JI YEO IS AN BROOKLYN BASED ARTIST WHO PURSUED HER MASTER’S DEGREE IN PHOTOGRAPHY AT RHODE ISLAND SCHOOL OF DESIGN, AS A PRESIDENT’S SCHOLARSHIP AND HENRY WOLF SCHOLARSHIP AWARDEE. SHE GRADUATED SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY IN SEOUL, KOREA IN VISUAL COMMUNICATION DESIGN AND ACHIEVED CERTIFICATION PROGRAM AT INTERNATIONAL CENTER OF PHOTOGRAPHY IN NEW YORK, US. JI BELIEVES BEAUTY IS INTEGRAL TO HUMAN NATURE, AND PEOPLE FIND BEAUTY IN THE MOST DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES, DURING EMOTIONAL CHAOS AND DISORDER, WITHIN SOCIETAL TABOOS AND THE BREAKING OF SUCH TABOOS AND EVEN IN THE FACE OF DEATH. HER CURRENT WORKS FOCUS ON IDEAS OF “BEAUTY” IN CONTEMPORARY CULTURE, SPECIFICALLY IN HOW WOMEN IN OUR CULTURE COME TO DEFINE AND ENFORCE AN IDEAL OF BEAUTY ON THEMSELVES. SHE DISCUSS THIS CULTURAL PHENOMENA THROUGH THREE PHOTOGRAPHIC, PERFORMANCE, AND TIME-BASED PROJECTS.

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