Fluctuating between installation, photography and moving image, my work explores points of rupture and connection that arise in navigating mixed heritage. Referencing family histories, locations linked to identity-forming memories, and everyday rituals such as the preparation of Korean food, I examine the ongoing practice of identity construction rooted in intangible knowledge, while also considering the effect of environment on our experiences. Distorted, surreal imagery evokes the tension between “homeland” and diasporic cultures, and mirrors my experience of existing between the two.
I also address larger forces, such as nation-branding strategies, the commercialisation of heritage and how these complicate the idea of “authenticity” in diaspora culture. By mixing personal artefacts, such as family photographs and nostalgic objects from my childhood, with commercial forms of imagery and mass-produced trinkets, I examine the interaction of national heritage, tradition and diasporic experiences.
Currently studying at the Slade School of Fine Art
Exhibitions
Current
Until 8th March 2025 - 4482 Sasapari, Kingston Museum
2024
Riposte, Electrowerkz, Angel
Short Guide to Pickles and Minds Perplexed, 22 Putney High St.
Substrata, The Horse Hospital
Nexart Supermarket, Indra Studios
2023
I SAID FRUIT SALAD [!!!], Hypha Studios
Light and Shadow, Glasgow Gallery of Photography
Objects of Care, ASTRO Magazine x Backhaus Projects, Berlin
Foundation show, Kingston School of Art
What Do We Become, Barbican Centre
2020
Collection 2.0, Tate Collective
Publications
Polyphony Radio episode 3, Places & Spaces
Ripple, Kingston University student anthology