“The abstractions present in my projects are my hommage to nature, on which we depend. We humans are the symbol of the current of past, present and future, and the consequence of life’s long journey. We keep moving forward and that energy is beyond the flow of time.
I believe that there is a kind of collective unconscious that is part of our subconscious and, from time immemorial, of the forgotten memories of ourselves. Interest in topics as intense as life and death flourishes through encounters with microscopic and eccentric realities that are hidden by the familiarity around us.”
Born in Seoul, South Korea in 1983. Educated in Kookmin University, Seoul, received her BFA in 2007. From 2008 to 2009 studied in Pforzheim University, Germany. Returned to Koomin University in South Korea received her MFA degree in 2011. Now living in Seoul, working as a jewelry artist nationaly and internationaly.
Selected awards:
2014 Finalist, AJF Artist Award, Art Jewelry Forum, California USA, 2013 Itami International Craft Awards, Itami, Japan; Korea Arts and Crafts Awards, Korea Crafts Culture Association; 2012 Inhorgenta Award (Munich Germany); 2011 The Winner of the Prize, Preziosa Young 2011, Le Arti Orafe Jewellery School & Academy, Firenze Italy and Marzee Graduate Prize 2011, Galerie Marzee, Nijmegen Netherlands.
Selected exhibitions:
Gallery Marzee, Holland and Museo della Specola, Florence, Italy (2011); Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Montreal, Canada, an exhibition curated by Jamie Benett (2013); GBJ Project 3, Galerie Biró Junior Munich, Germany (2015); Sofa Chicago, Galerie Noel Guyomarc’h, Navy Pier, USA; Itami Craft Museum, Itami, Japan (2015); Galerie Handwerk, Munich, Germany; Bavarian National Museum, Munich Germany and Galeria Reverso, Lisbon, Portugal (2016).
