Artist Chang Woo-soon is holding her solo exhibition, titled “The Heaven is Like Children,” at The Flux Gallery in Jongno-gu, Seoul, from Apr. 1 to Apr. 6.
Artist Chang says that “little birds are bowing down under the big sun, and the sunlight seen in a dream I had one day” have become major themes of the artwork on display in the latest exhibition.
One or several circles appearing in the artworks are expressed as minds of the universe and human beings, and these images have been produced by printing and pasting four sheets of hanji, traditional Korean paper handmade from mulberry trees, colored in natural dyes.
The Heaven is Like a Children. (Natural dyeing) 45×45cm. (Photos: Artist Chang Woo-soon’s office)
I Am the Vine, You Are the Branches (Natural dyeing) 98×80cm.
The five colors of the materials dyed in this way originate from the influence of the traditional Korean “deokseok” (thatched mat) culture.
They reflect dim memories in which people laid down on a thatched mat, looked up the sky and talked about their dreams with neighborhood friends in their childhood.
Our blinking childhood memories, expressed with the use of “dak(hanji) paper, “make us to offer profound thanks to the Lord, Creator of the Universe.”
Artist Chang has unveiled several amusing artworks showing her ways of thinking over the nature and the universe and her global views under the theme “Light and Life.”
Light and life (Natural dyeing) 63×63cm.
Source of life 2 (Natural dyeing) 98×80cm.
Life and life (Natural dyeing) 63×63cm.
She views all things we see in our daily life as if they have something to do with symbolic images seen in her dreams.
Chang conjures up a rationale in which living things get the energy from the sunshine, being transmitted by the big subject of sun — her Christianistic view of the world.
Artist Chang graduated from Baekseok Arts University and studied at University Arts London Central Saint Martins.
He held 21 solo exhibitions and participated in 216 group competitions, including 2024 International Art Fair Booth Exhibition, a solo exhibition in 2024 at J Cube Museum and participation in 2024 International Art Fair Guangzhou, China.
Chang took home several prizes, including winning the “special artist prize” in art category the 42th Korea Art Critic Association Competition in 2022.
Artist Chang Woo-soon’s artworks are on display at her solo exhibition at The Flux Gallery in Jongno-gu, Seoul, which took place from Apr. 1 to Apr. 6. (Photo: NewsWorld)
She served as a member of the 42th National Art Exhibition, a lecturer with the Yeongwol Cultural Center and a juror with Jeongseon Primary, Middle, High School Student Competitions.
Chang is now a director with the Korean Fine Arts Association and director with J Cube Museum.
She serves as a member with the Yeongwol Fine Arts Association, a member with the Transcendent Spiritual Society, and a member with the Korean-Chinse Fine Arts Association.
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