JINWON CHANG


ARTIST BIO & STATEMENT

Jinwon Chang was born in 1967 in Gwangju, South Korea where he studied fine art at Josun University and Joongang University in Seoul and received his MFA at New Paltz University in New York before moving to New York City in 2004. Chang learned in his native traditions and practices of Korean painting, his materials of choice were Sumi ink and Japanese pigments (Bunchae in Korean) on Hanji paper. Departing from traditional Korean brush techniques, Chang began to use a roller and squeegee with acrylic and charcoal for the following three years. Subsequently, he merged traditional Korean methods into his contemporary abstract process, employing sumi ink, acrylic, metallic paint, charcoal, and pigment pen on Hanji paper.

Chang did his residency at the Tusen Takk Foundation in MI, Bellevue-Saal Artist Residency, Wiesbaden, Germany, and Gwangju City Museum Beijing in China. Chang’s work has been exhibited internationally and at the Venice Art Biennale 2022 in partnership with San Clemente Kempinski Palace, Venice, Italy. Chang has had several solo exhibitions such as Revelations and Eternal Beauty at Waterfall Mansion & Gallery in NY, Tenri Gallery in NY, Marshall M. Fredericks Sculpture Museum, MI, McGregor Memorial Conference Center at Wayne State University, MI, and the Dennos Museum Center, MI. Chang's work has been included in group exhibitions such as Dismantle The Core, at Wayne State University, MI.

Painted in the tranquility of his studio floor, he encounters sacred exchanges and executes intuitive transmissions. In this state of stillness, Chang’s laborious process of painting sometimes 40, even 50 layers, results in a meditative state that requires slowing down and working within the regenerative nature of consciousness. What results is a direct channel of his divine encounters onto his paintings and drawings. Chang describes his unintentional results as being the divine disclosure found in the form of eternal light. 

Healing Campaign 2020: Jinwon Chang

Revelations: 2019-2022

CAFA Museum Artist Video, 2024

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