Artist Statement

At the core of my artistic practice lies a simple yet profound question:

Why do we adorn ourselves?

It may be to pursue beauty, to express identity, or to protect the body.
But beneath all these lies something deeper—an instinctual urge that cannot be fully explained by function or intention.

In the natural world, especially among plants, we witness an overwhelming diversity of forms and colors—
a richness that cannot be accounted for by survival strategies alone.

When I encountered the concept of the Neutral Theory in evolutionary biology,
which posits that some changes arise not from advantage but from randomness,
I began to wonder if the act of adorning might also emerge from similar layers of unreason.

When we choose what to wear or what jewelry to put on,
it often appears intentional, but in truth, many of these choices are made “without reason”—
aesthetic preferences shaped by unconscious desires or cultural drift.

If such decisions are rooted not only in logic or taste,
but in chance, intuition, or inexplicable affinity,
then the question “why do we adorn ourselves?” becomes all the more mysterious—and human.

Through the intimate medium of jewelry—
the art form that sits closest to the skin—
I explore the threshold between adornment as meaningful expression and adornment as impulsive gesture.

This space between purpose and accident, sense and senselessness,
is where I believe the uniquely human act of wearing finds its quiet resonance.

Rather than seeking meaning in everything,
my work embraces the beauty of what cannot be explained.

Perhaps the answer to why we adorn ourselves is not in a reason,
but in our willingness to carry the question—wordlessly—upon the body.