Jaemi
Yoo

Jaemi Yoo is a Korean artist who illustrates relationships and narratives derived from physical, visual, perceptual boundaries existing in modern society while focusing on the materiality of mediums. She grew up experiencing both Eastern and Western culture, which kindled her interest in the concept of one’s identity as an individual, as a creator, as a member of modern society. It soon became a starting point for her artistic journey to explore the notion of perspective and relationship changes that are inextricably linked to socioeconomic, cultural, and historical boundaries.Yoo translates this notion onto canvases which function as physical, visual, and perceptual boundaries to audience while comparing and juxtaposing a range of artistic medium, texture, and materiality. She has developed a unique visual language by utilizing Eastern and Western painting aesthetic, conceptualization, motifs, and techniques to effectively communicate emotions and narratives that are created by different relationships in modern society: between individuals, communities, objects and viewers etc. Since graduating from Rhode Island School of Design(RISD) in 2012, Yoo has worked as a graphic designer, illustrator and fashion designer.

She currently lives and works in Seoul, Korea.