Heemin Chung
lives and works based in Seoul
Heemin Chung investigates the material potential of digital images by translating them into the mediums of painting and sculpture. Her work examines how technology shapes contemporary perception and impacts our existential conditions, capturing various emotional responses and issues of communication encountered in the urban environments that evolve alongside the digital realm. Through poetic visual metaphor, she reimagines traditional painting genres, including landscape and still life, engaging with experimental techniques to explore texture and volume across digital devices and canvas. Born in Korea, Heemin Chung lives and works in Seoul.
Heemin Chung earned her bachelor's degree in painting from Hongik University and her master's degree in painting from the Korean National University of Arts. Chung has held solo exhibitions Recievers(Doosan Art Center, 2023), How Do We Get Lost in the Forest(Sindoh Art Space, Seoul, 2022), Seoulites(Museumhead, Seoul, 2021), An Angel Whispers(P21, Seoul, 2019), and Yesterday’s Blues(PS Sarubia, Seoul, 2016). She has also been shown in various institutions and group exhibitions, including Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul (2023, Seoul), Busan Biennale (2022, Busan), Pace Gallery (2022, Seoul), Nam-Seoul Museum of Art (2021, Seoul), Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (2020, Ansan), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (2019, Gwacheon), Hite Collection (2018, Seoul), and Archive Bomm (2017, Seoul). In 2022, she was the recipient of the 13th DOOSAN Yonkang Arts Awards.
lives and works based in Seoul
Heemin Chung investigates the material potential of digital images by translating them into the mediums of painting and sculpture. Her work examines how technology shapes contemporary perception and impacts our existential conditions, capturing various emotional responses and issues of communication encountered in the urban environments that evolve alongside the digital realm. Through poetic visual metaphor, she reimagines traditional painting genres, including landscape and still life, engaging with experimental techniques to explore texture and volume across digital devices and canvas. Born in Korea, Heemin Chung lives and works in Seoul.
Heemin Chung earned her bachelor's degree in painting from Hongik University and her master's degree in painting from the Korean National University of Arts. Chung has held solo exhibitions Recievers(Doosan Art Center, 2023), How Do We Get Lost in the Forest(Sindoh Art Space, Seoul, 2022), Seoulites(Museumhead, Seoul, 2021), An Angel Whispers(P21, Seoul, 2019), and Yesterday’s Blues(PS Sarubia, Seoul, 2016). She has also been shown in various institutions and group exhibitions, including Thaddaeus Ropac Seoul (2023, Seoul), Busan Biennale (2022, Busan), Pace Gallery (2022, Seoul), Nam-Seoul Museum of Art (2021, Seoul), Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (2020, Ansan), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (2019, Gwacheon), Hite Collection (2018, Seoul), and Archive Bomm (2017, Seoul). In 2022, she was the recipient of the 13th DOOSAN Yonkang Arts Awards.