Index
00.
01.
02.
03.
04.
05.
06.
07.
08.
About
Body Study
Untitled
Anima-in anima
We are living in a room
Self-portrait
Note
Change
The Wake of the Body




Instagram  
E-mail




zeal.ji_
oneg991228@gmai.com









Oneg Lab    
Bio
































CV
Lim Won Ji (oneg) is an artist born and raised in South Korea. She earned her BFA in Ceramics & Glass from Hongik University, where she developed a material-based practice grounded in clay and glass. Through this training, she became deeply attentive to how materials respond to pressure, heat, gravity, and time.



She is currently pursuing an MFA in Sculpture at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC), where she has expanded her practice to include a wider range of materials and processes. Her work investigates the human body not as a fixed form, but as a site of constant reaction—one that leaves subtle traces as it moves through space, encounters resistance, and responds instinctively before conscious thought.



Influenced by the idea that human existence is never complete or fully resolved, she considers the body as something continuously shaped by external forces rather than guided by a predetermined purpose. She is drawn to moments where intention breaks down and involuntary responses emerge, treating these moments as material evidence of being alive. Through sculpture, installation, and process-based experimentation, she explores traces that exist between presence and absence, fragility and structure, and permanence and erosion.



Education

2025 Hongik University BFA C&G

2027 SAIC MFA Sculpture


Group Exhibition 

2022 Undergraduate Exhibition, Seoul

2023 Undergraduate Exhibition, Seoul

2023 M.A.P Exhibition, Seoul

2024 Shio:ri Exhibition, Seoul

2024 Graduate Exhibition, Seoul

2025 In Forms of Becoming, Chicago

          
Solo Exhibition

2024 1st Solo Exhibition, Seoul





03.Anima-in anima

2024


size variable
stocking, cable tie,
sponge, aqua stick, giant
yarn, rubber band, paper
filler, eggboard sound
insulation, paper foil,
cotton bud, yellow string,
volcanic rock, friction
tape, wool, scrubber

I explore the human body by dividing it into its “exterior” and “interior,” becoming deeply interested in how a rigid outer structure contains a soft, pliable core. I understand the exterior as hard, geometric, and controlled, while the interior is organic, fluid, and unpredictable. These opposing qualities coexist in a fragile yet symbiotic relationship.

This duality is central to my Anima-in anima series. In these works, I juxtapose materials that embody these contrasting conditions: glass bottles and acrylic boxes suggest the body’s structured exterior, while sponges, scouring pads, stockings, cotton, soundproof panels, bubble wrap, aqua sticks, and corrugated tubes evoke a yielding, visceral interior.