The style/art/fashion blog took a shine to CYJO’s project, which explores unity and dissonance in Korean identity. Her work is up at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery, part of “Portraiture Now: Asian American Portraits of Encounter,” through Oct. 2012. Don’t miss this thought-provoking show if you’re in the D.C. area.

Remember what your room looked like when you were 15?

Drop in on the Foster Gallery at the Noble and Greenough School in Dedham, MA, where Rania Matar‘s “A Girl and Her Room” is on display from January 9 – February 17, 2012. Matar spent several years photographing teenage girls in their most private spaces – their bedrooms – and these revealing images are the result. Some rooms are strewn with clothes, nail polish, and makeup, photographs cluttering the walls, while others are neat as a pin. We’re not telling what ours looked like…

Umbrage is publishing A Girl and Her Room in Spring 2012.