Full Member (Summer 2024 – Present) The Arts and Culture Network (link)
Fellow (Summer 2024 – Present) The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce
Being part of a unique global network of more than 31,000 entrepreneurs, educators and innovators working together for the advancement of society, the economy and the environment.
Unites people and ideas in collective action to create opportunities to regenerate our world.
Full Member (Winter 2024 – Present) British Art Network (BAN) (link)
The British Art Network (BAN) promotes curatorial research, practice and theory in the field of British art, whose members include curators, academics, artist-researchers, conservators, producers and programmers at all stages of their professional lives.
Full Member (Spring 2025– Present) New England Art Center, SOWA Boston, USA (460 Harrison Ave., C-2, at SoWA Arts and Design District) (link)
New England Art Center (NEAC) is a new organization founded and led by Claudia Fiks, an art administrator with more than two decades of experience working in the art sector nationally and internationally, the mission of which is to provide comprehensive support and resources to art practitioners and enthusiasts, foster knowledge exchange, career growth, and networking opportunities.
Full Member (Spring 2025– Present) Royal Academy of Arts
Full Member (Spring 2025– Present) Art Deco Society UK
Full Member (Spring 2025– Present) Art Deco Society New York City
Artist Statement & Biography
Biography
So Youn enjoys practicing abstract paintings in the style of what she calls as postmodern contemporary abstract expressionism with an emphasis on intellect from her education and creativity from her talent. So Youn remembers her childhood when her mother took her to the Picasso special exhibition in Seoul, Korea. So Youn enjoys her multicultural, academic and creative journey in Canada since she was 14 and likes to ask thought-provoking questions in intellectual conversation.
So Youn aime pratiquer des peintures abstraites dans le style de ce qu’elle appelle l’expressionnisme abstrait contemporain postmoderne en mettant l’accent sur l’intellect de son éducation et la créativité de son talent. So Youn se souvient de son enfance lorsque sa mère l’a emmenée à l’exposition spéciale Picasso à Séoul, en Corée. So Youn apprécie son parcours multiculturel, académique et créatif au Canada depuis l’âge de 14 ans et aime poser des questions stimulantes dans une conversation intellectuelle.
Artist Statement
I follow my instinct naturally when making an artwork. I make several layers of sketching with oil pastels, painting with acrylic colors, and gluing collages of ordinary newspapers or magazines. Upon the completion of a single painting with my rapid painting style, I am inspired by its visual representation to write up the text to convey my sentiments, thoughts and reflections on the work I created.
I combine the making of abstract paintings and the writing of texts to grasp the nature of the intersection between the subjectivity of the new definition and the objectivity of the original meaning of the object. While the transposition of the Master of Arts is a fundamental continuation of the traditional evolution of Western art forms, I explore how their Western traditions and philosophies of art give us significant meaning for the globalization of non-western art to the wider audience. In this conjuncture of the multicultural and diverse landscape of contemporary art, I ask you what you think of the importance of discovering neglected subjectivities. My questions relate to the cultural, political, social meaning of painting and its meaning as a biological organism that has certain capacities for contextual multiplication and intellectual metabolism. I believe that 1) art is situated between two perceptions which are at the origin of thoughts and emotions; 2) the mixture of cultural identities for which we all contribute to very calm and clear movements; 3) great ideas as well as great works of art all come from the question of who I am and who we are.
Je suis naturellement mon instinct lorsque je crée une œuvre d’art. Je fais plusieurs couches de croquis avec des pastels à l’huile, de peinture avec des couleurs acryliques et de collages de journaux ou de magazines ordinaires. À la fin d’une seule peinture avec mon style de peinture rapide, je m’inspire de sa représentation visuelle pour écrire le texte afin de transmettre mes sentiments, pensées et réflexions sur l’œuvre que j’ai créée.
Je combine la réalisation de peintures abstraites et l’écriture de textes pour saisir la nature de l’intersection entre la subjectivité de la nouvelle définition et l’objectivité du sens originel de l’objet. Alors que la transposition du Master of Arts est une continuation fondamentale de l’évolution traditionnelle des formes d’art occidentales, j’explore comment leurs traditions et philosophies de l’art occidentales nous donnent une signification significative pour la mondialisation de l’art non occidental pour un public plus large. Dans cette conjoncture du paysage multiculturel et diversifié de l’art contemporain, je vous demande ce que vous pensez de l’importance de découvrir des subjectivités délaissées. Mes interrogations portent sur le sens culturel, politique, social de la peinture et son sens en tant qu’organisme biologique possédant certaines capacités de multiplication contextuelle et de métabolisme intellectuel. Je crois que 1) l’art se situe entre deux perceptions qui sont à l’origine des pensées et des émotions ; 2) le mélange des identités culturelles pour lequel nous contribuons tous à des mouvements très calmes et clairs ; 3) les grandes idées ainsi que les grandes œuvres d’art viennent toutes de la question de savoir qui je suis et qui nous sommes.
2022 Gallery Gora, 2022 (solo), 279 Rue Sherbrooke O, Montréal, QC H2X 1Y2, Canada
2023 International Art Fair (group) 2023 ITSLIQUID GROUP, Palazzo Albrizzi – Capello, Cannaregio, F.TA SAN ANDREA 4118, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy
2023 Contemporary Venice (group) 2023 ITSLIQUID GROUP, Palazzo Albrizzi – Capello, Cannaregio, F.TA SAN ANDREA 4118, 30121 Venezia VE, Italy
2023 Contemporary London (group) 2023 ITSLIQUID GROUP, THE LINE Contemporary Art Space 253 Hoxton Street, London N1 5LG, United Kingdom
2024 RENOVART | 100 ARTISTS FOR THE FUTURE (group) 2024, Spazio Opera (Piazza Duomo, 14) & Lega Navale Italiana Sezione di Matera – Magna Grecia (Via Fiorentini, 107), MATERA, Italy
2024 Holy Art Gallery physical digital exhibition “Art On LOOP” Barcelona (July 29- 31st, 2024), CARRER SANT MARC 26, 08012, BARCELONA, Spain
2024 Holy Art Gallery physical exhibition in Paris (September 13-17 th, 2024), 46/48 Rue Notre Dame de Nazareth, 75003, Le Marais, Paris, France
2024 Tokyo International Art Festival 2024 (Nov 29 – 30, 2024), Bellesalle Roppongi, 7 Chome-18-18 Roppongi, Minato-ku, Tokyo, Japan
2024 Holy Art Gallery digital exhibition Art On Loop Toronto (December 16-18 th, 2024), 2104 Dundas Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M6R 1W9 Canada
2025 Clio Art Fair (May 2025), 520 W 24th st, NY 10011, Chelsea, New York City, USA
2025, Holy Art Gallery physical digital exhibition “Art On LOOP” Seoul (Feb 22-24, 2025), 38, Sowol-ro 44-gil, Yongsan-gu, Seoul (Itaewon-dong), South Korea
2025, the Royal Society of Arts, Augmented Society Network, (June 16 – Sept 14, 2025), ‘Creativity is the New Formula for Life’ multi-platform
exhibition, the Mayor’s Gallery at the Historic Fifth Street School, 401 S. 4th St. Las Vegas, USA
2025, New England Art Center & The Art Gallery (April, June, October 2025), 460 Harrison Ave., C-2, at SoWA Arts and Design District, USA
