Gangnam, Seoul
Suejin Chung
Suejin Chung
The Page GalleryThe Page Gallery is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Suejin Chung. The artist has garnered recognition from the art scene since her early career, with paintings based on her distinctive visual theories. Chung's first solo exhibition at The Page Gallery features 22 of the artist's latest paintings. In Chung’s works, meticulously depicted subjects are densely filled on landscapes created by the artist. These scenes, which may appear disorderly at first glance and distorted perspective, are actually composed of countless overlapping intricately woven three-dimensional coordinates and grids. For the artist, the canvas’s surface is not simply a two-dimensional plane, but a space that can contain multidimensional time and space, and a place where consciousness becomes visible. In other words, for the artist, painting is a cutting-edge medium that can reveal multidimensional structures and the workings of consciousness. On this surface, which she calls a multidimensional plane, the artist experiments with and constructs her own visual theory. The enigmatic paintings of Chung, where everyday objects like medicine bottles, pears, and butterflies are mixed with distorted shapes and various colors, do not convey a specific narrative or symbolic meaning. The artist explores how the basic elements of painting—color and form, which unfold on a multidimensional plane—visualize human consciousness, seeking the uniqueness and balance of visual language. The new works featured in this exhibition are based on the artist's visual theory, which has been meticulously refined over 20 years, and they exhibit a simpler and clearer expression than before. The artist's theory revolves around the workings and principles of consciousness that occur in the process of combining colors and forms, aiming to enable new artistic thought. In Suejin Chung’s solo exhibition, viewers are invited to discover the hidden order and freedom within the puzzle-like compositions and to experience a departure from the metaphors and associations predicted by conventional notions. Suejin Chung (b. 1969, Seoul) lives and works between Seoul and New York, graduated from the Painting Department at Hongik University in 1992. She then moved to the United States and received her Master of Fine Arts in Painting from the Art Institute of Chicago in 1995. Since 1999, she has held solo exhibitions at Project Space Sarubia, Doosan Gallery, and Mongin Art Center. She has participated in numerous exhibitions at major institutions such as the Seoul Museum of Art, Art Sonje Center.