JANG SOOJI

Jang Sooji’s paintings explore vulnerability, identity and the desire for comfort through a recurring cast of imagined figures. Her long-running So, Nyeo series developed from her own experience of the uncertainty of becoming an adult, but gradually evolved into a more universal reflection on anxiety, loneliness and the search for emotional refuge.

Her figures inhabit dreamlike spaces filled with animals, plants and symbolic objects drawn from memory. These elements act as forms of psychological protection, allowing the paintings to hold difficult emotions within an atmosphere that remains gentle, intimate and luminous.

Jang graduated with a BFA and MFA in Painting from Konkuk University and has maintained an active exhibition practice in Korea since 2008. Recent solo exhibitions include IDEAL GIRL at Soobiji Gallery, Busan (2024), Long, Long Ago, They Lived Happily Ever After at Gallery A, Seoul (2022), and The Existence of Existence at CL Art, Seoul (2021).

Her work has also been presented at Seoul Auction, KIAF, Art Busan, BAMA, the Hong Kong Art Fair, Brussels Art Fair, and Breeze Art Fair, alongside exhibitions at institutions and galleries including Seoul Museum, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Lotte Gallery and Hyundai Department Store.

Education
2016 — MFA, Painting, Konkuk University, Seoul
2010 — BFA, Painting, Konkuk University, Seoul

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024 — IDEAL GIRL, Soobiji Gallery, Busan
2022 — Long, Long Ago, They Lived Happily Ever After, Gallery A, Seoul
2021 — The Existence of Existence, CL Art, Seoul
2021 — Dream: Eternal Moment, Jongno Tower, Seoul
2020 — So, Nyeo, Gallery A, Seoul
2019 — The Moment of Existence, Minari House, Seoul
2017 — Consolation, Elle Gallery, Seoul

Selected Art Fairs & Group Exhibitions
2024 — Breeze Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center
2024 — UNDER200, Art SoHyang, Busan
2024 — PRESENT, M Contemporary, Bangkok
2023 — Korean Art, Reaching Out to the World, Helen & Jae Gallery, Seoul
2023 — Breeze Insight, Seoul Arts Center
2021 — Breeze Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center
2020 — BAMA, Busan International Art Fair
2019 — Brussels Art Fair
2018 — Art Busan; Hong Kong Art Fair; Daegu Art Fair
2016 — KIAF; SOAF
2015 — Lotte Gallery
2011 — Seoul Auction; Articon, Seoul Arts Center