Art
Shared Artistic Philosophy
My art practice explores the intersection between human existence, material transformation, and coexistence within shared ecological and psychological spaces. Through diverse media—ranging from mixed-media installations, performative video works, and experimental material studies—
I examine how the human body and consciousness interact with the surrounding environment.
Shared Artistic Philosophy
My art practice explores the intersection between human existence, material transformation, and coexistence within shared ecological and psychological spaces. Through diverse media—ranging from mixed-media installations, performative video works, and experimental material studies—
I examine how the human body and consciousness interact with the surrounding environment.
Title: Metamorphosis of Human – Being
Year: 2024–2025
Size: Video, 1280x720px, 1:30 min
Medium: Mixed Media (mesh fabric, color-printed fabric, plaster powder, medical face masks, etc.)
Description: Encountering posthumanism led me to a profound realization: humanity must seek reconciliation and coexistence with the other living beings that share our one and only Earth. To translate this awareness into a visual form, I created a fashion performance film inspired by the metamorphosis of a caterpillar breaking free from its cocoon to become a butterfly. In the performance, I emerge by opening a cocoon-like structure made of fabric, wearing a dress adorned with biological patterns. Layered onto this live action is a projection of a color marbling film I had previously created, which expands the stage into a space of transformation. Through this interplay of body, costume, and moving image, the work embodies a vision of rebirth and coexistence, celebrating the possibility of a more harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Through posthumanist thought, I recognized the urgency of reconciliation and coexistence between humanity and the living beings that share our planet. To embody this realization, I produced a fashion performance film based on the metamorphosis of a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon as a butterfly. In the performance, I step out from a fabric cocoon wearing a dress patterned with biological motifs, while a projected color marbling sequence enhances the stage environment. This integration of body, costume, and moving image symbolizes transformation and renewal, proposing a vision of coexistence within the shared ecology of life.
Year: 2024–2025
Size: Video, 1280x720px, 1:30 min
Medium: Mixed Media (mesh fabric, color-printed fabric, plaster powder, medical face masks, etc.)
Description: Encountering posthumanism led me to a profound realization: humanity must seek reconciliation and coexistence with the other living beings that share our one and only Earth. To translate this awareness into a visual form, I created a fashion performance film inspired by the metamorphosis of a caterpillar breaking free from its cocoon to become a butterfly. In the performance, I emerge by opening a cocoon-like structure made of fabric, wearing a dress adorned with biological patterns. Layered onto this live action is a projection of a color marbling film I had previously created, which expands the stage into a space of transformation. Through this interplay of body, costume, and moving image, the work embodies a vision of rebirth and coexistence, celebrating the possibility of a more harmonious relationship between humanity and the natural world.
Through posthumanist thought, I recognized the urgency of reconciliation and coexistence between humanity and the living beings that share our planet. To embody this realization, I produced a fashion performance film based on the metamorphosis of a caterpillar emerging from its cocoon as a butterfly. In the performance, I step out from a fabric cocoon wearing a dress patterned with biological motifs, while a projected color marbling sequence enhances the stage environment. This integration of body, costume, and moving image symbolizes transformation and renewal, proposing a vision of coexistence within the shared ecology of life.
Title: Unscripted Flow
Year: 2024-2025
Size: Video, 1280x720px, 1:23 min
Medium: Mixed Media
Description: This video work records the process of marbling, where water and pigment converge in an aesthetic experiment. Subtle variations in pigment density and the volume of water transcend prediction and control, revealing unforeseen moments of beauty when chance intervenes. As colors spread, mingle, and transform into unexpected images, they embody the essence of creation in which intention and accident coexist in tension.
The experiment begins with the logical calculations of the left brain and unfolds into the intuitive perception of the right brain, mirroring the nature of nonfigurative artmaking. Allowing natural phenomena such as spreading, dripping, and blending to be embraced as integral to the work echoes the “aesthetics of chance” emphasized by abstract expressionists, while expanding this concept into the medium of video. Thus, this piece does more than visualize the marbling effect. It transforms the act of making into an experimental apparatus, exploring how art emerges between intention and chance, control and release. Within this process, marbling becomes more than a technical method; it stands as a philosophical metaphor that discloses the experimental and open-ended nature of art itself.
Year: 2024-2025
Size: Video, 1280x720px, 1:23 min
Medium: Mixed Media
Description: This video work records the process of marbling, where water and pigment converge in an aesthetic experiment. Subtle variations in pigment density and the volume of water transcend prediction and control, revealing unforeseen moments of beauty when chance intervenes. As colors spread, mingle, and transform into unexpected images, they embody the essence of creation in which intention and accident coexist in tension.
