Join artist Yeon Ji Yoo and curator David Rios Ferreira for an online conversation about Yoo’s BMAC exhibition, Wish You Were Here.
A native of South Korea, Yeon Ji Yoo immigrated to the United States with her family in 1982. Yoo has spent most of her life in New York City and currently lives in Brooklyn. Her artwork is influenced by her early childhood memories, including a childlike awe of her mother country and the rural farmland where she was born. Through her art, she explores the intersection of memory, identity, and the immigrant experience. Yoo says, “With imagery grounded …