You Jin Sim

San Francisco Art Institute

Look at This! He Is Wearing Pink!, 2020
watercolor and gouache on paper, 48 x 40 inches

Tell us about the work that you have submitted.
Through my use of pink, I would like to illustrate my work in a humorous way: how perceptions change with the times, the social situation of modern capitalism and consumerism dominated by consumption, and the way Eastern ideas are destroyed by Western ideas.

How would you describe your studio practice?
My pieces are created to express and clarify myself. My paintings highlight how differently people can perceive the same thing. In the process of finding my essence, I attempt to depict the struggles that human beings all have in our lives with humor and positivity.

How do you approach your work?
I would like to portray the emotions and thoughts that I feel as I go through my life – the people who live in modern society and the state of modern society as I see them. I observe the behavior of people and social flow to express them through my work.

Website: www.youjinsim.com
Instagram: @jinsim1020