[This Week's Exhibitions] Park Ido Solo Exhibition 'Unbelievable Story', Yoonju Jeong & Jaeyeol Jeong Duo Exhibition 'Silent Words', and More

Editor's NoteThis week's exhibitions present a curated selection of diverse and captivating shows taking place across the country, each available to visit during the week.

Dear My Nature 0126, 2026, Mixed media, 69x75cm. Photo by Harang Gallery

Kim Kyungi Solo Exhibition 'Dear My Nature'

Harang Gallery in Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul, is hosting Kim Kyungi's solo exhibition, 'Dear My Nature.' This exhibition begins with the artist's childhood memories of nature, prompting viewers to reflect on the relationship between humans and the natural world.

Kim Kyungi's canvases are imbued with lingering traces of long-ago sensations. The sound of persimmons falling by the jars near the persimmon tree, the encounters with mudfish and freshwater snails in the creek, and the sky that seemed close enough to touch—all are revived as textures of memory. Yet, these recollections are not entirely gentle. Fears of water, the trembling provoked by wildcats, bees, snakes, and thorns demonstrate that her feelings toward nature have always been complex, a mixture of love and fear, intimacy and caution.

The artist draws today’s questions from this very complexity. Creatures that were once objects of fear now stand at the brink of disappearance due to human-driven environmental changes. The artist quietly but unmistakably asks what she once hated, what she has forgotten, and, now, what she must protect.

Dear My Nature 0226, 2026, Mixed media, 50x34cm. Photo by Harang Gallery

The artist’s working methods are closely tied to this contemplation. Kim Kyungi soaks fabric in glue and paint, dries it, and repeatedly applies layers of ink and color. The absorption and diffusion of materials act like nature’s breath lingering on the canvas, while the accumulated process of stamping, applying, and soaking goes beyond depicting landscapes, building up traces of memory, emotion, and resolve. The resulting works are less about gazing at nature and more about turning inward, reflecting on oneself before nature.

'Dear My Nature' is, as the title suggests, a letter to nature. Within this letter are feelings of gratitude, apology, and a love that arrives belatedly. The artist’s confession, "I will protect you, let’s live together," reads more as a pledge than a declaration, inviting visitors to contemplate what it truly means to live alongside nature.

Rather than leading with grand messages, this exhibition quietly stirs the dormant memories of nature within each visitor. It rekindles the sense of landscapes long forgotten due to familiarity, lives passed by without notice, and the things that ultimately must be protected. The exhibition runs until March 22 at Harang Gallery in Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Yoonju Jeong_AMOR_AMOR_Greek white marble_30x23x7.5cm_2026. Photo by Page Room 8

Yoonju Jeong & Jaeyeol Jeong Duo Exhibition 'Silent Words'

Pageroom8 in Jongno-gu, Seoul, presents 'Silent Words,' a duo exhibition by Yoonju Jeong and Jaeyeol Jeong. Part of Pageroom8’s ‘Sculptor’s Drawing 2’ series, the exhibition brings together two artists working in sculpture and installation, offering a unique sensibility within a shared space. As the title suggests, the exhibition approaches the state of words before they become sentences, and emotions before they are spoken.

Yoonju Jeong’s works, including 'AMOR' and 'Silence,' transform books, words, and moments of reflection into three-dimensional forms. Abstract emotions such as love and silence take on clearer shapes as they pass through the materiality of books. Jaeyeol Jeong’s 'Ways to Use a Chair' and 'A Star Written in Braille' utilize formats like letters, envelopes, and boxes to encapsulate memories and time. The rhythms of dots, lines, and perforations translate invisible emotions into tangible forms and sounds.

Jae-Yeol Jeong_A Star Written in Braille_Speaker and Sound_Variable Size_2026. Photo by Paegroom8

This exhibition does not treat sculpture as merely solid masses. Both artists, in their own ways, retrieve unspoken feelings, lingering memories, and the textures of quietly enduring relationships. 'Silent Words' speaks little but resonates long after, making it a memorable exhibition. The show runs through March 22 at Harang Gallery in Buam-dong, Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Yido Park, Unbelievable Story, 40X47cm, 2026. Photo by Harang Gallery

Park Ido Solo Exhibition 'Unbelievable Story'

Park Ido’s canvases deliver scenes before explanations. Birds linger beside humans, and figures of people and animals coexist quietly within a single frame. While these scenes defy the logic of reality, they remain unwavering within the artwork. The solo exhibition 'Unbelievable Story' captures such unfamiliar yet solid moments.

In this exhibition, the artist builds up translucent layers and rough textures using beeswax and paper pulp, then arranges strange yet refined forms upon them. Thus, his paintings feel more material than dreamlike. Even the most fantastical scenes lie on surfaces so tangible they seem almost graspable, acquiring a mysterious sense of weight.

Park Ido, Look at me, son, 40X40cm, 2026. Photo by Harang Gallery

The works do not narrate stories directly, but instead intersect images of people, birds, flowers, and animals, encouraging viewers to pause and explore their senses before the canvas. In an era of rapidly consumed images, Park Ido’s paintings call for lingering rather than speed. Instead of providing immediate answers, they linger in stillness and contemplation before interpretation.

This exhibition demonstrates that painting remains a medium capable of halting the world, if only for a moment, rather than simply explaining it. When an unbelievable story is captured as the most vivid scene, Park Ido’s canvases exert a quiet but unmistakable power. The exhibition runs through April 12 at Gallery Gathers on Hannam-daero, Yongsan-gu, Seoul.

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