Sok is a versatile multimedia interdisciplinary artist and educator with a primary focus on printmaking as a current medium. His practice explores the intersections of traditional paper folding with contemporary printmaking, sculpture, ceramics, painting, textiles, and technology. He is the founder of Creased, Inc., where he has redefined the use of origami and paper-sculpture in advertising, graphic design, and large-scale installations.
Sok’s fascination with paper folding began as a childhood passion and has since evolved into a celebrated practice, documented in several published books and periodicals. His recent work with dry-cleaning plastic as a material for printmaking highlights his commitment to addressing environmental issues and consumer culture while critically examining identity, culture, militarization, and neocolonialism. By incorporating iconography from Korea and military imagery, Sok transforms this overlooked material into intricate printed compositions that confront the complex histories of migration and geopolitical influence.
Deeply informed by his Korean heritage and his experience as an immigrant growing up in rural military towns in the American Southwest, Sok’s art critically engages with themes of transnational migration, xenophobia, migrant labor, discrimination, and border conflicts. His work blends personal narrative with broader socio-political contexts, offering layered commentary on identity, displacement, and cultural hybridity.
Sok recently completed a customized degree in Folding and Fine Arts and Asian Art Studies at the CUNY Graduate Center and is currently pursuing his MFA in Painting/Printmaking at the Yale School of Art. In addition to his studio practice, he is dedicated to arts education, serving as a Wurtele Gallery Teacher at the Yale University Art Gallery and holding fellowships such as the 2024 CCAM Fellowship and the RITM Pedagogy Fellowship. Through his teaching and mentorship, Sok continues to inspire future generations of artists while expanding the critical discourse on migration, identity, and materiality in contemporary art.