Yoon’s photorealistic optical illusions have attracted the interest of famous artists
When Dain Yoon she started painting on her skin to create surreal self-portraits, people in South Korea viewed her as a “dokkaebi”, a type of Korean ghoulshe says.
A viral photo that it featured her face in miniature, painted on nails and adorned with her own hairwas labeled by netizens as “hairy manicure”.
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“I thought this was cute when I made it”, he said of the photo, speaking to CNN. She now lives in the US. And maybe in Seoul, the place where he was born, her work may have caught the eye of many, however this did not happen immediately.
The 30-year-old stated that her images resonated more in Europe and the US. Only when it was noticed abroad, since her work went viral in 2016, people began to pay attention to her homeland. “What they value is that my work became known in the American press. Not only me, but many Korean artists or singers. If they get attention from abroad, then Koreans appreciate it».
Yoon’s photorealistic optical illusions have attracted the interest of artists such as Halsey and James Blake, with whom she has collaborated, and they even made an appearance at “The Ellen DeGeneres Show”. Since, he has worked on commercials for companies such as Estée Lauder, BMW, Apple and Adidas and has graced the pages of ‘Vogue’ and ‘Harper’s Bazaar’.
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Source :Skai
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