Are You Decent?
Are You Decent?

2023, engraved wooden coat rack, stone clay, acrylic, wood stain, epoxy, jute twine, 80x20x15 inches.

objects are made, touched, and used through human hands, and they have always lived alongside us. Within them remain traces of memory, infused with someone’s time and presence. I see the body in much the same way: a vessel where memory, pain, and desire coexist—an outer shell that carries the weight of life and its constant transformations. And I find myself asking: without these memories and desires, would I still be myself?

My grandmother ran an antique shop in Busan. Whether or not customers came, she opened the store each day like a watchful guard in a silent theater, carefully dusting, wiping, and polishing the objects she had gathered. To me, those objects lingered like animals in a shelter, waiting to be chosen and carried into a new life.

Emerging from this personal memory, my ongoing series Objects and Bodies combines found objects I have collected with hand-sculpted stone clay figures of the female body and symbolic forms. Each object, once created for another purpose, is transformed and given a new identity—reborn as another body, another vessel of memory.

Lured by Red
Lured by Red

2025, stone clay, crib, bedside table, canvas, gemstone, wooden finger, wooden figure, magnifying glass, glass pomegranate, wood log, dried flower, fur fabric, acrylic, 20×15×60 inches

Lured by Red
Lured by Red

(detail) 2025, stone clay, crib, bedside table, canvas, gemstone, wooden finger, wooden figure, magnifying glass, glass pomegranate, wood log, dried flower, fur fabric, acrylic, 20×15×60 inches

Lured by Red
Lured by Red

(detail) 2025, stone clay, crib, bedside table, canvas, gemstone, wooden finger, wooden figure, magnifying glass, glass pomegranate, wood log, dried flower, fur fabric, acrylic, 20×15×60 inches

Dream Sipper
Dream Sipper

2025, Stone clay, wooden stool, fur fabric, gemstone, wooden table leg, wooden mannequin finger, wooden shoe expander, acrylic, string, IV line, glass bottle, and ribbon, 35×20x70inches.

Dream Sipper
Dream Sipper

2025, Stone clay, wooden stool, fur fabric, gemstone, wooden table leg, wooden mannequin finger, wooden shoe expander, acrylic, string, IV line, glass bottle, and ribbon, 35×20x70inches.

Break a Leg
Break a Leg

2023, engraved cabinet, stone clay, acrylic, wood stain, mirror, epoxy, bronze key, sea shell flakes, 35x35x23 inches.

Butterfly Infirmary
Butterfly Infirmary

2025, stone clay, acrylic, pastel, ceramic teeth, mother of pearl, Hanji paper, thread, gauze, needle, glass beads, wooden drawer, wooden stool, IV, ink, epoxy, 10× 10×8 inches

Press It
Press It

2023, wooden sofa leg, bronze doorbell and button, music box, 35mm film, string, wood screw, stone clay, acrylic, pigment, epoxy, 13x8x3 inches

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Pianist
Pianist

2023, found drawer, key board, ceramic teeth, fur fabric, stone clay, 11×14×2 inches

Dream Infuser
Dream Infuser

2025, wooden furniture leg, Korean traditional hanji paper, thread, rhinestone, test tube, ceramic teeth, dried flower, stone clay, epoxy, butterfly specimen, IV, oil, ink, pastel, acrylic and lamb leather

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Trust Issues
Trust Issues

2023, wooden sofa leg, lid from a jewelry box, bronze handle, stone clay, toy telescope, lace glove, gemstone, nail tip, acrylic, 15x12x14 inches.

Neither of Us Is Real
Neither of Us Is Real

2024, found faucet, mother of pearl lacquered jewelry box, jar, stone clay, glass tile, acrylic, glass eyeball, wooden finger, thread, epoxy, 10 x5x8 inches.

Girlhood
Girlhood

2023, steel pan, champagne glass, ponytail, butterfly hair clip, rhinestone, pearl bead, stone clay, acrylic, pigment, epoxy, compass, 13x10x10 inches.

Circus Night
Circus Night

2023, wooden mannequin hand, steel coin bank, pearl beads, fur fabric, stone clay, bunny ears, acrylic, epoxy, rhinestone, pigment, 17x9x4 inches.

Moon Pipe
Moon Pipe

2024, stone clay, small wooden stool, glass container, fur fabric, ceramic teeth, butterfly hair clip, acrylic, plastic ring, 18x8x6 inches.

