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오방색

오방색 (o bang saek) is a space for exploring identity, culture, and iconography in a context that de-centers the Western paradigm. News and announcement will also be made on 오방색. For access to posts featuring experimental and inceptive explorations, please join my Patreon community.

Aug 21, 2024

Stepping Up and Into Public Art

I've been quiet online this year. A lot has been happening behind the scenes with two public art projects, working with community, and...

Feb 1, 2024

Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Resiliency Residency 2024-25

I am honored to be a recipient of the Urban Enhancement Trust Fund Resiliency Residency for the 2024-25 cycle. My residency is focused...

May 27, 2023

Halmoni is a Shapeshifter

Last year I wrote about my 할모니 in a post called Forgetting and Remembering in Making 김치. The shaped poem included in the post, Halmoni is...

Nov 21, 2022

PechaKucha Night Volume 15: Perception

I presented My Jender is Tree at PechaKucha Night Vol 15: Perception hosted by Creative Santa Fe at SITE Santa Fe on Thursday, November...

Nov 6, 2022

The artist J P (formerly Jen Pack) brings her history and work into Wo/Manhouse

This artist interview published about my project 그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) at Wo/Manhouse. It takes a deeper dive into layered...

Oct 5, 2022

Artists at Work: Borderlands

I am honored to be one of the participating artists in the Artists at Work initiative in the Borderlands Region. It is a year long...

Jul 25, 2022

Hyperallergic review of Wo/Manhouse 2022

You can read Annie Bielski's review on Hyperallergic: Judy Chicago’s Wo/Manhouse 2022 Could Use Some More Diversity. In it, Bielski...

Jul 20, 2022

Brooklyn Rail - s(he), (he)r, we: An exquisite-corpse style proposal for a dialogue on inter-being

On the Critic's Page in the July/Aug 2022 edition of the Brooklyn Rail, Susette Min and Amy Sadao "asked artists, curators, poets,...

Jul 13, 2022

12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now Article

Southwest Contemporary announced the 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2022 to showcase compelling contemporary artwork being made...

May 23, 2022

COOL HUNTING at Volta NYC

Read the article by David Graver of COOL HUNTING about the "solo show that utilizes thread to create lines of color, some obvious and...

May 16, 2022

Volta NYC 2022

My work will be shown at Volta NYC with KOURI + CORRAO, a Santa Fe-based contemporary art gallery dedicated to increasing the overall...

Apr 27, 2022

12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2022 | Southwest Contemporary

I am pleased to be one of Southwest Contemporary's 12 New Mexico Artists to Know Now 2022. The 12 artists will be featured in Southwest...

Apr 21, 2022

나의 형체 (This is the Shape of Me) - 우리 형체 (This is the Shape of We)

This is video of a ceremony that took place on February 12, 2022 both in-person and through Zoom. It was intended to integrate distinct...

Apr 9, 2022

Wo/Manhouse 2022

I am thrilled to be a participating artist in Wo/Manhouse 2022 presented by Through the Flower in Belen, New Mexico. Buy your tickets in...

Feb 15, 2022

Five Questions with Jen Pack

This interview is from the enews sent by KOURI + CORRAO Gallery on February 2, 2022. What influences you when you are making work? My...

Jul 16, 2021

Kouri + Corrao (Re)Opened Pop-up Gallery

Kouri + Corrao Gallery rebranded and opened a pop-up space with a group show featuring the work of 8 of their artists, including a...

Dec 5, 2020

Coffee and Culture Radio Podcast

I was interviewed along with FRITZ + KOURI gallery partner Justin Kouri for a recent episode of Santa Fe's Coffee and Culture radio show...

Dec 2, 2020

New Mexico Museum of Art Town Hall

I recently participated in a town hall discussing the New Mexico Museum of Art's commitments to diversity, equity, and inclusion and...

Oct 15, 2020

New Mexico Museum of Art: Fast Art

In a COVID safe version of the annual Fast Art event hosted by the New Mexico Museum Foundation, I had the opportunity to discuss the...

Oct 10, 2020

Art Promotes Healing

The artwork commissioned by Carneal Simmons Contemporary Art for UTSW Medical Center in Dallas, Texas was installed in the new facility...