I am a ceramic artist from South Korea, currently based in the UK.

After an active period of practice in Korea, my relocation led to an extended pause in my work, shaped by significant personal and cultural transitions. During this time, I moved beyond my identity as an artist and came to inhabit new roles—as a wife, a mother to a non-verbal autistic child, and as a foreigner navigating a different cultural context. This period of change has become a critical foundation for my return to practice.

My recent work marks a renewed point of departure, drawing on the traditional Korean moon jar. Formed by joining two separate hemispheres into a single vessel, the process—particularly through the up-daji technique—embraces subtle asymmetry and tension, resisting uniformity and generating an organic presence.

This approach operates as both a formal and conceptual framework. It reflects on how differences can coexist within a shared structure, and explores the dynamic relationship between minority and mainstream—where divergence and unity are continuously negotiated.

Through this work, I seek to articulate a sense of balance shaped by complexity, tension, and interconnection.

This body of work represents not only a return to making, but also the beginning of an expanded artistic inquiry grounded in lived experience.

2026