Artist Information:
Soojung Cho
River Edge, NJ
United States
Member Since: Mar 2002
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Artist Statement:
I have high expectations for my life.
I want my life to be perfect, filled with true beauty and purity.
I am waiting for love which contains all these qualities.
However, what I have found in life is mostly failures and my share of despair, confusion,
frustration and anger. What I can do in this paradox and contradiction is to be receptive without complaint and try to create a new world.
Painting is the breakthrough for the problem that I face. At the same time, it is a tool of my life’s vestige. These expectations might be considered to have nothing to do with the real world or just the thoughts of a naïve dreamer but nonetheless it gives me an ultimate goal and direction in this desolate, harsh life. The fear that I might not accomplish my life’s expectations always create strain between hope and despair. But it empowers me to make paintings which are a physical and visual representation of my inner struggles.
I close my eyes, I observe my heart and I try to visualize images that I see.
When I see, I paint and then I scrape some of the pigment off. Sometimes...
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Artist Exhibitions:
Solo Exhibition
*Kyung Woon Museum, Seoul, Korea, 2007
*Gallery 31, Seoul, Korea, 2006
*Asiantique & Decor Gallery, Englewood, NJ.
June, 2002
*Chong-kyo Methodist Church, Seoul, Korea.
Sept, 2001
*Morning Calm Gallery, New York. May, 2000
*Art Miami, represented by M.J. International.
Jan, 1992
Group Exhibition
*Invitational “Korean Impression” at ...
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Soojung Cho's Free Artist Portfolio
Welcome to Soojung Cho's Portfolio. Browse Cho's body of work:
I have high expectations for my life.
I want my life to be perfect, filled with true beauty and purity.
I am waiting for love which contains all these qualities.
However, what I have found in life is mostly failures and my share of despair, confusion,
frustration and anger. What I can do in this paradox and contradiction is to be receptive without complaint and try to create a new world.
Painting is the breakthrough for the problem that I face. At the same time, it is a tool of my life’s vestige. These expectations might be considered to... | |
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A Light Still Exists, 2001 Oil Painting, 20 x 20 inches Availability: Sold
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wanderer, 2001 Oil Painting, 20 x 20 inches Availability: Sold
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Finally beauty, 2001 Oil Painting, 30 x 30 inches Availability: Sold
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Somewhere in my life, 2001 Oil Painting, 20 x 25 inches Availability: Sold
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Wandering mind, 2001 Oil Painting, 20 x 25 inches Availability: Sold
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Deep Inside, 2001 Oil Painting, 24 x 30 inches Price: US$ 1700 €: 1215 UK £: 1070 ¥en: 156810
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