JUNG KI MIN
Portal Series (Portal I, Portal V, Portal VII)
The “Portal” series reimagines jewelry as a threshold where material reality meets virtual, inner worlds. The layered acrylic structure, embedded with AI-generated imagery, remains physically static, yet creates subtle visual vibrations, transforming transparent matter into immersive landscapes that act as portals to the inner world. In this series, AI does not function as technology, but as a liminal tool that expands perception beyond a contemporary form of automatism. Through repeated stimulation and self-immersion, this process accesses the unconscious for slow introspective reflection. These portals guide the wearer toward an ideal inner landscape and offer a slow, reflective experience within virtual environments that reconnects the wearer with bodily, material experience.
Material
1) Acrylic, film, silver/ 5) Acrylic, silver, cord / 7) Acrylic, silver
Technique
UV print on acrylic
JUNG KI MIN, USA
Jung Ki Min is a contemporary jewelry artist and designer based in New York. She earned a BFA in Jewelry Design from Pratt Institute (NY) and later earned her MFA from Rhode Island School of Design (RI). Her work reflects the emotional landscape of living abroad often addresses themes of expatriation, longing, and belonging. Her most recent works explore liminal spaces and reimagined realities through layered acrylic structures and AI-generated visualizations. She creates wearable portals that blur the boundaries between the material and virtual worlds. She currently works as a jewelry designer and teacher, while continuing her studio practice in contemporary jewelry.
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