Miyoung Je: A Warm Scenery

Miyoung Je brings the traditional Korean patchwork "jogakbo" into contemporary art, stitching together scraps of varied pattern and color with an Eastern needlework sensibility layered with Western painting technique, forming harmonious scenes. Houses, for the artist, are a dual space — familiar wherever placed, yet also strangely still-life-like — objects requiring ongoing care and affection, and agents of change in her life. In her patchwork landscapes, modest houses become tender still lifes, conveying the warmth and healing of life.