home, my homey.

About Gom

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

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.