Pastel on paper
330mm high
20mm wide
430mm deep
This work reflects my experience as an intercountry adoptee from South Korea, growing up in Australia with fragmented cultural memory and imagined connections to origin. Asian visual influences emerge intuitively, drawn from feeling rather than direct recollection. Layered textures and dense colour suggest overlapping identities, where heritage, displacement, and belonging coexist. The landscape is both external and internal, a space for contemplation. Nature becomes a place of quiet dialogue, offering grounding while acknowledging distance and loss. This work speaks to adoption as an ongoing process, where identity is assembled through memory, emotion and experience.
Please note, this artwork is currently on exhibition at Belconnen Arts Centre and will not be available for pick-up or delivery until the exhibition has closed. Please check the Belco Arts website for exhibition dates.