Kolle was born and raised in Busan, Korea. Finished his college education and worked in Los Angeles, then, came back to Seoul to pursue his career as a designer in fashion. He created his own fashion label, Ariya Sacca to convey the Asian spirit to daily wardrobe and was noticed by Not Just a Label, UK, then appointed as Black Sheep, one of the innovative designers.
His endeavor to reveal Asian culture with modern technology found a way in digital art.
Tarae is a thread bunch in Korean.
The thread art he is creating in his works represents one’s experiences or bonds, 絆 Kizuna, between people. They all form individual mindsets or communities, and the shapes would be diverse.
Something like a Moon jar or Knots.
The threads can be any shape depending on what you want and what you achieve.
Education
FIDM, Fashion Institue of Design and Merchandising ( AA in Fashion Design, Los Angeles )
AIU, American InterContinental University ( BA in Fashion Design and Fashion Marketing, Los Angeles )
Hong Ik University Graduate School ( Product Design, dropped out after 1 semester )
Awards
-Adobe Awards “strong as ox” Excellence, 2001
-ADAA, Grand Award in Still Image, 2023
Work Experience
Richard Tyler Couture, Los Angeles
Fletcher Leather, Los Angeles
ACI International, Los Angeles
Hansol Textile, Seoul
Flow, Seoul
Idenbaum, Busan ( 2013 ~ now )
Exhibition
-Group
2023
Art in Wadiz, January
ASYAAF Hiden Artist, Seoul, July
Creative Festival, Seoul, August
2024
ADAA, Fukuoka, Japan, March
-Solo
2023
Space Wadiz, Seoul, June
Space Wadiz, Seoul, December