Being a Korean-Canadian living in Canada has deeply influenced my creative research. I focus on exploring non-binary processes and methods that can depict the complexity of the lives of the marginalized and racialized. The visual representation of persons of colour often relies on stereotypical and one-dimensional portrayals. Instead, I search for more comprehensive and diverse means of demonstrating the complicated lives of marginalized and racialized communities.
My research takes on various forms, including writing, video, installation, and performance. I emphasize the invisible aspects, such as personal everyday stories and habits, as a critical tool in my work. The images I portray are often duplicated, erased, masked, and performed to manifest the complex nature of interconnectivity between the visibility and invisibility of ethnic representation. To re-establish the exchange between the art/artist and the viewer that is more organic and unexpected, I value dialogue, performative (small) acts, and non-conventional presentation methods and venues.