Visual arts
Since 1998, I have had formal education in fine arts. My first internationally displayed work was a linocut print featured in an international art youth exhibit in 1999 in Finland (#1). I have done projects that, for example (#5–#22), included sculpting, glazing, painting, drawing, printmaking through traditional techniques such as drypoint engraving or Japanese woodcut block printing, novel explorations with reusable mylar stencils and acrylic blocks, product design, toy design, jewelry making, 3D computer modelling with NURBS (non-uniform rational basis spline), color and black & white photography, videography. I have also executed land-art, large-scale installations, and exhibition planning with setup. For instance, my 2008 art exhibition at Red Cross Nordic United World College in Norway was attended by Queen Sonja of Norway. I gave her a private tour.
Personally, I particularly and fondly recall my land art project on a coast of Norwegian fjord (#2–#4). As the outcome of studying "Art from Another Culture," I installed this 100 feet long reproduction of over 180 feet large "Geoglyph of a Monkey from Nazca, Peru." During the lowest low-tides over several consecutive days in 2007, I manually moved 50–100 pound heavy stones from a shore. Mud embraced the new monkey. When a high-tide comes, the monkey is completely submerged. I observed its metamorphoses over different seasons during subsequent years. One such unexpected natural transformation happens during every early and late winter. The fjord does not freeze entirely and the ice cap fluctuates with tides. It surrounds the monkey. Eventually the ice melts and algae take over. This sculptural characteristic beautifully juxtaposes the engraved nature of the original monkey in Peru, and makes us think about our natural habitat adjusting to seasons.
Personally, I particularly and fondly recall my land art project on a coast of Norwegian fjord (#2–#4). As the outcome of studying "Art from Another Culture," I installed this 100 feet long reproduction of over 180 feet large "Geoglyph of a Monkey from Nazca, Peru." During the lowest low-tides over several consecutive days in 2007, I manually moved 50–100 pound heavy stones from a shore. Mud embraced the new monkey. When a high-tide comes, the monkey is completely submerged. I observed its metamorphoses over different seasons during subsequent years. One such unexpected natural transformation happens during every early and late winter. The fjord does not freeze entirely and the ice cap fluctuates with tides. It surrounds the monkey. Eventually the ice melts and algae take over. This sculptural characteristic beautifully juxtaposes the engraved nature of the original monkey in Peru, and makes us think about our natural habitat adjusting to seasons.
