[Journalist Lee Jeong-ha's Special Series]

The artist's work is a repetitive process of filling and erasing over countless hours.

In the midst of this repetitive process, matière naturally emerges, and the time of coexistence and extinction comes into play.

 

Kandinsky describes white as "a silence full of possibilities" - understated drawing, understated color, and the white of a blank page.

 

Emptying rather than filling, spirit rather than material, form rather than formlessness. For a long time, the artist has been using the sharpness and simplicity of straight lines as a place for mutual breathing, flow, and communication between objects and objects.

 

Filling the empty spaces with color and expressing various emotions, the artist creates a deeper sense of space through the aesthetics of slowness and pauses.

 

 

The artist's colors carry the power of healing.

 

As a result, looking at the bright and lively paintings within the canvas brings warmth to the heart.
The fine lines of emotion on the screen, which are expressed like a fireworks display of fluorescent colors, sometimes clumsily and sometimes cheerfully, express feelings, wind, and time in color.

 

 

The artist's works signify the meeting of art and healing, opening a new chapter in the inner self.

Although the inner worlds revealed through art are diverse, each work encapsulates unique statements that blend personal emotions, experiences, and ideas. The artist shares insights gained through personal journeys, conveying a desire for communication through their works.

 

 

Art, as depicted in these works, serves as a discourse on healing media that guides, encourages, comforts, and reveals the strength and courage found within ourselves.

 

 

Seo Jeong-ja, Hongik University Graduate School of Fine Arts

 

 

2023:
14th Solo Exhibition (Gyeongnam Gallery, Seoul)
Planned Invitational Exhibition (The Gallery, Ansan)
Planned Invitational Exhibition (Tower Palace Gallery, Seoul)
2022:
13th Solo Exhibition (Gyeongnam Gallery, Seoul)
2017:
12th Solo Exhibition (Art World Gallery, Seoul)
11th Solo Exhibition (Kalakriti Art Gallery, Hyderabad)
The Culture Center of Vijayawada, INDIA
2016:
10th Solo Exhibition (Able Gallery, New York, USA)
2015:
9th Solo Exhibition (Art World Gallery, Seoul)
Invitational Solo Exhibition (Jung Joon-ho Gallery, Busan)
2012:
8th Solo Exhibition (Noam Gallery, Seoul)
2010:
7th Solo Exhibition (Scoia Art Center, Baijing, China)
6th Solo Exhibition (Gwanhun Gallery, Seoul)
2006:
5th Solo Exhibition (Kimi Gallery, Seoul)
2004:
4th Solo Exhibition (BoA Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada)
2002:
3rd Solo Exhibition (Gwanhun Gallery, Seoul)
2001:
2nd Solo Exhibition (Gwanhun Gallery, Seoul)
1999:
1st Solo Exhibition (Insa Gallery, Seoul)

Group Exhibitions:
Over 150 domestic and international group exhibitions from 1985 to 2023
2012 ICA International Contemporary Art Lighting Exhibition (KEPCO Art Center, Seoul)
2006 Korea Art Exhibition - Shǎnxī Shěng Art Museum (Xi'an, China)
2001 UBC Asia Center Invitational Exhibition (Vancouver, Canada)
2000 Korea-Germany Artists Exhibition (Berlin, Germany)
 21st International Impact Art Festival 2000 (Kyoto, Japan)

Awards:

2016
Salon Blanc Art Association Chairman's Award, 20th Ilbul International Contemporary Art Exhibition
1998
Selected and awarded in numerous occasions at the Korean National Art Exhibition, (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon)