About

Jaclyn Bae — Fiber & Mixed-Media Artist

Artist / Designer

About

I am a Chicago-based fiber and mixed-media artist exploring the interplay of time, memory, family, and faith. Using repurposed denim, handmade paper, and hand-dyed fabrics, I transform everyday materials into layered narratives that carry traces of personal history and communal hope.

My ongoing bodies of work include Harmony Series I–VI, Dream, Fragments of Memories, Birth of Hope, Wave, Over the Hill, Comfort Women, and Transformation (Hanbok Series). Each series investigates how material, gesture, and repetition can hold silence, healing, and resilience.

소개

저는 시간·기억·가족·신앙의 관계를 탐구하는 시카고 기반 섬유·혼합매체 작가입니다. 오래된 데님, 수제 종이, 손염색 천 등 일상의 재료를 활용하여 개인의 역사와 공동의 희망을 켜켜이 쌓아 올린 서사로 변환합니다.

대표 연작으로는 Harmony Series I–VI, Dream, Fragments of Memories, Birth of Hope, Wave, Over the Hill, Comfort Women, Transformation (Hanbok Series) 등이 있으며, 재료·제스처·반복이 담아내는 침묵과 치유, 회복탄력성을 탐구합니다.

Materials & Process / 재료와 과정

  • Repurposed denim, handmade paper, hemp, cotton, hand-dyed fabrics
  • Sewing, folding, fraying, layering, collage, natural/low-impact dyes
  • 바느질·접기·올풀기·레이어링·콜라주·천연/저자극 염색

Artist Statement / 작가노트

My practice is a meditation on transformation—how what is worn, torn, or discarded can become a vessel for meaning. The work invites viewers to slow down and notice textures of everyday life where grief and gratitude coexist.

낡고 해진 것, 버려진 것을 의미의 그릇으로 다시 빚어내는 전환의 수행입니다. 일상 속 질감에 머물러 슬픔과 감사가 공존하는 지점을 함께 바라보고자 합니다.

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