BIOGRAPHY

“Death by Narwhals” is a Washington, DC born and based Korean American artist. He completed his bachelor’s degree in studio art in New Hampshire with a focus in oil painting.  His career began working in commercial art and television animation in NYC before returning to DC in 2008.

Aside from contemporary painting, he is known for his street murals, trash sculptures, and stream of conscious ink drawings.  His work is driven by a reverence for slow meditative processes.  He is a grantee of the Awesome Foundation, DC Art Bank, and DC Arts and Humanities Fellowship Programs.  His work has shown across the District and beyond including with DC Walls, Transformer, the Washington Studio School, Umbrella, SQFT, the Asian Fusion gallery, Hole in the Sky, and Strathmore Mansion, with solo shows at Lost Origins gallery and Rhizome DC.

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I was born in DC — the first of my family made in America.  I was raised by my mother, my sister, and our television.  Together, we moved across the country living in North Dakota, California, Texas, and New York.  Much of my work reflects my experience growing up as a Korean American latchkey kid always on the move, and my adult life spent working in cities while dreaming of nature.

Thank you for participating in this independent longitudinal art experiment.

CV