To me, nature is color itself. The colors of nature that change from time to time depending on the season, place, or time are endless. I digest the many colors of such nature to create a new form of abstract nature that has changed into my own color and shape. I call it Internal Landscape.

What I realized while expressing the abstract natural world inside human beings is that there is something much larger than nature inside us. I saw this in space; In other words, we have our own world, our own universe, inside. In this universe that exists within me, what exists in this world? What am I living with and what am I moving by and what am I making work about? The work starts with these questions. In fact, in my inner world, in my art world, i don't know exactly what's going on, even in the real world outside. I'm not sure what my job is, but it's definitely the process of finding something that exists. It is the process of finding my self that exists in the deep abyss. I accept the colors of real nature inside and express my universe and my world based on my own color and a new form of abstract nature. This is the series of works, Internal Universe, which began at the end of 2018.

This Internal Reflection Series, derived from the Internal Universe, is a series of works created by projecting the image of the subject in my image into the inner universe. In fact, this series was inspired by an experience on a foggy day while I was waiting at a traffic light. As I gazed at the silhouette of a distant building through the mist, I found myself momentarily questioning whether I was looking at the real world or at my own inner world. In this series, by actively intervening in my inner self and showing the silhouette of the subject directly, the viewer causes a calm emotional agitation. Also, if the Internal Universe was a complete abstraction, in this series, Internal Reflection, my universe becomes the subject's background, or it exists inside the subject. In other words, the work exists somewhere at the intersection of abstraction and representation—abstract while remaining representational, and representational while remaining abstract.

An additional presence emerges in my recent works. Chu, which means balance, also has a destructive meaning, so it is a device to always maintain a calm emotional state, fearing that my inner world will be destroyed if I am swept away by any emotion and further tilted. This weight is expressed as a floating sphere without a line in the Internal Reflection. This sphere is a planet that exists in my universe and at the same time balances the inner world.

Animals appear in the current work, but in fact, there can be quite a few subjects to be expressed in the work. People, animals, landscapes, buildings, etc. In fact, all the real-world subjects in my image become my works. I'm bringing this image of images into my work and this is my new work series Internal Reflection.

Education

2015 Master of Fine Arts (MFA), Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, USA

2012 Bachelor of Fine Arts (BFA), School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA

2010 Bachelor of Arts in Art, Lakeland University, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Things In My Universe, Public Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2022 Entering, Another Level Gallery, Incheon, Korea

2021 This Is My Universe, Nine Wells Gallery, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2021 Share My World II, Gallery TAM, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2021 Cosmic Space, Suho Gallery, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2021 Internal Universe, Gallery The Flux, Seoul, Korea

2020 The Cosmos, Art Lounge Chwihwadam, Seoul, Korea

2020 Cosmic Poetry II, Art Space Grove, Seoul, Korea

2020 Cosmo-, Gagosipo Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2019 The Cosmic Verses, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2019 Literature & Arts Biennale – Jeojakgeori Booth Solo Exhibition, Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea

2019 ILU-ISM, Lydia Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2018 Colour-ism II, Gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea

2018 K Painting Project Outstanding Artists Competition Exhibition, Yoonseung Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2018 Utopia, Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea 

2017 Color Blooming, Gallery KNOT, Seoul, Korea 

2017 Colour Addict, Gagosipo Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

2017 Colour-ism, Seojin Art Space, Seoul, Korea 

2015 Share My World, Steuben Gallery, New York, NY, USA

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2025

At the Boundary of Light and Darkness: The Meaning of the First Moment, Gangbuk Samsung Hospital Gallery Nanum Zone, Seoul, Korea

2024

 Sharing Love, Suho Gallery, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

Vivid Echoes, FKI Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

K-Art, Making Global Waves: Encore Exhibition, Suho Gallery, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

BAF 2024, Sejong Museum of Art, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea 

Restraint, Solidarity – Part 3, Suho Gallery, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2023

Emptying, Filling, Suho Gallery, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

