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Mulberry House, Granville OH | 11.28.22 - 12.7.22
Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, KOR | 1.12.23 - 1.16.23
Woman Made Gallery, Chicago, IL | 1.28.23 - 3.4.23
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hair representing different nationalities, colors, and ages of women
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donated used pregnancy tests
“I worked in a male-dominated company since college, and there I experienced a raw society. It was a harsh atmosphere for women, and the outcomes never really matched half the effort that I’ve put into work. But I’ve always tried to satisfy them, to meet their needs, and it was self-sabotaging—yet I didn't want to run away.”
“I've constantly been trying to prove myself. You know, that swamp of self-questioning. They don’t seem to recognize the inherent barriers in the workplace for women, so even when I suffer discrimination, I feel like I'm the one making a fuss about it. There’s a huge gap between the dominant opinions of society and my own experiences, so I keep doubting myself and get frustrated. No…am I the problem? I get pain in the heart these days.”
“I feel like that our society doesn’t welcome women’s presence. I've been burning myself out to do better, so it isn’t about something on my end. They just keep on demanding me, like, you have to look pretty, dress up, behave yourself, don't talk back, do as you are told... So my responsibility is fucking endless, but my existence seems too easily replaceable.”
“The South Korean public opinion these days is that feminism equals terrorism. Us women turn into skeptics after decades of this bullshit, of society just erasing us, and I just wanted to united with them to be rebels. That’s when I knew that I needed a career change.”
Excerpts from interviews with anonymous South Korean women workers
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