Artist Statement

Based in Oakland, California, I create abstract work that explores the intersections of identity, memory, and the unseen. Rooted in my Korean and Japanese heritage, I draw from personal and ancestral narratives—translating emotion, nature, and dreams into visual form. 

My process is intuitive and layered, using graphite, charcoal, acrylic, watercolor, and oil. Organic forms and shifting color fields emerge as I paint inner landscapes shaped by cultural memory and emotional resonance. 

Living between cultures, my work becomes a space to reflect, reclaim, and reimagine identity on my own terms—through abstraction, gesture, and the language of the natural world.