Jihui Seo

I am a Korean artist working in traditional Korean painting. My practice explores freedom, hope, memory, and the possibility of discovering new paths in life.

I work primarily with silk and hanji (traditional Korean mulberry paper), layering images on both sides of a frame. This process allows the two surfaces to interact through the space between them, creating shifting relationships between reality and imagination.

I often deconstruct familiar structures, simplify forms, and introduce surreal colors to express unexpected encounters and possibilities. I place the world of imagination on silk and traces of reality on hanji, bringing these two parallel dimensions together within a single work.

My layered paintings reflect my belief that reality and imagination are not separate worlds, but can gradually become one. What begins as an imagined possibility can become real when we continue moving toward it with patience and persistence.

Through my work, I invite viewers to discover their own “Island of Dreams”—a space of freedom, hope, and possibility—and to find meaning and joy in the journey toward it.

2006 Master's / Korea Oriental Painting / Hongik University
2004 BS / Korea Oriental Painting / Sungshin Women's University

Solo exhibition

2024 BACC pop.up People’s Gallery (MMAD,MunMun
Srinakarin/ Bangkok Thailand)
2024 Korean Cultural Center (Bangkok Thailand)
2024 ‘Dream lsland’ Solo exhibition (BACC/Bangkok Thailand)
2018 Solo exhibition supported by Gangwon Cultural
Foundation (Chiak Art Center)
2016 Paled Seoul Solo Exhibition
2012 E-Land Cultural Foundation 2nd Artist Contest Solo
Exhibition (E-Land Space)
2011 ‘Dream Beyond Dream’ Gallery 8street Solo Exhibition
(Gallery 8street)
2010 ‘SLOW’ Gallery Ahn Dan-tae’s solo exhibition (Itaewon-
Casa Antonio)
2009 ‘Slowly..slowly..but surely’ Solo Exhibition (Cafe Miel)
2008 ‘Lost’ Gallery Young’s solo exhibition (Gallery Young)
2007 ‘Journey to an Unfamiliar Place’ Jinseon Window
Contest (Gallery Jinseon)
2007 ‘Over the Fence to the Sun’ Solo Exhibition (Gana Art
Space)

Group exhibition
2026 Wonju Cultural Foundation Residency Exhibition
2025 ‘Melting map’ BACC pop.up People’s Gallery (MMAD,MunMun Srinakarin/ Bangkok Thailand)
2023 333gallery (Bangkok/Thailand)
2021 503 Exhibition (Wonju Hanji Theme Park)
2020 Flat sensibility 3-person exhibition (Wonju Hanji Theme
Park)
2016 Paled Seoul Artists Group Ex...