Suyeont
Profile
Suyeont
2020 MFA Fine Arts, Korea National University of Arts, KR
2015 BFA Film, Korea National University of Arts, KR
Selected Exhibitions
Solo Exhibitions
2025 Tracing Paper, Komplex Gallery, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2021 A Soft Future, Alltimespace, Seoul, Republic of Korea
2019 Oft in the Stilly Night, Gallery175, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Statement
I work to reveal the impermanence of life and the events that are never impermanent that bloom in it. I move between graph paper drawing, painting, and fabric work and engrave precious sensations that I want to remember on the thin support. The nature of life, in which ‘impermanence’ and ‘meaningfulness’ coexist, continues to confuse me. Through my work, I want to express the state in which nothing but everything, both momentary and eternal, disappearing and ecstatically beautiful, collide.
My work is largely divided into three parts.
First, it is a drawing with colored pencils on graph paper, which is necessary to quickly record the sensation of the moment. I draw shapes freely on the order created by straight horizontal and vertical lines. I can follow the line, but I don’t have to. I look at the sensations that made me sharp during the day. I find and record the intense sensations that I could react to my existence, including the water I brushed my hands while swimming, the warmth I felt when I hugged, and the anxiety that I passed by. The moment I focus on those senses, I feel most strongly that I am alive. Many stories are compressed, simplified, and encrypted.
Second, it is a painting with acrylic. Painting creates a spatial depth that could not be realized in drawing. I stay in front of the canvas for a longer time than in drawing and come into contact with the moment the sensation first arose. The soft tactile sensation conveyed by the two layers of thin cotton cloth and the layers of light paint that have been piled up several times bring me closer to the original sensation.
Thirdly, it is a fabric work that is made by cutting and sewing translucent fabrics such as Nobang or Oksa into shape. The fabric most actively approaches the audience, wraps around their bodies, and creates a flow of movement. Its thinness is suitable for conveying a state of being present but not existing, visible but invisible. In fabric work, the iconography has clearer boundaries and is held in place by means of thread and needle.
These three ways of working complement each other and work organically. The place where they are headed is the same. ‘To reveal the fragility of life, and therefore remind us of the moments that need to be celebrated more deeply’. I want to present such a moment through the exhibition.
Suyeont《Angels》2025, acrylic on cotton, 112.1 x 145.5 cm
Collection
MMCA Art Bank, Republic of Korea
