Yi Jinwon, BREATHING WE INVITE YOU. Our gallery will hold a special exhibition this fall to present new works by artist Yi Jinwon. New works created over the past four years since her last solo exhibition will transform Woonjoong Gallery into a purple and indigo space in this beautiful season. Yi Jinwon interacts with nature and landscapes in her own special way, and she captures her own experience of this interaction in her work. The way the artist interacts with landscapes is extremely direct and instinctive. The artist first accepts the objects in front of her as images of their own colors through her sensory organs, especially through her breathing. For the artist, the shape of an object means a collection of specially imaged colors, and the waves of these shapes come together to form a larger space. In this way, the respiratory system plays a leading role in the process in which the artist perceives objects and spaces. The images of colors that enter the artist’s inner world through breathing are newly visualized, crossing the boundaries between her consciousness and unconsciousness, which moves the brush on the artist’s fingertips. The images of colors accepted through her breathing are newly created through her inner activities that occur in both consciousness and unconsciousness, and the result is Yi Jinwon's canvas. The viewers can look into the artist’s inner world, which is reflected in the most primitive way in her works. For this artist, ‘drawing’ as an artist is no different from ‘breathing’ as a living human being. Both acts are very instinctive, but at the same time, they are the most essential. The artist seems to believe that these instinctive but essential things are closest to the truth. A momentary ray of light and a sip of breath are very precious to the artist. You can look forward to the perfect harmony between her works, which express the artist’s self without any distortion, and the autumn leaves at their peak beyond the windows of our gallery, Woonjoong.