[Gallery Walk] The World of Inspiration in the Subconscious Drawn by a Zainichi Korean

Japanese-Korean Writer Choi Ah-hee Solo Exhibition '365 Inspiration'
Until July 21, Whitestone Seoul

Whitestone Gallery Seoul announced on the 18th that it will hold the first solo exhibition in Korea of third-generation Zainichi Korean artist Choi Ah-hee, titled '365 Inspiration.'

Choi Ah-hee is an artist who naturally captures the small beauties of everyday life on canvas as if writing stories in a diary. In this exhibition, he presents a variety of works, including delicate pastel-toned latest series sculptures and pieces using skateboards.

He reflects the subconscious formed throughout his life journey in his works. After completing language training in Los Angeles, USA, the artist traveled through the West, exploring vast national parks such as Death Valley and the Grand Canyon. During his travels, he developed a deep appreciation and connection to the grandeur of nature, which he transformed into art.

Since then, based on inspirations from daily life, the artist has continued to express his adventures as a kind of diary, using ink on paper or filling wooden panels with his unique abstract colors, lines, and planes.

Artist Choi Ah-hee.
[Photo by Whitestone Gallery]

In particular, by moving his hand organically over the paper, he interprets silhouettes, drawings, words, and letters derived from the well of memory into dynamic lines. The visually vivid and colorful lines paradoxically express his life as a third-generation Zainichi Korean who could never fully assimilate into either Korea or Japan, while also sublimating elements that reveal inspirations freely crossing the boundaries of both countries within his works.

Born in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan, and having majored in economics at university, the artist began his solo exhibitions in New York, USA, in 2014 and has participated in art fairs in 40 countries worldwide, showcasing diverse activities. The exhibition runs until July 21 at Whitestone Gallery Seoul, Sowol-ro, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

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