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TAPS 2023 @sayumok
These photos will never be published in a journalistic publication – familiar scenes on campus but different, the other side of palm tree paradise?
2018
Photograph of campus scenes
This painting is in honor of Ahina and all the women that spend years wishing for a day at school.
2017
46″ x 32”
This is a surreal meditation on nature’s comforting power as a sanctuary for people in need of healing.
2022
Pencil on paper
“the pith” follows an adolescent’s struggle to understand their immigrant mother after their move to America.
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2024
Flash Fiction and Digital Illustration
A collection of 8 poetic pieces that pull from, build upon, and draw inspiration from the Brown queer experience of a drag artist at a PWI. Link to Artwork Link to Website
Collection of Poetry
My mother in her monthly kimchi-making ritual, a food that I learned to take pride in despite being initially ashamed of it.
2020
Acrylic Paint on Canvas
The setting sun casts a firey light onto the skyline of San Francisco, with Coit Tower visible over the hills of the city.
Oil paint on canvas
A wristwatch lies across a keyboard with numbers juxtaposing letters, emphasizing how some things are not meant to be rushed and will happen in time.
2019
Acrylic on Canvas
My piece comments on the movement of youth in Mexico towards narco culture and the dire implications it has for more traditional aspects the culture.
A portrait of a good dog.
History is tied to humanity. There is something heartening about a city that takes pride in its past.
acrylic on canvas
This image plays with scale, texture, and the physicality of water.
2016
Color Film
Warm summer portrait of girl reading.
Photoshop
Mount Daly in Snowmass, Colorado
Gouache paint on watercolor paper
Western media creates unrealistic expectations of perfection in avocados. In this painting, I seek to challenge and redefine avocado beauty standards.
Oil on canvas
At Bay is a student-created web series about the launch of a Stanford startup that goes horribly, horribly wrong.
Still from a web series
I painted a woman who is battered but is pushing herself back up with resiliency. She sends a message of hope to those facing difficulties.
acrylic on wood
Originally meant as a study of diffused light in a “nocturne” scene, this piece is a take on portraiture, figures, and landscape in one.
Oil Paint on Canvas
I was inspired by a picture I took of my grandfather when visiting Korea for the first time since immigrating to America in 2001.
2023
Oil on Canvas
This song is a unique take on John Coltrane’s ‘Impressions’ in terms of instrumentation, style, and genre.
Guitar recording with electronic drums and synths