I am originally from South Korea and have lived and worked in different parts of the world. I worked in Hong Kong in Marketing Communications for many years before pursuing my earlier interests in drawing and painting. I have a BA in English from Korea University in Seoul, an MA in Journalism from the University of Missouri-Columbia, a Diploma in International Advertising, a Certificate in Art and Design from Hong Kong University and a BFA from Massey University Wellington in New Zealand , and most recently an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art in the UK.

Equilibrium, mathematical beauty, geometric elegance. deliberation and spontaneity. Freedom within self-imposed rules and systems. I grew up in Korea with Buddhist, Taoist and Confucian teachings and a stoic attitude as a child. I think these principles are coming back to me now as I move towards the later stages of my life, even after spending most of my adult life in Western society. I think of my work more as a daily ritual, akin to Zen meditation practices—mixing colors and applying those colors repeatedly, almost mechanically—or a Zen dialogue. I often find myself taking turns asking and responding to questions about work.

My work usually begins with a concrete plan; However, I leave room for improvisation and react to how the picture develops over the course of the process. I mix primary colors to get a neutral gray and then add the thin layers of gray until certain patterns emerge. I finish the work by enhancing these resulting shapes and lines with subtle colors. It is a way of dividing space through the arrangement of analogous and complementary colors, lines and shapes – a meditation on the angles and resulting colors, an experiment in simplicity. Although my intention is for balance and poise, I sometimes look for an element of instability in the final work. I believe that this delicate tension is also a reflection of our everyday life. In my work I enjoy drawing simple lines and observing and participating in how the lines interact and correspond.

My biggest influences are Agnes Martin for her gentle, gentle and meditative works and Gerhard Richter for his attitude of continuous reinvention and advancement.

I believe that many social and political problems today are partly due to our forgetting to be receptive and open to the problems and situations around us. I would say that my work is more of a philosophical approach to the current issues, based on acceptance, tolerance, patience, understanding – though not necessarily agreement – and acknowledgment of difference.

Rather, my work allows for a relationship between the narrator of the story and the story itself. This process could theoretically never end. The goal could be to reach a state of aesthetic sublime, where process and image are mutual. What is important to me, however, is the way to get there. I hope that my works give the viewers this feeling.