Jongwook Park: One Breath, Many Echoes | 숨·결들

June 12, 2026

June 12 – July 25, 2026

This exhibition explores how adult language acquisition shapes identity, rooted in my move from Seoul to the bilingual environment of Montreal. At the core of the installation are hand drawings that integrate Minhwa (Korean folk art) and Hangul (Korean script). By removing vibrant colors and breaking characters into unreadable shapes, the work illustrates how one’s own culture shifts and transforms when trying to understand another.

The monochromatic imagery becomes a migrant pattern that reflects different methods of communication. These patterns move across mediums—directly on paper, scaled up through digital prints, and becoming undulated imagery by carving into wet clay. Each material presents a different threshold, mirroring the physical and mental effort of adjusting to a new environment. Through the presentation of these various mediums across the space, I aim to visualize the complexities of linguistic adaptation, reflecting human flexibility while showing the slippage through visual fragmentation.

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