Artist Statement

Uncanished Workld

My work, Uncanished Workld—An Epistemological Inquiry, is a series of installations that mirror the ways in which humans perceive and interpret the world, reflecting the dual process of understanding both the external environment and the internal self. Together, these works take the form of installation, synthesizing different media, including drawing, sculpture, painting, printmaking, texts, various craft methods.

Through my practice, I address the coexistence of paradoxical ideas—order and chaos, life and death, peace and turbulence. I created Uncanished Workld, a fictional universe named for its dual nature: uncanny, as rationality fails to fully grasp reality, and unfinished, as the pursuit of understanding never ends. Each installation serves as a chapter that describes a specific aspect of the Uncanished Workld- such as space and/or time- through scientific diagrams, religious iconography, and mythological imagery, all reconfigured into a system that ultimately resists comprehension.

For Example, in 2024, The Anti-Fractal Map is a series of intricate pen drawings and watercolor paintings on sheets of silk. The drawings resemble a map of a labyrinth, exploring the contradiction between order and chaos in the empirical world. It features Gothic arches and façade, gravestones, and plants, all modulated by a geometric grid inspired by the fractal theory. Under the seemingly structured and symmetrical shapes lies inconsistent spaces and irregular forms. This contrast reflects how my rational faculty fails to comprehend the capricious reality.

In 2025, The Calendar of The Permutations of 1000 Arms is an installation consisting of ten panels of pen drawing, ten panels of acrylic paintings, and sculptural elements made with brass and quartz. The pen drawings depict arm born structure by deconstructing the minerals which the arm made from, whereas the acrylic paintings present decaying flesh using various red hues. Like a calendar, the panels serve as indicators of the passage of time, embodying the life cycle through its dual extremes—before and after. This contrast between the two stages reflects the physical process of existence, from the raw formation of matter to its inevitable decay.

Ultimately, my work questions the limits of knowledge, the need for faith, and the perpetual tension between order and chaos. Through my project, I explore how belief systems—whether religious, scientific, or mythological—both approach and depart from understanding the Uncanished Workld, which, just like the phrase itself, is described through language but impossible to utter.