Exhibition Information

			Life is never light or effortless, yet moments of laughter are always present within it. This exhibition explores joy, found in the spaces where people live and in the everyday moments that unfold within them. For artist Jung, joy is not merely a fleeting sense of pleasure. It is a profound experience that liberates the mind and reveals the deeper meaning of life. This perspective permeates her portrayals of diverse characters, grounding her work in a warm, positive outlook on the human experience.

Through familiar figures drawn from daily life, Jung depicts the honesty of human nature and the beauty of simple living with a sense of wit and warmth. The expressions of people who hold onto their smiles despite life’s challenges reveal the quiet resilience that sustains our existence. Rendered with ink and light color on Hanji, her drawings use simple lines and restrained hues to create dynamic movement, an expression born from a positive attitude toward life, a calm inner spirit, and a sincere desire to exist in harmony with nature. The “joy of being together” expressed in the gestures and faces of her characters invites viewers to reconsider where true human beauty resides.

Happiness is not something distant; it already lives within the spaces we share. The will to smile even in hardship is both an affirmation of human dignity and the beginning of healing. Through these smiles, the exhibition proposes a journey to rediscover the essence of life and to encounter the “boundless power of positivity” that comforts us within the natural order of the world.