1. A young woman in hanbok, barefoot, stepping along a thin white line across a pale blue wall, oil on canvas, from Given by Marina Ogai
2. The oil painting Ground on an easel in a plant-filled outdoor studio, a figure in hanbok against pale blue, from Given by Marina Ogai
3. Close view of a woman's downturned profile and long dark braid in loose brushwork, oil on canvas, from Given by Marina Ogai
4. Red artist's seal stamped in the corner of the raw canvas edge, signature detail of Ground, oil on canvas by Marina Ogai
5. Profile of a woman in a black hanbok jacket with red ties and cream skirt, oil detail, from Given by Marina Ogai
6. Bare feet balancing on a thin painted line, loose oil brushwork detail of Ground, from Given by Marina Ogai
7. Detail of a black jeogori, red ribbon and full cream skirt in thick oil paint, from Given by Marina Ogai
8. A woman in hanbok walking barefoot along a line on a pale blue wall, full view in oil, from Given by Marina Ogai
9. Scraped ochre and pale blue paint at the lower edge of the canvas, surface texture of Ground by Marina Ogai
10. Side edge of the canvas with thick ochre drips over blue, paint texture detail of Ground by Marina Ogai
1. A young woman in hanbok, barefoot, stepping along a thin white line across a pale blue wall, oil on canvas, from Given by Marina Ogai
2. The oil painting Ground on an easel in a plant-filled outdoor studio, a figure in hanbok against pale blue, from Given by Marina Ogai
3. Close view of a woman's downturned profile and long dark braid in loose brushwork, oil on canvas, from Given by Marina Ogai
4. Red artist's seal stamped in the corner of the raw canvas edge, signature detail of Ground, oil on canvas by Marina Ogai
5. Profile of a woman in a black hanbok jacket with red ties and cream skirt, oil detail, from Given by Marina Ogai
6. Bare feet balancing on a thin painted line, loose oil brushwork detail of Ground, from Given by Marina Ogai
7. Detail of a black jeogori, red ribbon and full cream skirt in thick oil paint, from Given by Marina Ogai
8. A woman in hanbok walking barefoot along a line on a pale blue wall, full view in oil, from Given by Marina Ogai
9. Scraped ochre and pale blue paint at the lower edge of the canvas, surface texture of Ground by Marina Ogai
10. Side edge of the canvas with thick ochre drips over blue, paint texture detail of Ground by Marina Ogai

Ground

$9,000.00

The hanbok is a whole form of belonging, worn by someone with no ground under them. A homeland on the body – and no land underfoot.

Belonging isn't chosen – it's handed to you ahead of time and in full: place, lineage, language, the very “where you're from.” You can accept it without reserve, wear it honestly and fully, never taking it off. But what's given lies on top of you, not beneath your feet, and the more fully you carry it, the clearer this rift becomes: the form is all there, down to the last detail, and beneath it, no footing at all.

And at some point you can no longer tell which is you and which is it: whether it holds you or you hold it. No leaving, no returning, no refusing – because giving up one side doesn't make the other yours. Everything that says where you're from stays with you for good.

From the series Given
Oil on Canvas, 2026
120 × 90 × 5 cm
Original painting, signed. One of a kind
All prices are in USD.

The hanbok is a whole form of belonging, worn by someone with no ground under them. A homeland on the body – and no land underfoot.

Belonging isn't chosen – it's handed to you ahead of time and in full: place, lineage, language, the very “where you're from.” You can accept it without reserve, wear it honestly and fully, never taking it off. But what's given lies on top of you, not beneath your feet, and the more fully you carry it, the clearer this rift becomes: the form is all there, down to the last detail, and beneath it, no footing at all.

And at some point you can no longer tell which is you and which is it: whether it holds you or you hold it. No leaving, no returning, no refusing – because giving up one side doesn't make the other yours. Everything that says where you're from stays with you for good.

From the series Given
Oil on Canvas, 2026
120 × 90 × 5 cm
Original painting, signed. One of a kind
All prices are in USD.