curriculum vitae

SUMMARY:

I studied media art and dance in Canada and fine art in London, UK. Although I have been influenced by Western cultures, I pursue the natural world of matter, beyond all those cultural frames, in finding my sense of self and, thus, in making art. Improvisation then became my method for art.


My artist residency at Yatoo in South Korea, in 2015 and 2016, greatly influenced my art from this perspective. Their theme, Nature art, focused on the relationship between humans and nature. They advise artists to enter nature without preconceptions and allow themselves to be transformed in encounters with nature, while minimizing human interruptions. This philosophy regarding the relationship between nature and art (or artists) became the foundation of my art practice.

I mainly use bodily movement to practice improvisation, but I also employ my knowledge of visual art and media art. I have been making site-specific improvised performance since 2015. Since then, I have gradually been incorporating sound art in my performances, in relation to the concepts of movement and space. I am also starting to explore the form of dance theatre, using sound within an improvised theatrical setting. I explore ways to use sound as a vehicle for understanding bodily performance through the concept of space, both natural and conceptual. 


I also make DIY printmaking, employing the same principles of improvisation that I use for my performance work. I often use recycles as plates and plant based ink available in the kitchen or nature.

EDUCATION: 

2013 | Goldsmiths, University of London (England) | Visual Cultures (MPhil) 

2006 | Simon Fraser University (Canada) | Interactive Arts (MASc)

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT: 

• 1 - 14 June & 3 - 24 Aug. 2023 | Received mentorship from Canadian composer/musician Edgardo Moreno (Hamilton, Canada) & UK sound artist Simon Whetham (Bristol, UK)

• 1 July - 6 Nov. 2022 | Received Canadian composer Edgardo Moreno’s Mentorship, offered by the Blackout Art Society, www.blackouttheater.com (Vancouver, Canada) 

• 4 April - 11 June 2022 | Received Korean dancer/choreographer Sung-lul Park’s Mentorship in Ssro Dance, Seoul Dance Center (Seoul, South Korea) 

• 29 July - 17 August 2019 | Participated in Katie Duck's intensive improvisation workshop 2019, Stichting Magpie, Participated in Freaktoni Witchy Weekend (interdisciplinary improvised performance, group) 3, 10 & 17 August 2019, the OT301 (Amsterdam, The Netherlands) 

• May & August 2019 | Took Gaga movement classes, Suzanne Dellal (Tel Aviv, Israel) 

• March & May 2019 | Took Sound Art workshop guided by Carlos Suarez, AADK Spain Centro Negra (Blanca, Spain) 

• 10 - 25 Oct. 2017 | Took Social Circus Training for Trainers guided by Dennis Wezenberg & Sound Art guided by Ray Lee, Seoul Street Arts Creation Centre (Seoul, Korea)

• 24 - 27 Oct. 2016 | Took ‘Intuition in Instant Composition’ workshop guided by Paolo Cingolani | DOCK 11 & EDEN (Berlin) 

• 1 Feb. - 5 Jun 2016 | Participated in Zen yoga practice (www.zenschool.kr), Zen School (Taejeon, South Korea)

AWARDS: 

2023 | Cultural Grants (CASC, Cultural Spaces), City of Vancouver (Canada)
2023 | Neighbourhood Small Grant | Vancouver Foundation (Canada)
2023 | Professional Development for Artists Grant | Canada Council for the Arts (Canada)
2023 | Research and Creation Grant | Canada Council for the Arts (Canada)
2023, 2022, 2016, 2013 | Travel Grants | Canada Council for the Arts (Canada)
2022, 2019 | Professional Development Assistance Grant | British Columbia Arts Council (Canada)
2020 | Residency Grant | Danish Composers’ Society (Denmark) 

2020 | Micro Grant | British Columbia Arts Council (Canada) 

2020 | Studio Residency Grant | KW Studios (Canada) 

2019, 2017 | Creative Spark Vancouver Grant | ArtStarts in Schools (Canada) 

2018, 2016 | International Residency Grants | Canada Council for the Arts (Canada)
2015 | Translation Grants, Literature Translation Institute of Korea (South Korea)

2007 – 2010 | Overseas Research Students Award | Government of the UK

EMPLOYMENT: 

• Mar. - May 2023 | Grafting (performer in the show by the Blackout Theatre) Performances: 5, 6, 7 May 2023, Annex Theatre (Vancouver, Canada) 

• 6 July 2012 | The Mudhead Dance (performer in the dance film directed by Adam James), V22 studios (London, UK)

• Jan. 2008 - Mar. 2011 | School of Engineering and Design, Brunel University (Uxbridge, UK) Teaching Assistant - Multimedia Design (seasonal) 

• Jan. - Mar. 2008 | Goldsmiths, University of London (UK) Visiting Tutor - MFA in Art Practice

• Oct. 2005 - Aug. 2007 | Continuing Studies, Emily Carr University of Art & Design (Canada) Instructor - New Media Design and Non-Narrative Video 

• Apr. 2004 - Aug. 2006 | Communications, Contemporary Arts & Interactive Art, Simon Fraser University (Canada) Research Assistant - Assisting in interactive art projects and managing photographic projects 

• Jan. 2003 - Apr. 2005 | Interactive Arts, Simon Fraser University (Canada) Teaching Assistant - Foundation Interactive art courses 

ARTISTS & COMMUNITY COLLABORATION: 

• 1 Oct. 2023 - 9 Feb. 2024 (Scheduled) | Facilitator, ‘Memories of Food’ - To create dance theatre with seniors in partnership with Kitsilano Neighbourhood House (Vancouver, Canada)