The experiment begins with the logical calculations of the left brain and unfolds into the intuitive perception of the right brain, mirroring the nature of nonfigurative artmaking. Allowing natural phenomena such as spreading, dripping, and blending to be embraced as integral to the work echoes the “aesthetics of chance” emphasized by abstract expressionists, while expanding this concept into the medium of video. Thus, this piece does more than visualize the marbling effect. It transforms the act of making into an experimental apparatus, exploring how art emerges between intention and chance, control and release. Within this process, marbling becomes more than a technical method; it stands as a philosophical metaphor that discloses the experimental and open-ended nature of art itself.
Title: Veil of the Rabbit
Size: W 60 x H42 cm, W 23.6 x H 16.5 inch
Medium: Oil on Paper
Description: This work explores the theme of “Protect” through masks that conceal one’s authentic identity. Drawing inspiration from Jesse Draxler’s fragmented facial expressions and Charlotte Caron’s hybrid mask concepts, the piece presents a layered portrayal of hidden selves. The rabbit’s large eyes evoke a sense of mystery and unease, while vivid scarlet ribbons—referencing Rajasekharan Parameswaran—heighten the ominous mood against a dark, brooding background.
Size: W 60 x H42 cm, W 23.6 x H 16.5 inch
Medium: Oil on Paper
Description: This work explores the theme of “Protect” through masks that conceal one’s authentic identity. Drawing inspiration from Jesse Draxler’s fragmented facial expressions and Charlotte Caron’s hybrid mask concepts, the piece presents a layered portrayal of hidden selves. The rabbit’s large eyes evoke a sense of mystery and unease, while vivid scarlet ribbons—referencing Rajasekharan Parameswaran—heighten the ominous mood against a dark, brooding background.
Title: Chrono-Decay
Size: W 42 x H60 cm, W 16.5 x H 23.6 inch
Medium: Mixed Media (Oil, oil pastel, modeling paste on canvas)
Description: "Chrono-Decay" explores the gradual erosion of identity under the relentless flow of time. Inspired by Emilio Villalba’s expressionistic distortions and emotional fragmentation, this piece merges a 3/4 view portrait with warped, melting clock faces — symbolizing how our sense of self is shaped, and often dissolved, by temporal forces. The face, caught between solidity and fluidity, is painted with high-contrast lighting and layered textures using oil, pastel, and modeling paste. Painting knives were used to create physical ridges and streaks, echoing the visual and emotional turbulence of decay. Drips of color—bright yet unsettling—cut through the realism of the portrait, representing moments of memory, emotion, and psychological dissonance. As the boundaries between skin and clock blur, the work asks: How much of who we are survives the passage of time?
Size: W 42 x H60 cm, W 16.5 x H 23.6 inch
Medium: Mixed Media (Oil, oil pastel, modeling paste on canvas)
Description: "Chrono-Decay" explores the gradual erosion of identity under the relentless flow of time. Inspired by Emilio Villalba’s expressionistic distortions and emotional fragmentation, this piece merges a 3/4 view portrait with warped, melting clock faces — symbolizing how our sense of self is shaped, and often dissolved, by temporal forces. The face, caught between solidity and fluidity, is painted with high-contrast lighting and layered textures using oil, pastel, and modeling paste. Painting knives were used to create physical ridges and streaks, echoing the visual and emotional turbulence of decay. Drips of color—bright yet unsettling—cut through the realism of the portrait, representing moments of memory, emotion, and psychological dissonance. As the boundaries between skin and clock blur, the work asks: How much of who we are survives the passage of time?
Title: The Protective Lie
Size: W 42 x H60 cm, W 16.5 x H 23.6 inch
Medium: Oil on Paper
Description: In “The Protective Lie”, I explored the dual nature of masks—how they can represent deception, yet also serve as protection. I was interested in the idea that hiding one’s true self is not always about lying to others, but sometimes about surviving emotionally or socially.I painted myself wearing an ornate masquerade mask, suspended by a thin red ribbon. Another mask hangs nearby, symbolizing a shift in identity or the layered personas we often adopt. My neutral expression was intentional, designed to create a sense of ambiguity—inviting viewers to question what is real and what is hidden.To express the contrast between illusion and vulnerability, I used oil paint to emphasize light and shadow. I carefully detailed the mask with gold patterns and cracks, highlighting both its beauty and fragility. The red ribbon suggests that this protection is temporary—it could fall away at any moment.I was inspired by Rajasekharan Parameswaran’s “MASK”, and incorporated his dramatic use of lighting and symbolic imagery. Through this work, I reflect on the masks we wear—not just to deceive, but to protect the most vulnerable parts of ourselves.
