Kang Seokyeong Suki

Suki Seokyeong Kang studied Oriental Painting at Ewha Womans University, Seoul and Painting at the Royal College of Art, London. Her practice is inspired by jeongganbo, the traditional Korean musical notation system invented in the Choson Dynasty. Jeongganbo combines elements of musical notation, such as pitch and tempo, with the posture and movement of a performer in a visually balanced grid layout. Her recent exhibitions include the 58th Venice Biennale (2019), 12th Shanghai Biennale (2019), Black Mat Oriole, ICA Philadelphia (2018), Liverpool Biennial (2018), Gwangju Biennale (2018, 2016), Other walks, Other lines, San José Museum of Art (2018), As the Moon waxes and wanes, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon (2016), Group Mobile, Villa Vassilieff, Paris (2016), Foot and Moon, Audio Visual Pavilion, Seoul (2015) and Grandmother Tower, Old House, Seoul (2013). She was awarded the Baloise Art Prize in 2018. Kang is currently a professor of Korean Painting at Ewha Womans University.