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오방색
오방색 (o bang saek) is a space for exploring identity, culture, and iconography in a context that de-centers the Western paradigm. News and announcement will also be made on 오방색. For access to posts featuring experimental and inceptive explorations, please join my Patreon community.

Stepping Up and Into Public Art
I've been quiet online this year. A lot has been happening behind the scenes with two public art projects, working with community, and...
Aug 21, 2024


Halmoni is a Shapeshifter
Last year I wrote about my 할모니 in a post called Forgetting and Remembering in Making 김치. The shaped poem included in the post, Halmoni is...
May 27, 2023


The artist J P (formerly Jen Pack) brings her history and work into Wo/Manhouse
This artist interview published about my project 그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) at Wo/Manhouse. It takes a deeper dive into layered...
Nov 6, 2022

Artists at Work: Borderlands
I am honored to be one of the participating artists in the Artists at Work initiative in the Borderlands Region. It is a year long...
Oct 5, 2022


My Jender is Tree
I explore the relationship between truth, beauty, and identity in my artwork. More recently, language and story are main characters...
Sep 29, 2022


그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) video tour
Take a guided tour of my project space - 그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) - at Wo/Manhouse 2022. Each video is 1-3 minutes long, or you...
Jul 26, 2022


The inception of 그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms)
그림자가 핀다 (And the Shadow Blooms) is my project space in the den of Wo/Manhouse 2022. It is a site of beauty and dissonance. I thought I...
Jun 17, 2022


A Beautiful Disintegration
These are some of the beautiful things that I was told the site-specific thread installation, Our Light Takes Shape in the Dark (the body...
Mar 2, 2022

Five Questions with Jen Pack
This interview is from the enews sent by KOURI + CORRAO Gallery on February 2, 2022. What influences you when you are making work? My...
Feb 15, 2022

Developing the Shape of Me
My work has begun eliciting poemesque titles to expand meaning. I am also exploring the use of Korean language to reach beyond my known...
Jan 3, 2022


And the Unseen Colors Erupt
Please join me tomorrow, Thursday, January 14, 5 - 6pm PT, for the virtual opening and artist talk at SLATE Contemporary for the...
Jan 13, 2021


New Mexico Museum of Art: Fast Art
In a COVID safe version of the annual Fast Art event hosted by the New Mexico Museum Foundation, I had the opportunity to discuss the...
Oct 15, 2020


FRITZ + KOURI | Stories
Watch a series of videos discussing the work, peacocks, and the process of making.
Apr 6, 2020


Women in the Arts: WNMU Artist Lecture Series
As part of the Women in the Arts Lecture Series at Western New Mexico University, I spoke to the under-pinning of my process: the quest...
Nov 8, 2018
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