Competition & Awards
Writing has been a source of enjoyment for me consistently from childhood until now. I find the process inspiring because it stimulates my creativity, often allowing my ideas and messages to take shape as I write. On the other hand, films bring me a different kind of joy: collective creativity. I love discussing film-making with my friends and transforming those ideas into actual films.
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John Locke Global Essay Prize
Recieved a Commendation, Finalist, Prestigious Shortlist, 2023
Invitation to Lucus Luminum Seminar at the University of Oxford, John Locke Institute, 2025
What would we do with it if we could have all the money in the world? Firstly Why do we spend money? And why is it important in our current civilization? And finally, does money give happiness? We as humans want money, it is the one universal currency in our world, and we need it to survive. We spend money for many reasons, and we use the money to purchase items. We need to survive with food, water, and clothing. However, we don’t only use money for our personal necessities but as a form of joy and excitement. For example, people like to go shopping to fulfill their desires, like buying a nice dress. We use the money to show off our wealth, to support our family so they have a better future and many other reasons. We want money to make us feel good about ourselves. We need money. Money is undoubtedly one of the most important things in the world. Money defines who you are and can determine your life. We need money to survive, food, water, and basic clothing. We also depend on money for a stable currency. For human civilization, we need currency for our society to thrive. Therefore we need money.
How old is money? How and when did it appear? Money started around 5000 years ago in ancient Mesopotamia, where they used shekel as a form of currency however, it was easy to replicate. Then the Lydians, back in 600 BC, made the first coins made out of precious metals. The Indians used the money to trade for food and other items. The coin could be used again to purchase other things. The first form of the coin would replace the “IOU” tally marking method, which was too hard to track. Then in early China, they created paper currency. The Chinese found that it was hard to use coins in large transactions. Therefore they decided to keep all the coins in the palace and use the first paper money. This was much more efficient because its weight was very light. The Chinese made money that checked all the boxes, and it was light, hard to copy, and unnatural. Now we use highly encrypted cash that is imprinted with a special stamp and cremated, so it is almost impossible to copy. And that’s the history of money! ...
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New York Times Summer Reading Contest
Created and submitted a video inspired by the article “KPop Demon Hunters” for The New York Times Summer Reading Contest. Although it wasn’t selected, it was a meaningful creative experience.
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Artworks From My Observation of Ants
Awards and Exibitions
Awards
🏆 2025 Korea National Student Art Competition -Silver Award
🏆 2025 K.Art International Exchange Association' International Teenage Design & ART Award - Silver Award
🏆 2025 Animals and Insects Online Art Competition - Honorable Mention
🏆 2025 The 4th Korean Students Art Exhibition - Gold Prize
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Hosted by Huam Art Center, affiliated by the Korea Arts Promotion Agency.
🏆 2025 MPED International Art&Design Awards - (Diamond) - 2nd ICOSA Award
🏆 2025 Youngeun Museum 6th Teenager Art Competition - President of the Korea Museum Association Award
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Hosted by Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art
🏆 2025 International Youth Competition, The Pioneer Magazine - Distinguished Idea Honour
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Sponsored by Youth Uprising, an international NGO whose sponsors and partners include the U.S. Department of State and the Young Southeast Asian Leaders Initiative (U.S. Mission to ASEAN).
Exhibitions
2025 Korea National Student Art Exhibition, Selected Exhibiting Artist
2025 Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, South Korea, The 6th Project, Teenager Art Competition
2025 MPED Online Gallery, 2025SS MPED MS Division
2025 Ten Moir Gallery Online, Animals and Insects 2025 Online Art Competition and Exhibition, Virtual Exhibition
2025 Huam Arts Online, Middle School Student Works Exhibition
2026 CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-do, South Korea, Drawing Now 2026: The Next Generation
As a child I always had a deep fascination with the small yet might ants that ruled the insect kingdoms. With the complicated tunnels and never-ending pathways that the ants dig out bit by bit, Its intelligence made me enamored with its creations. Along with its endurance and stubborn resilience, the diligence the ants put into their work always entertained me. However, it seemed these traits were a factor that many aspiring adults carry with them as well. I chose to recreate a scene of hard working diligence between a strong and a enduring human as I too always wished to be able to have a friend as strong and mighty as an ant.
Although ants may seem farfetched and irrelevant to our daily lives, ants share a resemblance to us people’s outlook in life.
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Swimming and Water Polo Achievments
Major Achievements and Awards
School Competitive Swim Team for 7years (G1-G7), SAS(Singapore) ~YISS(Korea)
Water polo Team for 3 years (G6-G8); participated in multiple national tournament organized by the Korea swimming federation
*3rd place, 43rd Presidential Cup Water Polo Tournament (Aug 2024)
*3rd place, Seoul Mayor's cup Modern Pentathlon, Running and Swimming (July 2024)
*3rd place, 3rd Gwangju National Swimming Championship (June 2024)
*3rd place, 96th Donga Swimming Championships (May 2024)
*2nd Place,14th Gimcheon National Swimming Championship (Mar 2024)
*1st Place,MBC National Swimming Championship (Nov 2023)
*1st Place, 42nd Presidential Cup Water Polo Tournament (Aug 2023)