Size: W 42 x H60 cm, W 16.5 x H 23.6 inch
Medium: Oil on Paper
Description: In “The Protective Lie”, I explored the dual nature of masks—how they can represent deception, yet also serve as protection. I was interested in the idea that hiding one’s true self is not always about lying to others, but sometimes about surviving emotionally or socially.I painted myself wearing an ornate masquerade mask, suspended by a thin red ribbon. Another mask hangs nearby, symbolizing a shift in identity or the layered personas we often adopt. My neutral expression was intentional, designed to create a sense of ambiguity—inviting viewers to question what is real and what is hidden.To express the contrast between illusion and vulnerability, I used oil paint to emphasize light and shadow. I carefully detailed the mask with gold patterns and cracks, highlighting both its beauty and fragility. The red ribbon suggests that this protection is temporary—it could fall away at any moment.I was inspired by Rajasekharan Parameswaran’s “MASK”, and incorporated his dramatic use of lighting and symbolic imagery. Through this work, I reflect on the masks we wear—not just to deceive, but to protect the most vulnerable parts of ourselves.
Title: Surrender My Tensions
Size: 38cmx52cm , W 14.9 x H 20.4 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Paper inch
Description : “Surrender My Tensions” symbolizes the moment when the psychological barriers we maintain are finally breached. Much like the surface tension in water, which holds everything in place until the pressure becomes too great, this piece captures the very instant when those forces give way. As the surface tension breaks, the resulting flow signifies the release of suppressed emotions. Through this work I probe the duality of ‘control’ and ‘surrender’, ‘tension’ and ‘release’.
Size: 38cmx52cm , W 14.9 x H 20.4 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Paper inch
Description : “Surrender My Tensions” symbolizes the moment when the psychological barriers we maintain are finally breached. Much like the surface tension in water, which holds everything in place until the pressure becomes too great, this piece captures the very instant when those forces give way. As the surface tension breaks, the resulting flow signifies the release of suppressed emotions. Through this work I probe the duality of ‘control’ and ‘surrender’, ‘tension’ and ‘release’.
Title: Genesis of Being
Size : W123 X H75 cm, W48.4 x 29.5 inch
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This triptych reflects the journey from a cell to a being. The charcoal shows vivid contrasts without gloss, symbolizing strength. The first part, Initiation of Being, depicts the fetus’s heartbeat, the start of possibility. The second part, Potential of Being, captures the dawn-like moment of the fetus taking human form, embodying potential. The last part, Birth of Being, portrays the infant’s emergence into the world, a powerful instant filled with vitality. By filling the canvas, the work emphasizes the immensity of existence. The scale allows meticulous details of the drawing, overwhelming the viewer with the infinite possibilities entailed within the being.
Size : W123 X H75 cm, W48.4 x 29.5 inch
Medium: Charcoal on Paper
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This triptych reflects the journey from a cell to a being. The charcoal shows vivid contrasts without gloss, symbolizing strength. The first part, Initiation of Being, depicts the fetus’s heartbeat, the start of possibility. The second part, Potential of Being, captures the dawn-like moment of the fetus taking human form, embodying potential. The last part, Birth of Being, portrays the infant’s emergence into the world, a powerful instant filled with vitality. By filling the canvas, the work emphasizes the immensity of existence. The scale allows meticulous details of the drawing, overwhelming the viewer with the infinite possibilities entailed within the being.
Title: One Birth, Many Destinies
Size: 53W X 65H cm, W20.8 x 25.5 inch
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: I am interested in how visual mediums can explore complexities of time and identity. In reality, we see a person young and later old, but in art we can transcend time and capture both youth and age side by side. I was often told I resemble my grandmother when she was younger; in that sense, maybe we are not just individuals but continuations of a species. The next generation will follow as our grandparents before us, reminding us that our responsibility is not only bound to our present selves but also woven into a common human thread. The work reflects on the continuity of life, imagines the future humanity will face, and calls attention to our responsibility within it. In response, I resolved to dedicate my life and art to preserving our planet Earth. This artwork becomes both a meditation on life’s continuity and a personal declaration for a sustainable future.
