Moonji Pickering

Bookshelf Series 1 - Discovering America, 2025

Colored pencils and acrylic markers on paper

24" x 18"

Pickering immigrated from Korea to the United States in 2016. Her Bookshelf series is a triptych self-portrait painted in colored pencil in the tradition of Korean folk art, moving through her twenties in Korea, the disorientation of immigration, and a settled peace with her layered identity as Korean, American, mother, and artist. moonjilee.com