Untethered
7 x 3 feet
Butcher paper, thread, watercolor
2016
In 2018 alone, 65.8 million people were forcibly displaced from their homes due to climate-related disasters, conflicts, persecution and violence. Although a small gesture, this visual journal is an homage to our brethren who have become refugees and asylum seekers.
Untethered detail
Untethered detail
Hand to Mouth
60 x 48 inches
Papier-mâché, thread
2016
These thread drawings of begging hands are intentionally unraveled in parts to draw attention to the vulnerability and dire state of homeless people’s lives. By stitching on a water-soluble material and controlling the unraveling, I’ve created images of homeless people and their hands in various stages of being undone.
Hand to Mouth detail
each plate size: 4" x6"
Hand to Mouth Detail of two plates
The Comfort Girls
Installation, 70h x 70w x 36d inches
Mulberry paper, newspaper, wood, barbed wire
2015
Over seventy years after World War II, the lack of acknowledgement of and apology for the systemized rape of young Korean girls by the Japanese army still threatens the diplomatic and economic ties between the two countries. But rather than using these atrocities as political currency I hope that we look for ways to stop such violation and abuse of our most vulnerable from repeating again. Using a unique Korean paper felting technique, joomchi, the numerous holes on the socks in traditional Korean socks, buh-sun, were made by over-rubbing the paper to the point of puncturing the surface.
Black Lives Matter:
84x60
muslin, ink, acrylic
2007
Garment Workers Totem
Installation size varies: poles 5-8 feet tall
Fabric remnant, PVC pipes, pipe insulation
2008
The global textile industry market value topped 700 trillion dollars in 2018, employing over 65 million people worldwide. Any garment one buys in a retail shop, we may assume, has touched the lives of some hundreds of people. When I learned the vastness of our textile industry’s reach, I wanted to make a group of totems using discarded fabric remnants to celebrates the intimacy and kinship that we share through commerce.
Lean-to
Installation, varying in size
card boards, watercolor, threads
2018
Lean-to
Lean-to detail
Lean-to detail
Lean-to detail
Lean-to detail
Lean-to detail
Lean-to detail