With short text and loose drawings
I build a home where mind can rest
I am a PICTUREBOOK AUTHOR based in Seoul, Korea.
I majored in INTERIOR ARCHITECTURE because I wanted to build the space that I wanted to have as a child. I worked on planning and designing children’s spaces. When I saw children creating their own world in the space I created, I suddenly became jealous of them. I wanted to tell my own stories like them, so I decided to choose the path of becoming a picture book author, which I had dreamed of ‘SOMEDAY, LATER’.
I tend to take a long time to aware of my own mind.
While I am wandering, I record my emotions and contemplate them carefully and think about them over and over again. I am writing down what I noticed through the period, as if I were writing a letter to my past self. Letters are sometimes written in short sentences, loose drawings, and comfortable stories. As I read the letter, the wounds that I had not noticed because of my busy life are comforted quietly. I hope it can comfort you, too.
<The mountain and me>, a illustrated poem for me who lived with unresolved anger in my hearts. <Snowman is a Snowman>, a picture book for me who couldn’t sleep due to the pressure of having to prove myself. <My tiny heart>, a postcard for me who needed a little comfort in my daily life when I entered an empty house after work.
I am interested in KOREAN PAPER that are light but cozy, POP-UP cards that are like exciting gifts, and PRINTMAKING techniques that are vivid but affectionate. With the world full of interesting materials and techniques, I want to look into my mind for a long time.
My lovely, crooked path
2024 SAMWON 6th art sponsorship group exhibition
SAMWON gallery / Group exhibition / Gwangjin, Seoul
2023 Little Press Fair
National Theatre of Korea / Book Fair / Jangchungdong, Seoul
2023 Picture book of Spring day exhibition
Ac gallery / Group exhibition / Hapjung, Seoul
2023 A giant fell into the well we dug
Ac gallery / Group exhibition / Hapjung, Seoul
2022 Publisher’s Table
Musinsa terrace / Book Fair / Hongdae, Seoul
2022 Bear Book Market
Bear cafe / Book Fair / Hyoja-dong, Seoul
2022 Artist statement Group exhibition
Seoul Community Culture Center Seogyo / Group exhibition / Hapjung, Seoul
2022 Acc
Ac gallery / Group exhibition / Hapjung, Seoul
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2022 – 2023 Artist Community Ac
Study various methods of storytelling
2019 – 2022 Work at REMARK-PRESS
Plan and Design children’s place
2016 – 2018 Work at HELLO-SEOUL
Produce Urban Education Contents
2015 – 2015 Work at R&K Architect
Plan various type of architecture, really shortly
2011 – 2016 Department of Interior Architecture, College of Architecture, Hongik University
Things I love
A morning that starts at a cafe on a day with a lot to do. Take a walk in the morning under the sunlight. Lying down and rolling around on the lawn in early summer. Working while listening to ‘Choi Baek-ho’s Romantic Age’ on the Radio. Make cute things with my own hands at home. Cook the most delicious seasonal food and eat it with people who I love. At my grandmother’s house, my relatives gather together and tell funny stories about family under the same blanket. Watching a movie I wanted to see on the weekend with my soft pajamas.
Things I don’t love
Soft boiled carrots. A car that makes me sick. A place with lots of people.
If you are still curious about me