EDUCATION
BFA, SAIC (School of the Art Institute of Chicago)
BS, Mathematics, Korea University
RESEARCH AREAS / SKILLS
Visual Art : direct stone carving, hand-woven metal wire sculpture, installation, painting, multimedia
Video installation, projection, multi-channel environment
Sound recording & layering : harmonic glossolalia
Hiperwall Display System : distributed-screen media; video editing, multi-channel media design
Archival Research : harmonic glossolalia, genetic trauma, Korean War literature and archives, KLO (Korean Liaison Office), Korean philosophy Yullyeo (cosmic rhythm)
CURRENT PROJECT
Documentary planning & development with a film maker Dae Hyun Kim
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
‘Prayers’, Quinn Emanuel Artist Residency Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA 2025
‘Chorus of The Displaced’, Crafton Hills College Gallery, Yucaipa, CA 2024
‘Walk Slowly – Unknown Path’, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 2023
‘GIL (path)’, Launch LA Gallery, Los Angeles, CA 2022
‘ON THE PATH’, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 2022
‘New Talent II’ Contemporary Art Workshop Gallery, Chicago 2003
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
‘Polyphony’, Golden West College Gallery, Huntington Beach, CA, 2026
‘the moon, the womb, and they remember’, Angels Gate Cultural Center, San Pedro, CA, 2026
‘Weaving Wombspace : Love-Making in the Constellations’, A Poco Art collective, CA, 2025
‘PERSONAL DATA: WHAT IS A PORTRAIT?’, Huntington Beach Art Center, CA, 2025
‘Moon and Stars’, Marks Art Center, Palm Springs, CA 2025
‘Primarily in the Right Hemisphere’, Getty’s PST ART: Art & Science Collide, Lois Lambert Gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 2024
‘Plateaus: Art that Resonates’, Art Share L.A., CA 2024
’(Be)Longing: Asian Diasporic Crossings’ ReflectSpace Gallery, Glendale Central Library, Glendale, CA 2024
’The Paths We Cross: Perspectives from the Korean Diaspora‘, The University of Hawaii at Hilo, HI 2024
‘MOON & STARS: Los Angeles Asian Women in Art’, BG gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 2024
‘Ellsworth Artist Residency Alumni gallery’, Art Share L.A., CA 2024
‘Nomad II’, The Del Amo Crossing, Torrance, CA (Curated by Torrance Art Museum) 2023
‘Contemplating Boundaries’, Korean Cultural Center LA, CA 2023
‘Artists in Residence: The Ellsworth Artist Residency Program’, Art Share L.A., CA 2023
‘AAPI Celebration’, BG gallery, Bergamot Station Arts Center, Santa Monica, CA 2023
‘Grove Artist showcase’, The Grove Center for the Arts & Media, CA 2022
‘CoCreat Night’, Saddleback Visual Arts, Lake Forest, CA 2021
‘AAPI Heritage Art Show & Concert’, Saddleback Visual Arts, Lake Forest, CA 2021
‘Arts North International‘, Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN 2021
‘Small Works 2020’, Main Streets Arts gallery, Clifton Springs, NY 2020
’The Winter Show 2020’, Palo Verde Art Center, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA 2020
‘Salon at the Triton’, Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, CA 2019
‘3rd ANJE’, Wausau Museum of Contemporary Art, Wausau, WI 2019
‘All Media 2019’, Irvine Fine Arts Center, Irvine, CA 2019
‘Small Works 2019’, Main Streets Arts gallery, Clifton Springs, NY 2019
‘The Brain Project’, Yorkville Park, Toronto, Canada 2019
‘The Brain Project’, Nathan Phillips Square, Toronto, Canada 2019
‘34th Made in California’, Brea Gallery, Brea, CA 2019
‘The Annual Juried Art Exhibition’, Korean Cultural Center, LA
‘Brilliant’, Zolla Lieberman Gallery, Chicago
‘November Group Show’, Gallery 2, Chicago
‘The Invented Figure’, Woman Made Gallery, Chicago
Art Window Exhibition, Saks Fifth Avenue, Chicago
Art Window Exhibition, Max Mara, Chicago
PRESS AND MEDIA
‘the moon, the womb, and they remember’, Angels Gate Cultural Center