Exhibition Information

			Bones symbolize the incompleteness within oneself, while a window represents the act of opening something and looking inside. Just as we look through a window, the artworks based on psychotherapy techniques aim to penetrate through the mind and observe the incompleteness, thoughts, feelings, and emotions within oneself.
 The natural light that illuminates every corner of the exhibition hall is a crucial element that embodies the central theme and my commitment of the artwork: acceptance. As the weather changes and time passes, the brightness of the exhibition hall fluctuates, depending on the intensity of the sunlight, and the change in lighting can alter the perspective and feeling of observing the mind. It can also create a meditative atmosphere that helps them to focus and relax. The aim is to offer an experience that goes beyond merely viewing the paintings, by enabling the audience to delve into their inner selves and cultivate a sense of “acceptance” within a space where the entire environment becomes a work of art.

I view my work as meditation, practice, or psychotherapy. The spectators can also meditate through my works as paintings, or within the space of the artwork, and have deep inner experiences as they involve themselves. If you see the exhibited works as small elements, they can be called paintings; if you see them as a whole space, they are installations. I try to study paintings as installations and make a variety of attempts by installing them at exhibition halls. My work is completed when the whole space becomes a piece of art, using pictorial elements and installation elements. …… when I conjured up the naturalness and warmth of natural light, I thought it allowed for things to be shown as how they were as well as embracing them with warmth. I viewed natural light as an element to best express the meaning of my works of showing things for what they were and for embracing them; I attempted to use a space with natural light to incorporate it into a piece of work. Therefore, …… I let the spectators feel a meditative experience by creating a meditative atmosphere and showing them what it is to reveal as is using natural light, instead of artificial light.

Excerpt from Artist’s Notes

(Source = Whiteblock residency)