Heasoon is a textile artist known for blending culture, nature, and craftsmanship into her art. Originally from Korea, she moved to the U.S. in 1980 to study textile chemistry. At first, she worked in research labs and chemical manufacturing, but her true passion was always textile design.

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Since 1995, Heasoon has been creating unique wearable art. A major turning point in her career came when she wove her mother's shroud out of silk, which shifted her focus from cotton to silk. The delicate, slippery nature of silk posed a challenge, but it became a perfect metaphor for the deeper stories she wanted to tell through her work.

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Using a digital Jacquard loom, Heasoon creates decorative wall hangings that combine tradition with modern technology. Jacquard weaving has a long history, but recent advancements in small-scale, hand-operated looms have made it accessible to artists like her. With the help of software like Photoshop, she designs intricate weaving patterns. However, the real magic happens when the design comes to life through the loom, turning digital ideas into tactile art.

In Korea, tapestry art wasn’t as prominent as embroidery, which inspired Heasoon to use Jacquard weaving to reinterpret traditional Korean paintings. She creates vivid, figurative tapestries that bring new life to old cultural stories.

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Her work has been showcased at major events like the Smithsonian Craft Show and the Philadelphia Art Museum Craft Show. She’s known for the complexity and cultural depth of her pieces. One of her standout works, which uses the Jacquard loom to create dual images, even earned her the Complex Weavers Award from the Handweavers Guild of America.