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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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Exhibitions for Soojung Cho:



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 Bergen PAC (Performing Arts Center) 2008
curated by Mary Yim Kliauga (Vice President of The Art Center of Northern New Jersey)
*Invitational “Korean Expression” at Velsky Museum 2006
curated by Anita Duquette (curator of Whitney Museum)
*Cork Gallery in Lincoln Center. New York, NY. Nov. 2002
*Space Gallery. Flushing, NY, Oct. 2002
*Korean American Artists Association, Gallery 32.
New York, NY. July, 2002
*Korean American Artists Association, Greeley Gallery.
New york, NY. Feb. 2002
*NY Center for Media Arts. LIC, NY. April, 2001
*Christian Artists Exhibition, Queens, NY. July, 1999
*Institute of the National Museum of Modern Art.
Seoul, Korea. May, 1982


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