Connection & Expansion
Connection & Expansion
My work explores structures formed by connecting and stacking small units, based on principles found in nature and architecture. I reinterpret radial expansion in nature and vertical and horizontal expansion in human-made structures through the material qualities and techniques of glass.
I focus on how time and energy accumulate and remain as structure, showing how repetition transforms into form. Through layers and flows, the work reveals the process and value of accumulation.
자연과 건축에서 발견되는 ‘결합’과 ‘확장’의 원리를 바탕으로, 작은 유닛들을 결합·적층해 구조를 형성하는 작업을 하고있습니다. 방사형(자연)과 수직·수평(인공) 확장이라는 성장 방식을 유리의 물성과 기법을 통해 재해석하며, 결합과 확장을 새로운 시각으로 실험하고 있습니다.
시간과 에너지가 축적되어 구조로 남는 방식을 다루며, 반복이 어떻게 형태로 전환되는지를 드러냅니다. 구조의 층과 흐름을 통해 축적의 과정과 그 가치를 보여주고자 합니다.
Selected Works
Biography
Profile
Education
M.F.A. in Department of Design (Glass) (February 2026)
Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
B.F.A. in Ceramics (March 2021)
Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
⟨사사로운 의식(Tiny Rituals)⟩ — SOLUNA Living, Seoul, Korea
⟨Meet the Hotglass 2025⟩ — Gyeonggi Museum of Contemporary Ceramic Art, Yeoju, Korea
Taoxichuan Autumn Art Fair — Jingdezhen, China
⟨만잔 滿盞⟩ — Cheongju Craft Biennale, Cheongju, Korea
⟨Glass to Glass 2025⟩ — KCDF Gallery, Seoul, Korea
⟨OASIS⟩ — SOLUNA Living, Seoul, Korea
Taoxichuan Spring Art Fair — Jingdezhen, China
⟨CRAFTHINGS⟩ — Craft Trend Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
SEARCHLIGHT 2024《초분시간(s”m’h)》 — Gwangju Biennale G#, Gwangju, Korea
International Ceramics Festival Mino ’24 — Nagoya, Japan
Taoxichuan Autumn Art Fair — Jingdezhen, China
⟨GLASS TO GLASS 2024⟩ — Cheonan, Korea
⟨CHEERS⟩ — SOLUNA Living, Seoul, Korea
⟨湲, wave⟩ — Chinchin Pottery, Tainan, Taiwan
⟨We Are All Creator⟩ — Boan1942, Seoul, Korea
⟨Temporary Yard⟩ — Craft Trend Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea
⟨Being chuck chuck bachelor⟩ — Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
⟨Artificial Nature 미래디자인, 꿈꾸는 인간⟩ — Kookmin University, Seoul, Korea
⟨Phosphor Glaze with Ceramic for Safety Design⟩ — Seoul, Korea
Awards
Finalist — LEXUS Creative Masters
Outstanding Thesis Award — Kookmin University, Korea
Finalist — Craft Saetbyeol Project — Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF)
Honorable Mention — International Ceramics Festival Mino ’24 — Japan
Popular Program Selection — Korea Craft Week 2022 — Korea Craft and Design Foundation (KCDF)
Excellence Award — Social Entrepreneur Support Program, Korea
Special Selection Award — Korea Sabal Society, Korea
Grand Prize — Startup Club Vlog Presentation Competition — Kookmin University
Other Experience
Selected Team — Incubating Craft Makers 2025 — SOLUNA Art Group, Korea
KCDF Craft & Design Group Exhibition (Open Call) — Exhibition Project Planning
Royal Lighting Fixture Reproduction Project — Changdeokgung Palace — Archive Researcher
Korea Craft Week (Selected Project) — Frontyard Institute — Exhibition Planning
Korea Craft Week (Selected Project) — Temporary Yard 2: Picnic — Exhibition Planning
Yard at Stillbooks Station — POP-UP Market & Exhibition Planning
House of Lucky — POP-UP Market Project
Social Enterprise Incubation Program — Korea Social Enterprise Promotion Agency (KoSEA)
Bed & Pieces — Exhibition Planning
Founder & Curator — YARD Corporation (YARD) — Seoul, Korea
Curated exhibitions and pop-up markets for emerging craft artists
Managed artist promotion, artwork sales, and project organization
Developed collaborative projects connecting artists and audiences
Pre-Startup Package Program (Non-Face-to-Face Sector) — Korea Institute of Startup & Entrepreneurship Development (KISED)