Size: 53W X 65H cm, W20.8 x 25.5 inch
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: I am interested in how visual mediums can explore complexities of time and identity. In reality, we see a person young and later old, but in art we can transcend time and capture both youth and age side by side. I was often told I resemble my grandmother when she was younger; in that sense, maybe we are not just individuals but continuations of a species. The next generation will follow as our grandparents before us, reminding us that our responsibility is not only bound to our present selves but also woven into a common human thread. The work reflects on the continuity of life, imagines the future humanity will face, and calls attention to our responsibility within it. In response, I resolved to dedicate my life and art to preserving our planet Earth. This artwork becomes both a meditation on life’s continuity and a personal declaration for a sustainable future.
Title: Symbiotic Bloom
Size: W48 X H34cm, W18.8.xH 13.3 inch
Medium: Conte on Gray Paper
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This artwork depicts mushrooms growing from a woman’s body to symbolize the history of humanity with nature. The mushroom represents nature, while the figure represents the human species, whose progress, from hunting and gathering to agriculture, has relied on dominating the environment. It involved clearing forests and creating fields, thus placing humans at the top of the natural hierarchy. Despite the dominance, nature persisted alongside civilization and now we coexist within conflict and interdependence. It reflects on how humanity lives with, rather than above, the natural world.
Size: W48 X H34cm, W18.8.xH 13.3 inch
Medium: Conte on Gray Paper
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This artwork depicts mushrooms growing from a woman’s body to symbolize the history of humanity with nature. The mushroom represents nature, while the figure represents the human species, whose progress, from hunting and gathering to agriculture, has relied on dominating the environment. It involved clearing forests and creating fields, thus placing humans at the top of the natural hierarchy. Despite the dominance, nature persisted alongside civilization and now we coexist within conflict and interdependence. It reflects on how humanity lives with, rather than above, the natural world.
Title: She who Hunts Silence
Size: W36 X H52 cm, W 14.1 x H20.4 inch
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece combines a lynx skeleton in a hunting pose with a woman’s face to question stereotypes of femininity. Too often, women are reduced to appearance or popularity, seen as a ‘trophy’ of men’s success. By merging the lynx’s power with a human form, the work rejects such images and symbolizes women as active and independent beings. It reflects my critique of how popular culture reproduces limited views of women and denies their potential. This drawing proposes womanhood defined not by passivity but by strength, agency, and the ability to shape one’s own path.
Size: W36 X H52 cm, W 14.1 x H20.4 inch
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece combines a lynx skeleton in a hunting pose with a woman’s face to question stereotypes of femininity. Too often, women are reduced to appearance or popularity, seen as a ‘trophy’ of men’s success. By merging the lynx’s power with a human form, the work rejects such images and symbolizes women as active and independent beings. It reflects my critique of how popular culture reproduces limited views of women and denies their potential. This drawing proposes womanhood defined not by passivity but by strength, agency, and the ability to shape one’s own path.
Title: Fleshy Desire
Size: W45 X H53 cm, W17.7 x H20.8 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: Through automatism, the piece develops abstract shapes into fragmented images of flesh, muscles, and organs without bone. The work visualizes the suffering of animals sacrificed for the human table and critiques the culture that glorifies meat consumption as social status. The disturbing imagery exposes the violence behind desire and calls for change. Vegetarianism is presented not as a preference but as an ethical stance honoring life and nature. The disassembled body symbolizes the harm of greed while suggesting a metaphorical path toward coexistence.
Size: W45 X H53 cm, W17.7 x H20.8 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: Through automatism, the piece develops abstract shapes into fragmented images of flesh, muscles, and organs without bone. The work visualizes the suffering of animals sacrificed for the human table and critiques the culture that glorifies meat consumption as social status. The disturbing imagery exposes the violence behind desire and calls for change. Vegetarianism is presented not as a preference but as an ethical stance honoring life and nature. The disassembled body symbolizes the harm of greed while suggesting a metaphorical path toward coexistence.
Title: Third Skin
Size: W50 X H60 cm, W19.6x23.6 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece visualizes the “third skin,” an invisible layer shaped by cultural and social pressures beyond the body and clothing. In many Asian contexts, Confucian values place family honor above personal choice, often silencing individual dreams and desires. This work explores the self hidden beneath familial expectations and social masks while also acknowledging the familial devotion I received from my parents, who supported my artistic path. The drawing reflects both the social layers surrounding my identity and my will to advance as an artist within these layers.
