born: Seoul, Korea
resides: Columbus, OH, USA
travel, in chronological order: Seoul, where I was born, Hong Kong, where I nagged mum to cut my hair in the same style as my Indonesian best friend, to disasterous effect, Taiwan, Japan, Seoul, where my friends called me Hong Kong girl, London, where I was caught cheating in Religious Studies exam, England, Scotland, Wales, France, The Netherlands, where we couldn't understand their pronuciation of 'Van Gogh', Belgium, Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Italy, London, Paris, Egypt, where it rained in the desert for most of the 10 days we were there, London, Vancouver, where I was impressed with 4-year-old Paul's shoe collection, Seoul, where my classmates called me English girl, London, Paris, Seoul, Spain, Portugal, Seoul, Shanghai, where the street vendors called me Beijing girl, Seoul, Shanghai, The Silk Road, Seoul, Shanghai, The Mongolian Grassland where we drank brick black tea with goat milk with the shepards on motorbikes, Seoul, Shanghai, Hong Kong, Seoul, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, Kyoto, Tokyo, where everybody spoke to me in Japanese, Bloomfield Hills, where everybody spoke to me in English, Detroit, Chicago, Seoul, Detroit, New York, San Francisco, Tokyo, Seoul, Detroit, Montreal, where everybody spoke to me in French, Barcelona, where nobody spoke English, but it didn't matter as long as you can spot a tapas bar, San Sebastian, Bilbao, Seoul, Detroit, Boston, where I had the best Chinese food since Shanghai, New York, where I had the best Korean food since Seoul, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, Polecat, where Henrik and Patrick sang me a Swedish birthday song, Savannah, where I met a Korean girl who took me to a 'French' dinner of steak and french fries, Columbus, Seoul, Columbus, LA, Seoul, and Columbus, Saranay, where I speak in English to Koreans, and in Korean to Americans.
education:
MFA 2D Design, Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA
MFA Design Historu, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
BFA Visual Communication Design, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
employment:
Wexner Center for the Arts, Columbus, OH, USA
Cranbrook Academy of Art, Bloomfield Hills, MI, USA