My work is not about specific childhood memories but about the way memory itself functions. As children, we constantly reconstruct reality through imagination, fragments, and repetition. I am interested in how memories change over time and become part of our identity. The repeated character that appears in my work is not a portrait of one person but a recurring image that shifts slightly from piece to piece, much like a memory that is retold and transformed each time it returns.

Although my work emerges from a personal visual language, I see strong connections with East Asian philosophies that value inner cultivation, stillness, and transformation. The exhibition is built around the idea that something precious can only grow when it is protected. I hope Korean audiences will recognize these works not as illustrations of a specific story, but as spaces for reflection on vulnerability, memory, and the hidden processes that shape who we become.

Seoul feels like a meaningful place to present this project because many of the ideas behind the exhibition resonate with concepts found in East Asian thought, particularly Daoist ideas of inner transformation and quiet growth. In recent years my practice has expanded from painting into sculpture and installation, allowing me to build entire environments rather than individual images. This exhibition marks an important step in that evolution, bringing together painting, sculpture, and spatial storytelling within a single immersive experience.

Visitors will encounter a room that functions as a kind of architecture of memory. Paintings, sculptures, illuminated objects, and vessel-like forms are connected through the recurring image of a young girl and the motif of inner light. For this project, I am exploring how memory can become spatial—how it can take the form of rooms, containers, and structures that protect fragile inner experiences. The exhibition expands my ongoing interest in painting by turning it into a physical environment.