner exploration and self-transcendence, representing a utopian-dystopian world where technology and art intersect. These digital environments symbolize human escapism and the drive to break free from reality while also exposing established hierarchies and power structures in new ways. The cyber realm transcends physical limitations, offering viewers new modes of interdependence by connecting with non-human forms.

Ultimately, my artistic practice seeks to confront individualism, suppressed instincts, and the 'unacceptable' self that is often rationally denied. By blending and expanding artistic forms, I aim to blur boundaries, question hierarchical social structures, and create spaces where new identities and social movements can emerge.