Size: W50 X H60 cm, W19.6x23.6 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece visualizes the “third skin,” an invisible layer shaped by cultural and social pressures beyond the body and clothing. In many Asian contexts, Confucian values place family honor above personal choice, often silencing individual dreams and desires. This work explores the self hidden beneath familial expectations and social masks while also acknowledging the familial devotion I received from my parents, who supported my artistic path. The drawing reflects both the social layers surrounding my identity and my will to advance as an artist within these layers.
Title: Scream of Earth
Size: W50 X H60 cm, W19.6 x H23.6 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This artwork personifies Earth as a living being screaming in pain, symbolizing the urgent reality of climate change. Cracked surfaces, distorted colors, and an anguished mouth reflect the damage caused by humanity’s relentless pursuit of convenience and progress. From record heat to devastating floods, the planet is warning us that it can no longer remain silent. The piece confronts viewers with discomfort to emphasize our responsibility, revealing that the suffering is both ecological and moral. This drawing reminds us that the wounds we inflict on the planet ultimately question our own conscience and the future we choose to create.
Size: W50 X H60 cm, W19.6 x H23.6 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This artwork personifies Earth as a living being screaming in pain, symbolizing the urgent reality of climate change. Cracked surfaces, distorted colors, and an anguished mouth reflect the damage caused by humanity’s relentless pursuit of convenience and progress. From record heat to devastating floods, the planet is warning us that it can no longer remain silent. The piece confronts viewers with discomfort to emphasize our responsibility, revealing that the suffering is both ecological and moral. This drawing reminds us that the wounds we inflict on the planet ultimately question our own conscience and the future we choose to create.
Title: Evolution from Nature
Size: W65 X H53 cm, W25.5 x H20.8 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece critiques humanity’s current role as a destroyer of nature, driven by greed and domination. Humanity sought conquest than coexistence, and now we face natural disasters as consequences. During the COVID-19 pandemic, posthumanism reframed my perspective on the relationship between humans, non-humans, nature, and civilization. It transformed my artistic vision from passive awareness to active commitment as an environmental artist. The human blooming from a tree symbolizes the inseparability of humanity and nature, expressing my pledge to use art to advocate for coexistence and sustainability.
Size: W65 X H53 cm, W25.5 x H20.8 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece critiques humanity’s current role as a destroyer of nature, driven by greed and domination. Humanity sought conquest than coexistence, and now we face natural disasters as consequences. During the COVID-19 pandemic, posthumanism reframed my perspective on the relationship between humans, non-humans, nature, and civilization. It transformed my artistic vision from passive awareness to active commitment as an environmental artist. The human blooming from a tree symbolizes the inseparability of humanity and nature, expressing my pledge to use art to advocate for coexistence and sustainability.
Title: Color of Life
Size: W60 X H50 cm, W23.6 x H19.6 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This artwork was created through automatism, where intuitive lines were developed into organic shapes with color and shading. Green earth tones emphasize the beauty of nature, adding to the organic quality. Rather than an orderly composition, the piece relies on sporadic discoveries and gestures, connecting the traditions of Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. Through this process, I learned to let go of strict planning and embrace spontaneity and inner potential. The piece contains the aesthetics of freedom and discovery, showing how unconscious energy can shape imagery as vivid as nature itself.
Size: W60 X H50 cm, W23.6 x H19.6 inch
Medium: Acrylic on Canvas
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This artwork was created through automatism, where intuitive lines were developed into organic shapes with color and shading. Green earth tones emphasize the beauty of nature, adding to the organic quality. Rather than an orderly composition, the piece relies on sporadic discoveries and gestures, connecting the traditions of Surrealism and Abstract Expressionism. Through this process, I learned to let go of strict planning and embrace spontaneity and inner potential. The piece contains the aesthetics of freedom and discovery, showing how unconscious energy can shape imagery as vivid as nature itself.
Title : Artificial Lung for Eternal Life
Year: 2025
Size: W32 X H37 X D11 cm, W12.5xH14.5xD4.3 inch
Medium: Mixed Media (PETG, Bambu La P1S-C, Cellophne LED lamp stripes)
Description: This work reflects on the origin of life and explores new possibilities of coexistence between biology and technology. It envisions a future where humanity pursues eternal life through the creation of an artificial lung. Using 3D modeling, I designed a conceptual lung structure and formed glowing colonies in red, green, blue and purple using cellophane to evoke the appearance of LED lights. To express the oxygen-generating function, I installed tiny LED lamps, each carefully attached by hand. In a distant future where air pollution becomes extreme, our bodies may evolve to develop luminous lung cell colonies that act as built-in oxygen generators—glowing like LEDs while purifying polluted air and producing oxygen. This artificial lung imagines a future form of human adaptation, merging life and machine in a shared pursuit of survival.
