Education and Residency Program
2010 AIM, Bronx Museum of Art, New York, Spring
2006 Summer Residency Program, Kwangju Art Museum, Korea
2002 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, With Honors, BFA Degree in Fine Arts
2006 Summer Residency Program, Kwangju Art Museum, Korea
2002 School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, With Honors, BFA Degree in Fine Arts
Selected Award, Grant and Honors
2010 Cultural Merits Award, Hanyang Mart
2009 Grant, Arts Council Korea
2008 AHL Foundation, INC Visual Arts Award Winner
2008 Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship
2007 Art In City Project, Korea
2006 Art In City Project, Korea
2001 Honored with Senior Year Review Show in the School of Visual Arts
2009 Grant, Arts Council Korea
2008 AHL Foundation, INC Visual Arts Award Winner
2008 Socrates Sculpture Park Fellowship
2007 Art In City Project, Korea
2006 Art In City Project, Korea
2001 Honored with Senior Year Review Show in the School of Visual Arts
Statement
In my work of the last few years I have been developing and refining a form of woven sculpture, which takes the form of large scale, site-specific installations—three dimensional drawings in space. Each piece constitutes a unique response to a particular space, be it interior or exterior, to create a kind of mind-map. The installations engage with these public spaces through their interaction with the pre-existing architecture and spatial dynamics, and transform them through the multiplicity of viewing possibilities they offer.
Physically, my work is about building and weaving installations, using varying lengths and types of thin wooden strips, used both in their raw, natural state and also rendered in color. These are flexed, twisted, bundled and arched into forms that reference bridges, airport structures, sports complexes, and factory buildings, and recall the raw beauty of modern industrial engineering. To create these installations, the material is subject to enormous physical pressure and tension, suggesting the conflicting sensations of pleasure and danger, excitement and trepidation, and adding a psychological and metaphorical component to the sculptures. I am interested in conveying complex emotions, balancing the positive with the negative, tranquility with tension, stillness and movement, and ultimately, transformation. The tension in the graceful curved lines, delicate joineries, and temporal forms speaks to the fragility and ephemeral nature of human relationships, and, equally, to the balance and stability in nature.
Physically, my work is about building and weaving installations, using varying lengths and types of thin wooden strips, used both in their raw, natural state and also rendered in color. These are flexed, twisted, bundled and arched into forms that reference bridges, airport structures, sports complexes, and factory buildings, and recall the raw beauty of modern industrial engineering. To create these installations, the material is subject to enormous physical pressure and tension, suggesting the conflicting sensations of pleasure and danger, excitement and trepidation, and adding a psychological and metaphorical component to the sculptures. I am interested in conveying complex emotions, balancing the positive with the negative, tranquility with tension, stillness and movement, and ultimately, transformation. The tension in the graceful curved lines, delicate joineries, and temporal forms speaks to the fragility and ephemeral nature of human relationships, and, equally, to the balance and stability in nature.