Jeong-Ah Zhang

Biography

Born, raised and based in Seoul, South Korea, Jeong-Ah Zhang is a contemporary artist specializing in painting. Working also with photography and mixed, Jeong-Ah Zhang pushes us to the edge of our ourselves and the world for deep meaning. Her surrealist paintings connect us to a world that exists inside-out and outside-in of our consciousness.

Jeong-Ah Zhang majored in fine arts at Ewha Womens University in Seoul. She has shown in five solo shows in Korea, Canada and the USA, and her works have been selected for exhibition in over 80-juried competitions, and participated in more than 80 group shows and art fairs in the USA, Korea, France, Italy, Spain, Netherlands, Japan and the UK. She has received 41 international awards and 15 in Korea, and has been exhibited internationally and featured in various publications.

Artist statement

My life and art are based on my own philosophical thoughts and experiences. I am interested in the philosophy of immanence and transcendence on all beings, And this means that I try to focus on the essence of life by establishing core values, and at the same time, sublimate it into my works. I look at the relationship between human and nature and the universe from a very broader perspective. I think all thoughts and consciousness are breath, The breath is the switch between the conscious and the subconscious mind, It is a connected cycle of creation and extinction. And It is a soul resonance beyond the time frame. I try to listen to all the conceptions of all things, have an open mind and remember what resonates. Therefore, my surrealism is simply is not just an exploration of the unconscious. It is a question of will and philosophy, constant introspection. Philosophical considerations on a visible world and an invisible world. I value awakening and balance, and try to embody the meaning of existence and non-existence, and the nature of things in an implicit and artistic way.

My art is intended to make the viewers think, but my delivery is intended to make the viewers listen to their own inner voice. It makes people, including myself, think beyond reality and into the essence of reality. As I look back on that afternoon so long ago that presented my life, When remembering the experience of seeing the interconnected nature of all things.. The flash point of all creation in the present moment is immortality. ■