TEFAF New York 2025 Suejin Chung

In Suejin Chung (b. 1969, Korea)’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.

Suejin Chung 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, the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea, the Tirana Biennale in Albania, and the Espace Louis Vuitton in Paris. Her works are in the collections of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea; the Doosan YonkangFoundation; the Arts Council Korea.