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<\/p>\nHayoung Eum<\/p>\n
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\u300aMy, Pretty\u300b<\/em><\/p>\n 2GIL29 GALLERY presents My, Pretty, a solo exhibition of new paintings by Hayoung Eum, on view from April 18 through May 16, 2026. The exhibition considers the translation of private forms of address\u2014intimate, often habitual language that emerges within close relationships\u2014into pictorial form.<\/p>\n Hayoung Eum, PARADISE I,\u00a02026,\u00a0Acrylic on Canvas,\u00a045.5 x 53cm<\/em><\/p>\n The title phrase, My, Pretty, operates less as a fixed designation than as a relational utterance, carrying affect, duration, and proximity. Eum\u2019s paintings resist narrative resolution, instead articulating states of feeling that remain only partially legible.<\/p>\n Hayoung Eum, PARADISE II,\u00a02026,\u00a0Acrylic on Canvas,\u00a045.5 x 53cm<\/em><\/p>\n Her work is structured by a tension between warmth and detachment: an investment in the subject that is held at a measured distance. Images appear as fragments\u2014drawn from everyday visual culture, memory, and personal experience\u2014reconfigured into layered compositions where affect is diffused rather than declared. Meaning is not stabilized but suspended, allowing the surface to function as a site where sensation accumulates and disperses.<\/p>\n Hayoung Eum, Wonder Falls,\u00a02026,\u00a0Acrylic on canvas,\u00a0145.5 x 112 cm<\/em><\/p>\n Recent works further condense this approach. Forms dissolve, overlap, and re-emerge, producing images that are less descriptive than atmospheric. Rather than depicting events, Eum\u2019s paintings register their residue\u2014traces of memory, tonal shifts, and emotional afterimages. The resulting works invite a mode of viewing grounded in recognition without resolution.<\/p>\n Hayoung Eum, Wonderscape,\u00a02026, Acrylic on Canvas,\u00a0170 x 135cm<\/em><\/p>\n Hayoung Eum (b. 1980) received her BFA in Textile Art and Fashion Design and her MFA in Printmaking from Hongik University, Seoul. She began her career in 2006 through Vogue Korea as the first Korean artist represented by an international fashion illustration agency, participating in various global projects. This background informs her sensitivity to mediated imagery and visual language, which she reconfigures within her painting practice. Eum is currently an adjunct professor at Hongik University. Her work is held in private and institutional collections internationally.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WEBSITE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0INSTAGRAM<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0YOUTUBE<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0ARTSY<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[50,51],"class_list":["post-58376","insights","type-insights","status-publish","hentry","category-insight","category-stories"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"en","enabled_languages":["ko","en"],"languages":{"ko":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"en":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights\/58376","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/insights"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/insights"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58376"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kiaf.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58376"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"https:\/\/static-edge.kiaf.org\/web\/2026\/05\/06101451\/%EC%9D%8C%ED%95%98%EC%98%81-PARADISE-I.jpeg\")
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<\/p>\n2GIL29GALLERY<\/div>\n2GIL29 Bldg. 35, Gangnam-daero 158-gil, Gangnam-Gu, Seoul 06034 Korea<\/div>\n+82 2 6203 2015<\/div>\n\n