In the Waves series, initiated in 2009 and forming a central axis of her artistic practice, Ko Song-Hwa creates works in which materiality asserts itself with immediate elegance before the eye. The tracing of these waves, unfolding within a painting of deep tonalities, generates a play of light with infinite vibrations that infuse the composition with perpetual motion. This broad yet delicate line draws upon her perfect mastery of traditional calligraphy, practiced since childhood, which imparts a profound authenticity to her canvases. The gesture, marked by the imprint carved into the material, also belongs to the art of engraving, which Ko Song-Hwa cultivates with equal virtuosity.
Under Ko Song-Hwa’s brush, painting transcends its aesthetic framework. The waves—luminous, and perhaps even sonorous—invest the canvas with an evocative force that transforms the pictorial space. It becomes water, earth, or air: an elemental form whose significance is well known in the Korean pictorial tradition, so deeply connected to the presence of the elements at the heart of a work of art.
Focus on the spirit of painting, draw delicate lines… I believe that light and sound have been transformed into a spiritual wave.
- Ko Song Hwa
Ko Song Hwa
Born in Korea, Ko Song-Hwa now lives and works in Paris.
She graduated from Hong-Ik University with a Master’s degree from the School of Fine Arts in Seoul, before pursuing a DEA and a PhD in Visual Arts at the University of Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne. A member of the Sonamou association, she has also been awarded numerous artistic prizes in both Korea and France.
Ko Song-Hwa’s work has been presented in many solo and group exhibitions. In Korea, her pieces have been shown at UHM Gallery, Cerestar Gallery, the SeMA Museum (Seoul), the Datz Museum in Gwangju, and the Raum Center. In France, in Paris, she has exhibited at Galerie Françoise Livinec, Galerie 89, Gallery Art Salon de H, Abstract Project Gallery, and the Salon Comparaison. Her international career has also taken her to the United States, Japan, India, and China. Her works are held in several public collections, including that of the city of Saint-Mandé, as well as in Korean collections such as Pung Kook Co, Tanhay Co, and UHM Gallery.
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Hoon Moreau - Solo Show
25 rue de Beaune - Paris VII