Everyday Encounters

Everyday Encounters

Korean Contemporary Art in the U.S. 

This exhibition features four Korean artists who currently live in the US. Housing, foodways, and subtle moments in living come to life in the works of Sangmi Yoo, Mizin Shin, Ray Im, and Yuna Kim. Sangmi Yoo’s architectural printworks reference public-built spaces and personal memory. Using French Fries as an example, Mizin Shin’s large digital prints make foodways and systems tangible. Ray Im’s work combines ceramics and photography to make everyday colors more visible. Yuna Kim’s repetitive GIF animations reflect the uncertainty and mixed feelings during the thick of the COVID-19 pandemic. These artists grew up in Korea but make their home in the United States. Through the application of diasporic viewpoints, their artworks critique the everyday.

Mizin Shin, How Things Are Consumed,
Digital Print, 35" x 144", (2022)

Sangmi Yoo, Tides of Resilience, Installation view, Layered Hand-Cut Pigment Prints, Dimensions variable, (2022)