Jay Sae Jung Oh

Jay Sae Jung Oh is a Seattle based designer from South Korea, who explores the intersection of art and design with unique and intricately made objects.

Jay transforms everyday objects into something new and extraordinary; assemblages that are at once art and craft. Oh’s ongoing Savage series is composed of seemingly jerry-rigged structures made of household objects, which are intricately hand wrapped in raw leather. The manufactured plastic objects that lie beneath, are transformed and unified into a sculptural design object, making a strong statement about the cultural condition of abundance and obsolescence.

Jay has worked along prolific designers, and has served as a visiting professor at The University of Illinois at Chicago in Industrial Design. Jay’s work has been widely exhibited and featured in publications worldwide, her works are in the permanent collections at SFMOMA, the Cooper Hewitt Design Museum of the Smithsonian Institution, the Carnegie Museum of Art, and Cranbrook Art Museum.