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Sipapu
2019

According to the Hopi beliefs, 

Sipapu is a hole in which the very first people of this world come out of. Based on this belief, I’ve searched the origin of human phenomena in where it was born as Hopi people believed.  

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Everybody Knows

2018

This work is based on a dream once I’ve seen, in which I realized that I was living in an artificial capsule world controlled by an authority. Every relative and friend I have, knew about this game except me; until the day I realized sky was human-made and I flew out of that game I lived in.

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The Eye

2018

Searching the usage of eye as a symbol for beliefs and other 

powerful controlling devices in human history, I’ve installed transparent foils depicting various stylized eye symbols as if they were part of a stained glass located in a contemporary basilica.

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The Boundary

2018

The body causes a fundamental contradiction for creatures. With a limited and finite body, individual always desires to be infinite in a way. As human beings, we start to experience boundaries when we realize our own body. I wonder, if we could get rid of this first fundamental boundary we have experienced. Could we still say that we exist as we do now? Without a body, would human experience still be valid?

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One By One

2015

"excuse me,
busy writing a tragedy.

jump in.
what are you
waiting for?"

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Abstract

2015

First, I made abstract sculptures from natural clay. After selecting one of them, I sculpted a reproduction of it from styrofoam boards. I tried to experience sculpting the same abstract figure with different materials aiming to compare the feeling that natural and artificial materials give me as an artist.

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Spatio-Temporal

2015

For our graduation exhibition in 2015, I’ve attempted to create an artificial living space in which its audience could feel that they’re getting to know a different kind of space and time.

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