Year: 2025
Size: W32 X H37 X D11 cm, W12.5xH14.5xD4.3 inch
Medium: Mixed Media (PETG, Bambu La P1S-C, Cellophne LED lamp stripes)
Description: This work reflects on the origin of life and explores new possibilities of coexistence between biology and technology. It envisions a future where humanity pursues eternal life through the creation of an artificial lung. Using 3D modeling, I designed a conceptual lung structure and formed glowing colonies in red, green, blue and purple using cellophane to evoke the appearance of LED lights. To express the oxygen-generating function, I installed tiny LED lamps, each carefully attached by hand. In a distant future where air pollution becomes extreme, our bodies may evolve to develop luminous lung cell colonies that act as built-in oxygen generators—glowing like LEDs while purifying polluted air and producing oxygen. This artificial lung imagines a future form of human adaptation, merging life and machine in a shared pursuit of survival.
Title: Breath of the First
Size: W32 X H37 X D11 cm, W12.5 x H14.5 x D4.3 inch
Medium: Cyanobacteria Broth, PETG, Bambu Lab P1S-C
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece consists of a 3D-printed lung filled with cyanobacteria, the first organisms to generate oxygen. Inspired by Anicka Yi, the piece merges artificial structure and living microbes to visualize the origin of human respiration. The lung becomes a stage where technology and nature, human and non-human, intersect. Invisible processes are transformed into sensory experiences, reminding viewers that life is not a privilege limited to humans. The work stands as a reflection on the origin of life and an experiment in imagining new relationships of coexistence between life and technology.
Size: W32 X H37 X D11 cm, W12.5 x H14.5 x D4.3 inch
Medium: Cyanobacteria Broth, PETG, Bambu Lab P1S-C
Date Completed: 2025
Description: This piece consists of a 3D-printed lung filled with cyanobacteria, the first organisms to generate oxygen. Inspired by Anicka Yi, the piece merges artificial structure and living microbes to visualize the origin of human respiration. The lung becomes a stage where technology and nature, human and non-human, intersect. Invisible processes are transformed into sensory experiences, reminding viewers that life is not a privilege limited to humans. The work stands as a reflection on the origin of life and an experiment in imagining new relationships of coexistence between life and technology.
Title: Lumen Vitae
Size: W23 X H67 X D21 cm, W9.0 x H26.3 x D8.2 inch
Medium: LED Stripe Light, Wire Light Bulb, Plastic Mesh
Date Completed: 2025
Description: Ever since observing my pet turtle’s aquarium and light installations at a young age, I have been fascinated by how light could be used to illuminate emotions—especially the strange beauty of creatures that light the ocean naturally. Underwater, light curves and distorts through dense liquid, transparent life-forms, and waves, behaving differently from how it does in the air. This piece is an LED sculpture inspired by ctenophores, deep-sea organisms that perceive the world without eyes or a brain. Their transparent bodies and flowing cilia were transformed into linear LED forms, suspended in air to evoke drifting underwater life. The title Lumen Vitae, “light of life,” reflects both reverence and gratitude for the continuity of life that passed down to humanity. By transforming biological forms into sculptural language, the work explores connections to other worlds of life and suggests possibilities of perception beyond human-centered limits.
Size: W23 X H67 X D21 cm, W9.0 x H26.3 x D8.2 inch
Medium: LED Stripe Light, Wire Light Bulb, Plastic Mesh
Date Completed: 2025
Description: Ever since observing my pet turtle’s aquarium and light installations at a young age, I have been fascinated by how light could be used to illuminate emotions—especially the strange beauty of creatures that light the ocean naturally. Underwater, light curves and distorts through dense liquid, transparent life-forms, and waves, behaving differently from how it does in the air. This piece is an LED sculpture inspired by ctenophores, deep-sea organisms that perceive the world without eyes or a brain. Their transparent bodies and flowing cilia were transformed into linear LED forms, suspended in air to evoke drifting underwater life. The title Lumen Vitae, “light of life,” reflects both reverence and gratitude for the continuity of life that passed down to humanity. By transforming biological forms into sculptural language, the work explores connections to other worlds of life and suggests possibilities of perception beyond human-centered limits.