Cho Hye Eun ((new))

(2022): Published in the Journal of Korean Academy of Oral Health .

By all accounts, Cho Hye Eun’s upbringing was humble. Unlike the children of chaebol families or high-ranking officials, she attended public schools and was raised with a strict emphasis on empathy, justice, and self-reliance. In various interviews (mostly with family acquaintances, as she rarely speaks to the press), her parents have described her as a "quiet soul" who preferred drawing and reading to socializing. cho hye eun

At the core of her oeuvre is a fascination with the line—the thread. But for Cho, a thread is not merely a material to bind things together; it is a drawing in space. In her site-specific installations, thousands of hair-thin filaments are suspended from ceilings, catching the light and creating shimmering, ghost-like topographies. (2022): Published in the Journal of Korean Academy