HEEJIN CHONG

Heejin Chong was born in Korea. She obtained BFA and MFA in Oriental Painting from Hongik University, Seoul, Korea, and MFA from Pratt Institute, New York in the U.S. She had 9 solo shows and numbers of group shows in Seoul, New York, and abroad. She taught Art and Art History in Hongik University, Suwon University, Chungbuk National University, Daejin University, and Hyupsung University, from 1996 to 2003. Hee-Jin Chong is working and living in New York City as a painter and an editor for Art Price, a Korean monthly art magazine.

Heejin Chong’s recent works are jestural abstract paintings; she established her own style of expression. She is mostly using hands and paint knives as her tools of expression. Her gestures are a connection between the intuitive mind and physical action. She stated that the canvas is mind space, rather than a two dimensional plane.