JI MIN-GYOUNG
South Korea
Ji Min-Gyoung draws inspiration from people, nature, and spirituality, exploring organic beauty and the essence of life. Using traditional Korean hanji made from mulberry bark, deep black ink, and handmade tools, she transforms moments of inspiration into lines and symbols that capture both fragility and strength. Her work embodies the quiet yet enduring vitality of living beings, expressing the continuous energy of life that grows silently within everyday existence.
Her representative work, The Sower, portrays a figure of salvation and purity inspired by both Eastern and Western spiritual imagery. The “Sower” plants good seeds within the human heart, symbolizing cycles of growth, change, and renewal. Natural elements—water, light, and seeds—are rendered as dots and lines that visualize transformation. Working from the back of hanji, the artist pushes layers of ink forward, leaving embossed traces that express the vibration and pulse of life.
Painting in meditative rhythm, Ji Min-Gyoung lets gesture become prayer and ink become breath. Her process transforms material into emotion and stillness into life, allowing nature and spirit to merge on paper.
“I am a tool of prayer.
I make a mark as I feel, letting nature and time flow through me.
When I paint, I become part of nature itself.”