About

I am a Korean adopted into an American family. My work deals with complex experiences of my cultural displacement and separation from my birth family. I left Korea when I was six years old. My first taste of the U.S. was attending first grade in Texas. The culture shock was substantial. I later moved to Northern Virginia, where I’ve lived most of my life.  

Art became a big outlet for me to express emotions tied to experiences that were pre-verbal. I received my BFA at the Maryland Institute, College of Art in 2004, concentrating in painting, print making and figurative sculpture. I then received my Masters in Acupuncture from the Tai Sophia School for the Healing Arts in 2009. I furthered my healing arts education with the Somatic Experiencing Trauma Institute. There I deepened my knowledge of working with early developmental trauma and stumbled upon my own healing of the infant inside of me. 

I took a community ceramics class at the local ceramics studio, Workhouse Arts Center, shortly after my dad died in the Summer 2014. This would be my first experience as an adult touching clay. Working in clay has been an important part of my healing and self discovery ever since.