Artist statement

Born into Korean culture, educated in Western systems, and living across Asia, I grew up navigating extremes. I was both an emotional artist and an objective businessman, a team captain and a quiet painter, a business student who eventually returned to art. For much of my life, I felt pressured to choose—between disciplines, identities, and ways of being. Over time, I realized these contradictions were not opposing forces to manage, but interconnected parts of a single value system that defines me. My extroverted and introverted sides, though seemingly incompatible to others, coexist as essential facets of who I am.

My animated films embody these dualities. Animation—built from still images that create movement only when layered together—mirrors my own coexistence of stillness and intensity. Through this medium, I magnify emotional experiences shaped by my “double-sided” life. I create memoir-driven films that reveal the tension within a sports team without depicting the sport itself, and I visualize the visceral sensation of an anxiety attack unfolding in an ordinary moment. My work transforms internal states into heightened visual form.

Ultimately, my films are autobiographical expressions of a life lived between extremes—demonstrating how contrasting identities, when fused, can form a single, unified creative voice.