Known as a representative Generation X artist of Korean contemporary art, IUM, based on the worldview of the story she wrote herself, becomes the protagonist of the world of the story and expresses her inner world through performances, sculptures, installations, photos and videos, and community buildings.
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IUM has been working on the theme of various multi-personas in her inner self since 1995, when she presented a performance in which a living sculpture in which a human and a sculpture are united by wearing a sculpture she made herself.
Based on her artistic worldview, she has been working across boundaries with her unrestricted imagination, encompassing various artistic expressions such as stories, art books, installations, sculptures, photos, videos, and performances.
Major collectors holding IUM's works are the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Fukuoka Asian Art Museum, and Ssamzie Art Project.
Her artistic career is evolving into a spirit of continuous experimentation, and in 2021, <Red Dimension> was released as Korea's first performance art NFT collection.
And in 2022, it will be presented as an NFT art collection called <Transforming Sculpture in Metaverse>, meaning a sculpture that constantly evolves and transforms within the metaverse, renewing the concept of the existing living sculpture.
In the metaverse, she is leading the performance art NFT genre that connects virtual and reality through the transformed body of an artist.
As a founder of the <Attic NFT Art> group, a community of NFT artists, and a museum director at <IUM NFT MUSEUM>, IUM is developing NFT art that realizes her NFT philosophy on the blockchain based on the Metaverse Art Museum.