The Four Seasons, JK Academy, Seoul, Korea 

The Transcendent World = Transcendent Senses, Dongjak Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

This Space Exhibition, Aither Art Association, Busan, Korea 

Exhibition, Koreana Hotel (16th Floor), Seoul, Korea 

Suho Art Concert, Suho Gallery, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2022

New Normal New Waves, Suho Gallery, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Into the Unknown, Namhansanseong Art Hall, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Cosmos Like (우주라이크), Tapgol Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 

Now & Now, Cyart Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2021

New Artists New Waves, Suho Art Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

Suho Art Concert, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea 

Internal Space, On The Fringe, New York, NY, USA 

Showing Gallery Exhibition, Gallery Daham, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2020

Suho Art Concert, Suho Gallery, Bundang, Seongnam, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Subtle Frame, Gagosipo Gallery, Seoul, Korea

Internal Space, H Contemporary Gallery, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

2019

Young Artists Exhibition, Minu Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Conseill Gallery Emerging Artist Competition Winners Exhibition, Conseill Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Invisible, Gallery Namu, Incheon, Korea 

(Two-Person Exhibition) Oneirism, Gagosipo Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Blossom, Gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea 

Gyeonggi Art Competition Selected Artists Exhibition, Gyeonggi Arts Center, Suwon, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

Get Across, Clang Blue Gallery, Jeju, Korea 

Spare Moment in Art, Art Mora Gallery, New York, NY, USA 

Young Artists Exhibition: Warehouse of Memories, Gallery DOO, Seoul, Korea 

2018

Bupyeong Auction White Sale, Gallery Kkotnuri, Bupyeong Art Center, Incheon, Korea

Seoripul Art Grand Exhibition Selected Artists Exhibition, KEPCO Art Center Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Korea International Art Exhibition Selected Artists Exhibition, Yongsan Art Hall, Seoul, Korea 

New Age Art, Allme Art Space, Seoul, Korea 

Mix & Match, Toka Art, Seoul, Korea 

Encountering Dreams, Gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea

2017

Gift of November, Gallery KNOT, Seoul, Korea 

Long Live Artists: Artist-Centered Research Institute Exhibition, Blue Square Nemo Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Connection to the Danjeon, Gagosipo Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

One Price Exhibition: 1 Million KRW, Young Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 

Abstract Mind, CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, Korea 

Contemporary Nomadic Artists, Puesto Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2016

Art Gift, Dongseo Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 

Rover 2016, Starr Space Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2015

CNA, Crude Creatures Contemporary Art Gallery, Chicago, IL, USA

Opening Exhibition, Mika’rti Gallery, Busan, Korea 

Green Umbrella Children’s Foundation Exhibition, Busan, Korea 

All Good, Guddahl Gallery, New York, NY, USA 

Signs of Life, The Boiler at Pierogi Gallery, New York, NY, USA

2009

Lakeland University Art Exhibition, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA

Residence

2019 Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art Creative Studio, 11th Residency Program, Gyeonggi-do, Korea

Art Fair

2024 Design Korea 2024 in Korea

2023 Design Korea 2023 in Korea

2022 Art Fair Ulsan in Korea

2020 Beauty in Grace, Hangaram Art Museum in Korea 

2019 Gyeongnam International Art Fair (GIAF) in Korea

2018 Affordable Art Fair in Singapore

2018 Edinburgh Art Fair in UK

2017 Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong

Awards & Honors

2021 Selected Award, 57th Gyeonggi Art Competition, Korea

2019 1st Conseill Gallery Emerging Artist Award, Korea

2019 Selected Award, 55th Gyeonggi Art Competition, Korea

2018 Grand Prize, 1st K Painting Project Outstanding Artist Competition, Korea 

2018 Selected Award, 3rd Seoripul Art for Art Grand Exhibition, Korea

2018 Special Prize, 25th Korea International Art Exhibition, Korea

2016 Special Merit Award, Abstracts Art Exhibition, Light Space & Time Online Gallery, USA

2009 People’s Choice Award, Lakeland College Art Exhibition, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, USA