True Life

High School Illustration

2025

Siwon Jung, Seoul, South Korea
e: dbswodlsjyoon@gmail.com
Program: Visual Arts
School: Seoul Scholars International Art and Design

Can we truly say the world we live in is real? In the painting, a person reads peacefully in a sunlit, cozy space. On the table, a hamster runs on a wheel inside a small house designed by the person. But if we imagine the hamster as a person, the meaning shifts. The reader, too, might be inside a reality shaped by a higher being. This artwork questions whether our lives are truly led by free will or controlled within a constructed reality.