ABOUT

Jian Yoo constructs a world where opposing elements—nature and artificiality, tradition and modernity, humanity and machinery, ideals and reality—coexist beyond their boundaries. Mother-of-pearl, a central material in her work, serves as a medium of harmony, revealing intangible light while offering tangible, tactile textures.

“Exploring the innate qualities of materials is like looking into myself. Within the ebb and flow of countless relationships and the passage of time, I unravel a quiet yet dynamic energy through small fragments.”

Yoo works outside fixed frameworks while establishing her own internal order, granting individuality and agency to each fragment. Lines and planes of varying lengths and sizes are intricately assembled into layered structures, which carry a sense of temporality and interconnectedness. This process reflects the way materials, the hands that shape them, and the invisible accumulation of time interact throughout her practice.

Just as thousands, even millions, of dots, lines, and surfaces converge into a single image, the dense accumulation of emotions, experiences, relationships, and time forms the artist’s inner world. This endlessly circulating energy flows with strong vitality, guiding a continuous journey inward. Yoo hopes that the light and color of this flow shimmer with the vibrancy of water spray, the brilliance of sunlit waves, and the sparkle of a precious gem.