Education
2025 BFA in Fine Arts, Photography Department, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Exhibitions
2024 한예종 x CalArts x SAIC in: CONNECT: How Do We Co-Exist in the 21st Century, Janet Oh Gallery, KR
2024 Perfect Day, Oh!klahom0, IL
2024 We are our own healers. We are our own medicine, SAIC Wellness Center, IL
2023 Road to Artelfest: Winter Edition, Williamsburg pop-up, NY Instagram Facebook
Publications
2024 SAIC Photo Department Catalog 2023-2024
2023 パラレルワールド Parallel World (Asia Tour) Promotion the Beijinger BLUE NOTE PLACE
2022 SAIC Photo Department Catalog 2021-2022
Awards
2020 Nassau County Art Association: All-County, Long Island
2020 Heckscher Museum of Art: Participation Mention
Artist Statement
“Fantasy and Reality. When merged together, a whole new perspective on the art of photography can be discovered. My work features the dynamics of storytelling I see and experience, creating vivid imagery of physically inaccessible worlds that I bring to our reality. Throughout my youth, I internalized narratives as a form of escapism. But as I grew older, I started understanding underlying messages and philosophical lessons that flew over my head as a child. My perspective on life and identity have been shaped by classic stories with embedded life lessons like Aesop's Fables, Classic Fairy Tales, and theatrical productions; the pop culture I've grown up with. My work has expanded to mirror my psyche through the personas I use as a form of self-expression and storytelling about conflict and triumph, inviting all to see storytelling through a different lens. The world of this theatrics is a part of my life, through portraits, through production, and ultimately through my concept."