As a collective duo, A young Yu and Nicholas Oh (AYDO studio), have performed shamanic rituals at disfigured wartime buildings and ricefields in the Korean Demilitarized Zone, buried

moon-jar shaped urns at American national parks, choreographed dance and contemporized folklore in absurdist installations.

Through performance-based film, they re-imagine precolonial Korean spiritual practices to reflect Asian-American perspectives. They are not faithful to historical canon and transgress

older traditions, regenerating them within diasporic contexts. Their work distills and repurposes elements of our heritage to create new narratives. Filmic

performances activate spaces ranging from personal shrines to historical sites of colonization through gestures exploring themes of loss, belonging, generational trauma

Nicholas Oh Nicholas received his MFA from Rhode Island School of Design. He was awarded artist-in-residence at Pioneer Works, Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Sculpture Space, and

Shigaraki Cultural Park. His work has been exhibited at venues such as the National Building Museum (Smithsonian Institute), Spring Break Art Show, American Museum of Ceramic Art,

Mills College Art Museum, Milwaukee Art Institute, RISD Museum.

Nicholas is currently teaching at Rhode Island School of Design and Brooklyn College. He has previously taught at Greenwich House Pottery, Bennington College, Sacramento State

University, and Oxfordshire Arts. He is also leading the ceramics department at Pioneer Works. A young Yu A young Yu is a Korean-American artist based in New York. She received her MFA in Visual Arts from Columbia University and BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design. She was awarded Artist In the Market (AIM) Fellowship by the Bronx Museum of Arts, Gold Prize by the AHL-T&W Foundation, the Individual Artist Fellowship by the MidAtlantic Foundation of Arts, and was nominated for the Rema Hort Mann Foundation’s Emerging Artist Grant. Her work was also featured in the Christie’s Educational annual journal. She has been exhibited at venues such as Fredric Snitzer Gallery, LeRoy Neiman Gallery, Time Square Space, Jewish Museum, and Vermont Studio Center.