Kelly Haejung Paik is a Seattle-based interdisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationship between cultural memory, material transformation, and contemporary abstraction. Drawing from Korean visual traditions—including Jogakbo, traditional vessels, and the philosophy of Obangsaek—she creates paintings, installations, and mixed-media works that bridge heritage and contemporary experience. Through color, geometry, light, and diverse materials, her practice examines how meaning emerges through material, process, and spatial relationships. Her work expands across painting, installation, and public art, exploring new ways that form, color, and material can communicate across cultures and contexts. During the Shunpike residency, she will continue developing new work while engaging with Seattle’s downtown community and exploring the possibilities of a visible, public studio practice.