My artistry is deeply rooted in my personal journey, with my works primarily crafted from hanji and featuring the human body as a motif in puppet form. Initially, my focus was on beauty and cuteness, but a turning point came with my mother's accident. This event led me to reflect on her life, delving into the complexities of human existence and exploring the concept of death. The themes in my work, often revolving around anxiety and the fear of losing my mother, serve as a profound connection to her life. Hanji, much like my mother's life, appears strong but can become fragile and rough when in contact with water. Yet, it also embodies an incredible softness and warmth reminiscent of my mother...

As an artist and a human being, I am deeply fascinated by the relationships we form and the individual lives we lead. These relationships, entwined with a myriad of emotions, shape our experiences and have become a significant theme in both my life and work. Life's ever-changing journey brings us into contact with diverse individuals, forming relationships that can act as mirrors reflecting ourselves or as walls challenging our understanding. Thus, to understand others is to understand our existence. Our reality, enriched by the presence of others, is a significant theme that I explore in my work, a theme that transcends the need for words.

Certain bonds connect people, and breaking free from this connection is complicated once we meet. In my works, which evoke a beautiful sense of nostalgia for my childhood, I deeply reflect on my mother's life and express her pain, sorrow, joy, and the essence of her being, even her scent, which I consider sacred. Sorrowful emotions are the catalyst for beauty, which is the fundamental aesthetic approach I embrace. Moreover, through my art form, I've developed ways to help audiences reflect on their journeys and beliefs. I use the making of hanji dolls as a form of art therapy with different groups, from the old to the young. By doing this, hanji dolls and the making thereof become therapeutic art. Through this, I share and reflect on my personal journey and form a bond with the people around me. The focus is thus more on the spirit of healing and beauty through art than the artist.

COLLECTION OF WORKS

  • Jeonju National History Museum
  • Wonju Hanji Museum
  • Wonju Hanji Theme Park
  • Sunchang Gochujang Museum
  • rome vatican
  • thailandembassy
  • Jeonju Film Council - Movie Invasion Mask Production (2018)

EDUCATION

MAIN SOLO EXHIBITION - Total 19

  • 2024 La Settimana della Cultura Coreana Exhibition(Palazzo Della Cancelleria, Vaticanæ)
  • 2022 Relationship & Boundary(yeroowon, Namwon, Korea)
  • 2018 Now Art Fair - The wind is invisible(Jeonbuk Art Center, Jeonju, Korea)
  • 2017 The flower in my heart...Mom - Encore(Jangsu Gallery, jangsu)
  • 2016 She came here as a Flower and she is going as a bird.”(Gwangju, Korea)
  • 2015 Another Way(Naru Art Center, Seoul, Korea)
  • 2014 The flower in my heart...Mom(Hanji Center, Jeonju, Korea)
  • 2010 Seoul doll festival(COEX in Seoul, Korea)
  • 2010 Special invitation exhibition in Osaka in Japan(Korean Cultural Center in Osaka, Japan)
  • 2010 Sobin Prop Exhibition (Manas Art Center, Yangpyeong, Gyeonggi-do)
  • 2010 Spring is coming(Lotte Gallery in Gwangju, Korea) etc.

MAIN GROUP EXHIBITION - Total 32

  • 2021 Relationship & Boundary 2persons(yeroowon, Namwon, Korea)
  • 2021 Mom’ Garden(Jeonnam province gallery ,Gokseong, Korea)
  • 2020 Throw away the fence (Urban Regeneration Center, Gurye, Korea)
  • 2020Rice Ball Pancake (Namdo Local Food Museum, Gwangju, Korea)
  • 2019 Deeper becomes a Flower... 3persons(Lotte gallery, Gwangju, Korea)
  • 2018 Winter story of my town(Lotte gallery, Gwangju, Korea)
  • 2017 Happy today(Jangsu Gallery, jangsu, Korea)
  • 2017 Participated in Design Week in Milan (Milan, Italy)
  • 2015 Special invitation exhibition(Suzhou, China)
  • 2014 Jeonbuk Hanji Sculptors Association Exhibition-Dye. (Gyodong Art, Jeonju, Korea)
  • 2013 Special invitation exhibition(Wonju Hanji Theme Park, Wonju, Korea)
  • 2011 Toy Story(Gwangju, Korea)
  • 2010 40 scenes of Jeonju Hanji (Jeonbuk Provincial Office, Korea) etc.

AWARDED

  • 2006 Awarded the Prize, Korean Art Competition
  • 2006 Awarded the Prize, Korean Traditional Art Competition
  • 2004 Grandprix, Korean Paper Art Competition
  • 2003 Gold Prize, Korean Paper Art Competition

PUBLICATION

  • 2020 Become a mother flower – BEAN PUBLISH
  • 2008 Letters from the Monastery – Daughter of Paul

MAIN ACTIVITIES

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