My mother hails from the southeast plains of Korea, my great-grandparents from the shtetls of Eastern Europe. I come from a family of artists, poets, and farmers, and am proud to carry these traditions. My art takes inspiration from the land with an aim to overwrite oppressive mythologies and expand the realm of liberatory possibility. Though rooted in painting and poetry, my project-based practice explores embodied site-specific ritual performances in the commons, from where I'm able to leverage a critique of power, property, and empire. Endurance, transcendence, care, risk, and witness are fore fronted principles in this experimental work centered around the empowerment of femmes of color. Post-performance gallery exhibitions have featured a range of documentation and inspired artworks in the form of film, photography, painting, poetry, collage, and installation of costumes and artifacts. My work seeks to world-build vital diasporic culture to activate myths in service of social transformation.
