ARTIST STATEMENT
I always put myself in the situation to make the subject matter more personal to me, so my work gives an intimate and personal account of my own exper­iences, while simultaneously encouraging the viewer to recall their own. My work is symbolic and conceptual. I present subject matter outside the self from this psychological position. I am constantly trying to replace the figures in my paintings with images that represent the idea of the figure, an object or an animal that takes on the persona of what the figure represents. This intimate gesture allows for a personal connection to be forged by the viewer with the work. Ultimately, there is no definitive subject, but only a meditation on personal experience and emotion. The subject matter that influences and inspires my work the most comes from psychology and nature. The ways people deal with situations are very different from one another, and I find this very special and interesting. I work digitally and traditionally as well as three dimensionally. I like to experiment with different techniques and mediums. Most of my work is mixed media using ink, watercolor, gouache, and acrylic.

The theme of this series is “obsess.” All the paper sculptures for this series are composed completely of old book pages that I collected from various flea markets, garage sales, pawnshops and swap meets throughout Los Angeles. I am obsessed with collecting old books; old books carry with them a history that I find interesting. The histories that the books hold are not only the information within them but also the thought of where the book could have been before and who owned it. I individually sealed each page with an adhesive, reading or skimming each page as I went along. My sculpture combines my personal experiences with that of my found objects.

BIO
Education:
Art Center College of Design, BFA, Pasadena, CA, 2006-2009
Santa Monica College, Art, Fashion Design, Santa Monica, CA, 2003-2006
Exhibition:
Upcoming Exhibition:
“Salon Art Shopping” international art fair at Carrousel du Louvre
Paris, June 4 to 6, 2010
Solo Exhibition:
“Obsess” 4 person show at Gallery 825, Los Angeles, May 7 to June 4, 2010
“Winter Exhibition” 3 person show at LACMA Rental and Sales Gallery,
Los Angeles. 2010
“Bed Time” The World’s Darkest Gallery, Monrovia, CA, 2009
“Made in LA” AHUSA UCLA 3rd Annual Fine Art Exhibition, Los Angeles, 2009
Group Exhibition:
“Zipor, Ziporim, Zippora” group show at Galerie Lichtpunkt, Germany,
May 6 to 21, 2010
“Following Feitelson” Gallery 825, juried by Feitelson scholar Marie Chambers,
Los Angeles, 2010
”Enlighten” Culver City, CA (Benefit Auction), 2009
“Open Show” Gallery 825, juried by curator Apsara DiQuinzio from SFMOMA,
Los Angeles, 2009
“TarFest” Korean Cultural Center, juried by curator Rita Gonzalez from LACMA,
Los Angeles, 200
Gallery 825, Los Angeles (Annual Benefit Auction), 2009
“Out There” Gallery 825, juried by curator Bert Green from Bert Green Fine Art,
Los Angeles, 2009
“Immigration” Korean Cultural Center, juried by curator Alma Ruiz from MOCA,
Los Angeles, 2009
“TarFest” Korean Cultural Center, juried by curator Howard N. Fox from LACMA,
Los Angeles, 2008
Award:
IA21 8^th International Juried Competition, Featured Artist, 2010
4th International Arte Laguna Prize, Finalist, Italy, 2010
Art Interview 19th International Online Artist Competition, Honorable Mention, 2009
ArtSceneToday, “Word, Word, Word” juried exhibition 2^nd winner, 2009
ArtSceneToday, “Women and Children First” juried exhibition 2nd winner, 2009
The Juried Art Show, Works on paper 2nd winner, 2009
Creative Quarterly 16, Fine Art Merit, 2009
Art Center College of Design Gallery, Pasadena, CA
Art Center College of Design Scholarship, 2007-2009