• 28 May 2023 | Organizer, ‘Mapping Secret Food Forests’ - To forage herbs, vegetables, and fruits in the neighborhood and learn about its ecosystem with community members in partnership with Kitsilano Neighbourhood House (Vancouver, Canada)

• Jan. 2014 - Jun 2016 | Organizer, Dance Jam Seoul in partnership with World Culture Open, www.worldcultureopen.org (Seoul, South Korea)

TEACHING & MENTORSHIPS: 

• Jan. - 18 July 2019 & Nov. 2017 | Improvised movement workshops with children (organizer), ArtStarts in Schools (Vancouver, Canada)

• 7 - 16 July 2017 | Stazione di Topolò (improvisation performer, organizer of movement workshops), Associazione Topolò-Topoluove (Udine, Italy) 

• Feb. - Mar. 2016 | TEMI (Taejeon, South Korea) Instructor - Movement workshops with sexually assaulted teenage girls 

RESIDENCIES: 

• 23 Oct. - 10 Nov. 2023 | Akropoditi Dance Center (Syros, Greece) 

• 1 - 4 Sep. 2023 | 'Arts and Health in Nature' Hubberholme (Hubberholme, UK) 

• 11 - 24 June 2023 | Global Nomadic Art Project-France (Nature Art) 2023, Participated in the group presentation 23 June - 30 Sep. 2023 (Saint-Lactencin, France) 

• Oct. 2015, July 2016 & Sep. 2022 | YATOOi, www.yatooi.com (Gong-ju, South Korea) 

• 9 Nov. - 5 Dec. 2020 | Collaboration with Lars Kynde, tuningspace.weebly.com, Inter Art Center, www.iac.lu.se (Malmö, Sweden)

• 17 - 21 Aug. 2020 | Studio residency, KW Studios (Vancouver, Canada)

• 24 Sep. - 31 Oct. 2019 | Copper Leg (Vaskjala, Estonia)

• June 2018, Mar. 2019 | AADK Spain Centro Negra, aadk.es (Blanca, Spain) 

• 17 - 27 July 2017 | Pulzus art camp (participant), Haáz Rezső Muzeum (Odorheiu, Romania) 

• 3 Apr. - 31 May 2017 | CAMAC (Marnay-sur-Seine, France) 

• 5 Oct. - 2 Nov. 2016 | Ponderosa (Lunow-Stolzenhagen, Germany) 

• 15 Jan. - 31 Mar. 2016 | TEMI (Taejeon, South Korea) 

PRESENTATIONS: 

• ‘Oddments’ (prints, solo show) Scheduled for 11 Jan. - 11 Feb. 2024, The Gibsons Public Art Gallery - GPAG (Gibsons, BC, Canada) 

• Green Spectrum III (video and installations, group show) 2 - 30 Nov. 2022, YATOO Nature Art House (Gong-ju City, South Korea) 

• Things of Silence: Rice Paper (solo performance) 6 Nov. 2022, STAND Festival 2022, the Presentation House Theatre, www.phtheatre.org (North Vancouver, Canada) 

• City of Crocodiles (solo performance) 29 May 2022, ARKO Arts Theater (Seoul, South Korea) in Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival 2022 

• Tuning the Space (performance with Composer Lars Kynde) 4 Dec. 2020, Inter Art Center, www.iac.lu.se (Malmö, Sweden) 

• No Man’s Land: Songs of Absence (site-specific, solo performance, streamed online) 15 August 2020, Vines Art Festival (Vancouver, Canada) 

• No Man’s Land: Wallflower (solo performance) 20 October 2019 (Vaskjalas, Estonia), part of Üle Heli Sound Art Festival 

• Tío Jose (performance with Composer Carlos Suarez) 30 March 2019, Centro Párraga, (www.centroparraga.es) (Murcia, Spain) 

• Me Entiendes (solo performance) 23 Mar. 2019, AADK Centro Negra (Blanca, Spain) 

• Forbidden Fruits (performance with Composer Carlos Suarez) 23 June 2018, Centro Negra (Blanca, Spain) 

• Things of Silence (solo performance) 11 May 2018, Gold Saucer (Vancouver, Canada) 

• Sound Mapping: Water Storage Tank, Seoul (site-specific sound-dance performance with DigiCue) 25 Oct. 2017, Seoul Street Arts Creation Centre (Seoul, South Korea) 

• 2017 Pulzus (group show): 27 July - 27 October. 2017, Képtar (Odorheiu, Romania) 

• 2016 Art Residence Festival: Sensible Reality (group exhibition) 5 - 11 Sept. 2016, Seoul Citizens Hall B1 & B2 (Seoul, South Korea) 

• Cross-ing (installations and performance, group show) 23 July - 25 Aug. 2016, YATOO Nature Art House (Gong-ju City, South Korea) 

• Rising (solo performance) 12 Apr. 2016, Seoul Dance Center (Seoul, South Korea) part of Seoul International Improvisation Dance Festival 2016 

• Cutting Water (prints, installations and performance, solo show) 17 - 27 Mar. 2016, Artist Residency TEMI (Taejeon, South Korea) 

• People are the most precious things we can encounter (performance with Xin Cheng) 20 Nov. 2015, SeMA Nanji (Seoul, South Korea) 

• Equilibrium (installation & digital images, group show): 24 Oct. - 14 Nov. 2015, YATOO Nature Art House (Gong-ju City, South Korea) 

• Improvisation Dance with Calligraphy (performance, with Calligraphy by Lucia Choi & Koto by Tomimoto sensei) 20 Sep. 2014, COEX Center (Seoul, South Korea) 

• Bird’s Nest Soup (group performance, direction & performance) 28 June 2013, Barbican Centre (London, UK)

• Nightmare (dance for video) 11 June - 24 July 2011, Kunst im Tunnel (Berlin, Germany) in “Human Frames”