Su Joung Hong
Textile sculptor
Sejong-si, South Korea
Textile vines and expressive lines
- Su Joung works through a repetitive process of stitching and sewing
- Mirrors, brass rods and leaves play a central role in her work
- Her pieces deal with themes of emotion and recovery
Su Joung Hong’s practice unfolds at the intersection of textile craft and drawing, where the logic of stitching evolves into a language of lines. Trained in ceramic and textile art, she developed an early sensitivity to material, repetition and structure, elements that continue to shape her work today. Su Joung's compositions grow through the accumulation of countless fine lines, echoing the gestures of sewing and stitching. What begins as a quiet, repetitive act gradually expands into organic forms that resemble seeds, petals or flowing landscapes. Rooted in personal experience, Su Joung's process transforms memory and emotional resilience into visual rhythm. "Each work becomes a field of energy in which repetition is deeply meditative, carrying traces of time, breath and lived experience," she says.
INTERVIEW
I begin by defining a theme and exploring how to translate it into form. I test materials through sampling, refining structure and meaning. For this series, I draw forms, CNC-cut MDF boards or brass, sand surfaces, and assemble stitched elements into a vine-like composition.
My works are inspired by vines and stem from lived emotions. They reflect being overtaken by negative feelings, then breaking them apart and putting them back together. Mirrors function as a device for self-recognition and confronting oneself, brass rods evoke willpower and leaves represent emotions.
I do not limit my work to a single field. Though trained in craft, I see materials as language. Textiles influence my thinking in building structures, layering and reconnecting emotions. Today, I embrace blurred boundaries between craft and contemporary art.
I am interested in how my work exists within space and how it interacts with viewers. While continuing drawing-based works, I plan to expand into textile installations and spatial formats. Textile will remain essential as a flexible and familiar medium.
Su Joung Hong
Textile sculptor
Sejong-si, South Korea
ADDRESS
Address upon request, Sejong-si, South Korea
AVAILABILITY
By appointment only
LANGUAGES
Korean
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