rite of passage, 2024 Photopolymer etching with chine collé and screen print
Ogansaek Hanji Edition 2024: https://www.hanjiedition.com/projects/ogansaek/
Drawing from my experiences of migration and the effects of immigration on both my identity and place in American history, this piece illustrates migration as a metaphorical gesture of grafting memories and cultural tradition onto the new land. This process is akin to embodying the identity of an exiled self in a new place, a conscious and transformative engagement in pursuit of belonging. Imagining the American landscape before my arrival as once an expansive and untouched terrain, I envision the guardian animals of the east and west governing the land, awaiting the beginning of my immigrant journey.
Photopolymer etching process image