Si On[1] formerly known as Hyon Gyon (born Hyun Kyoung Park,[2] June 16, 1979), is a painter who received her doctorate from the Kyoto City University of Arts.
A family member called a shaman to perform a gut ritual at their home to exorcise the remnants of her grandmother's life and recent funeral.
The ritual was an endless cycle of creation and extinction in which everything—sadness, joy, anger, attachment, love, hatred, obsession with life, fear of death, desire, pain—was swallowed up.
The messy black hair which dominated her painting series in 2013 reflects struggle and turbulence, as the color indicates the possibility of rebirth in death.
Two elements that she refers to in her work are chaos, as well as the ripping apart of barriers and limitations, which are also echoed by the imagery of tearing clothing in her 'Untitled'.