MeeWha's work is result of her desire to capture the moment with the subjects she choses to be extremely close to having them open up to her in a very intimate manner. Up close and honest. Try to get right into the world of her subjects.
Recent cityscapes are results of careful orchestration of altered reality where she feels her late son Alan is ... Searching him in the city where his dream lives on.
Form; be it a face, a bird or the pedal of a flower, emerges from the surface with each additional stroke of the medium – the visual resulting from a highly tactile effort. Light embraces, bleeds through, and even removes colors from everything it illuminates, while often intensifying a visual excitement and drama. Many of subjects are captured under intense light condition like high noon in which every color can be visually evaporated by strong ray of sun. Light may also define time, season, or a place where she has lingered.
Among the flowers and insects, many stories are unfolding and only an observant soul may enter the world of this microcosm… dream of flying, lust for the sweet honey, sanctuary for tired wings, etc. Painting the stories that nature narrates is like meditation and a prayer of life.
The dialogue begins between the subject and her heart. As the conversation develops, the awareness of time diminishes and the pressures of daily life are lessened. Ultimately, she is at peace. And she experiences an utter feeling of impermanence. Her art making is not to make intellectual statement, but to capture what are precious things she encounters in the journey of life and visceral experiences.
As a child, she often was mesmerized when gazing at yellow crayon marks on white paper, yet experiencing a strange sensation of her existence with a touch of lonesomeness.
Numerous solo and group exhibitions of drawings and paintings in Korea and USA, private collections in Korea, China, and USA
Excerpts from CV
EDUCATION
1988 MFA Major in Design, Minor in Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
1986 MA Major in Design, Minor in Drawing, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
1981 BFA Major in Industrial Design, Minor in Art Education, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
EXHIBITION
2021
Allied Artist of America 108th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, USA, The Butler Institute of American Art Award
2020
Allied Artist of America 107th Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, USA
2020 T
hree Perspectives, FT gallery, 3person show, Little Ferry, NJ, USA
2018
The 6th DahngLim Culture and Art Festival, 17 Artists Show, AhSan, South Korea
Academic Artists Association 68th Annual National Exhibition, Arts Center East; Vernon, Connecticut, USA
Sorrow, Delight and Rebirth, Solo Exhibition, Paris Koh Gallery, 640 East Palisade Ave. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, USA
2017
77 group show, Arisoo gallery, Seoul, Korea
Busan International Art Expo, Paris Koh Gallery, Busan, Korea
KyungJu Art Expo, Paris Koh Gallery, KyungJu, Korea
2016
Invitational Group Exhibition, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Gallery, NY, USA
2nd “FACE” Group Exhibition, Gallery Sobab, KyungGiDo, Korea
Allied Artist of America 103rd Annual Exhibition, New York, NY, USA, NY, USA
2015
77 Friends, NoAhm Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Small Matters of Great Importance Annual Juried Show, Edward Hopper House Art Center, Nyack, NY, USA
2014
National Juried Exhibition, Emerald Springs Art Center, Emerald Springs, Oregon, USA
International Water Media Show Juried Exhibition, Society Watercolor Artists, Fort Worth, Texas, USA Wings and Waters Juried Exhibition, River Arts Inc., Prairie du Sac, Wisconsin, USA
2012
Faces Solo Exhibition, Historical Society of Iowa, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa, USA
2011
Design Management 101, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA
1995
Menasha History, Allen Priebe Gallery, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA
1993
The other side, Allen Priebre Gallery, Department of Art, University of Wisconsin Oshkosh, USA
1988
And…then, Art Department Gallery, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa, USA
CURATORIAL & ART PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2014
Ksana Coordinated invitational sculpture exhibition: Yoon, YoungSeok Sculpture Exhibition, Allen Priebe Gallery, University of Wisconsin, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
1996
Korean Graphic Designers – Globalization” Published article, Design (Korea’s design magazine), Seoul, Korea