Are You Decent?
Lured by Red
Lured by Red
Lured by Red
Dream Sipper
Dream Sipper
Break a Leg
Butterfly Infirmary
Press It
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Pianist
Dream Infuser
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Trust Issues
Neither of Us Is Real
Girlhood
Circus Night
Moon Pipe
Are You Decent?

2023, engraved wooden coat rack, stone clay, acrylic, wood stain, epoxy, jute twine, 80x20x15 inches.

objects are made, touched, and used through human hands, and they have always lived alongside us. Within them remain traces of memory, infused with someone’s time and presence. I see the body in much the same way: a vessel where memory, pain, and desire coexist—an outer shell that carries the weight of life and its constant transformations. And I find myself asking: without these memories and desires, would I still be myself?

My grandmother ran an antique shop in Busan. Whether or not customers came, she opened the store each day like a watchful guard in a silent theater, carefully dusting, wiping, and polishing the objects she had gathered. To me, those objects lingered like animals in a shelter, waiting to be chosen and carried into a new life.

Emerging from this personal memory, my ongoing series Objects and Bodies combines found objects I have collected with hand-sculpted stone clay figures of the female body and symbolic forms. Each object, once created for another purpose, is transformed and given a new identity—reborn as another body, another vessel of memory.

Lured by Red

2025, stone clay, crib, bedside table, canvas, gemstone, wooden finger, wooden figure, magnifying glass, glass pomegranate, wood log, dried flower, fur fabric, acrylic, 20×15×60 inches

Lured by Red

(detail) 2025, stone clay, crib, bedside table, canvas, gemstone, wooden finger, wooden figure, magnifying glass, glass pomegranate, wood log, dried flower, fur fabric, acrylic, 20×15×60 inches

Lured by Red

(detail) 2025, stone clay, crib, bedside table, canvas, gemstone, wooden finger, wooden figure, magnifying glass, glass pomegranate, wood log, dried flower, fur fabric, acrylic, 20×15×60 inches

Dream Sipper

2025, Stone clay, wooden stool, fur fabric, gemstone, wooden table leg, wooden mannequin finger, wooden shoe expander, acrylic, string, IV line, glass bottle, and ribbon, 35×20x70inches.

Dream Sipper

2025, Stone clay, wooden stool, fur fabric, gemstone, wooden table leg, wooden mannequin finger, wooden shoe expander, acrylic, string, IV line, glass bottle, and ribbon, 35×20x70inches.

Break a Leg

2023, engraved cabinet, stone clay, acrylic, wood stain, mirror, epoxy, bronze key, sea shell flakes, 35x35x23 inches.

Butterfly Infirmary

2025, stone clay, acrylic, pastel, ceramic teeth, mother of pearl, Hanji paper, thread, gauze, needle, glass beads, wooden drawer, wooden stool, IV, ink, epoxy, 10× 10×8 inches

Press It

2023, wooden sofa leg, bronze doorbell and button, music box, 35mm film, string, wood screw, stone clay, acrylic, pigment, epoxy, 13x8x3 inches

Pianist

2023, found drawer, key board, ceramic teeth, fur fabric, stone clay, 11×14×2 inches

Dream Infuser

2025, wooden furniture leg, Korean traditional hanji paper, thread, rhinestone, test tube, ceramic teeth, dried flower, stone clay, epoxy, butterfly specimen, IV, oil, ink, pastel, acrylic and lamb leather

Trust Issues

2023, wooden sofa leg, lid from a jewelry box, bronze handle, stone clay, toy telescope, lace glove, gemstone, nail tip, acrylic, 15x12x14 inches.

Neither of Us Is Real

2024, found faucet, mother of pearl lacquered jewelry box, jar, stone clay, glass tile, acrylic, glass eyeball, wooden finger, thread, epoxy, 10 x5x8 inches.

Girlhood

2023, steel pan, champagne glass, ponytail, butterfly hair clip, rhinestone, pearl bead, stone clay, acrylic, pigment, epoxy, compass, 13x10x10 inches.

Circus Night

2023, wooden mannequin hand, steel coin bank, pearl beads, fur fabric, stone clay, bunny ears, acrylic, epoxy, rhinestone, pigment, 17x9x4 inches.

Moon Pipe

2024, stone clay, small wooden stool, glass container, fur fabric, ceramic teeth, butterfly hair clip, acrylic, plastic ring, 18x8x6 inches.

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