Hein Koh

“I became an artist because I realized that if I don’t make art, I feel crazy and depressed,” says Hein, who makes sculptural work with materials such as metallic spandex, Poly-fil, Hydrocal and glitter in addition to drawing, photography, painting and animation at times. Her creative practice is an outlet by which she processes personal experiences, fantasies and nightmares. In particular she’s interested in the line between “pleasure and pain.” Through the use of her own person as a reference point, her work addresses the physical body’s psychological, metaphorical and spiritual associations. Often creating her own singular world, her art revels in the uncanny, surreal, and darkly humorous. Hein’s main challenge at the moment is finding a balance between motherhood (she has 21-month-old twins) and studio time.