JooYeon Yang’s work originates from a practical, contemporary understanding of materials set against a romantic, intuitive interpretation of her world. Her imagery is informed by harmonic symmetries in nature, the interior of the human body, and organic architecture. The complex, curved lines and colorful forms that populate her work suggest a variety of motions stemming from beauty and joy, from ugliness and pain, from death and the grotesque. Her deft yet playful works hint at a relationship between the visual traditions of the East and West. They attempt to reconcile elements of her own visual lineage, reflecting the experiences of a Korean sent to study in the US at an early age. Her perspective manifests itself in an art that displays an ever-present internal conflict. Simple shapes turning complex, chaotic forms clinging to order.