Domestic Disorientation

Domestic Disorientation begins from a condition in which space no longer provides stability or orientation. Figures are absent from the work. Instead, the compositions are formed by objects that have been used and remain. Worn, misaligned, or partially dysfunctional items persist without being fully discarded, existing in a state where they no longer properly fulfill their intended function. These objects are not simply remnants, but traces of bodily presence, records of use and sensory passage through space.

What emerges here is not merely instability, but a condition of being unable to fully depart or fully arrive. The objects remain “in use,” yet no longer offer reliable function. This reflects a mode of living in which life continues without reaching completion, sustained, but never fully resolved.

This condition is not understood as a matter of personal choice, but as something maintained through attachment and structure. Rather than reaching stability, we tend to remain close to what appears stable. The home is where this attachment operates most quietly. Familiarity, repetition, and ordinary objects hold us in place, preventing us from leaving while never allowing us to fully settle.

In this work, emotion is not expressed as an internal state. Instead, it appears as something that lingers within objects and spaces. Worn surfaces, misaligned functions, and traces of repeated use reveal where emotions have settled and continue to persist.

About what could not be kept
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
180 x 250 cm

Sincere words drifted into the air
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
120 × 85 cm

Things that fade away I
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

You and me, and…
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

Departures, and the traces they leave behind
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
100 × 85 cm

The truth lies beyond
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

No meal was prepared for anyone
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
105 × 85 cm

Unheld
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

Bent toward the ground
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

Broken sight
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

Things that fade away Ⅱ
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

What could not be saved
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2026
40 x 40 cm

Painting of an office chair with a black base and gray backrest, placed in front of a colorful, patterned wall with floral and geometric designs.

The night fades, the day awakens
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
110 x 80 cm

A painting of a potted plant with elongated leaves and closed flowers on a table. The background features a colorful pattern of green, yellow, and blue circles and lines. A crumpled tissue and a smartphone are on the table next to the plant.

Where flowers never bloomed
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
90 x 70 cm

Painting of a cluttered living room with a fish tank, table, lamp, plant, water bottle, and a sock.

Staying without settling
Watercolor, Ink on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
110 x 180 cm

An abstract painting of a bunch of yellow bananas with brown outlines on a vibrant, textured blue and purple background.

That day was no different still
Watercolor on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
85 x 65.6 cm

Digital artwork depicting two stylized, abstract human faces, one in blue and one in yellow, with geometric and layered features, against a background of interconnected circles and lines.
A surreal digital art of a human face made from layered potato chips and fries against a purple and blue striped background.

The sentences were shattered and weightless
Watercolor on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
80 x 66 cm

Yellowed
Watercolor on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
30 x 30 cm

A colorful abstract painting of a human face with layered brushstrokes in shades of blue, purple, beige, and white, set against a background of horizontal bands in yellow, orange, red, and purple.

Blue
Watercolor on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
30 x 30 cm

Abstract artwork featuring a stylized face with orange and yellow hues, surrounded by ribbons or strips of orange and pink, on a purple background.

Red
Watercolor on Korean paper, cut and pasted onto Korean paper on canvas, 2025
30 x 30 cm