Cho Eunhyung, Hair, 2026, Oil on canvas, 27.5x27.5cm © courtesy of the artist
DrawingRoom is presenting 《Winds》, the first solo exhibition by Cho
Eunhyung, selected for the gallery’s 2026 Emerging Artist Support Program,
through May 30.
Beginning with a single recorded word, the artist gradually
constructs each composition, allowing the word to spread across the surface as
though staining the image itself. The forms that emerge within the flow created
by her brushstrokes originate from the artist’s memories and sensations, yet
they do not point toward a fixed narrative, instead leaving behind tactile
impressions.
Within Cho’s unfamiliar yet delicate paintings, we encounter
figures imbued with subtle breaths — or “winds.”
Cho Eunhyung, Memory of Memory, 2026, Oil on canvas, 45.5x53cm © courtesy of the artist
In this exhibition, Cho Eunhyung presents a new body of
paintings grounded in the sensory experience of “wind” as a natural element,
approaching painting on an existential level.
“For me, nature is above all a means of transparently
revealing the present — a presence that allows things to be accepted as they
are. The wind, constantly changing its form from moment to moment, makes me
sense that I am here. In that alone, I find a certain sense of ‘being okay.’”
— Cho Eunhyung
Cho Eunhyung, Mirror, 2026, Oil on canvas, 83x32cm © courtesy of the artist
Cho Eunhyung (b. 1996) received a B.A. in Art Theory from the
School of Visual Arts at Korea National University of Arts and is currently
enrolled in its M.F.A. program. In 2024, she participated in a one-year
exchange program in the Oil Painting Department at the graduate school of Kyoto
University of the Arts.
