Born in Seoul, South Korea, lives and works in Las Vegas, NV USA
I’m a painter. I’m not trying to get out of painting.
I work by hand on a flat surface. A cloud, a grid, a boat, a stain, a painted drip, an ad from the grocery store. Things come from different places, carrying different histories and expectations. I put them together, take them apart, cover them, or leave them where they are.
Each painting begins again, though never from nothing. A grid gives way to a gesture; an accidental stain meets a faux drip; a finished surface gives way to one left open. What worked before may not work again. Sometimes a painting resembles an earlier one. Sometimes it doesn’t.
A painting can stand alone. Put another beside it and something changes. A color looks different. A familiar shape becomes strange. What seemed finished may suddenly seem unfinished.
Beaux-Arts de Paris, France
Diplôme national supérieur d'arts plastiques (DNSAP)
2023 Group Exhibition, Am I Your Type, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
2023 Group Exhibition, The Emotional Show, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas, NV
2024 Solo Exhibition, Color Me Skeptical, The Studio at Sahara West, Las Vegas, NV