차명희 Korean b.1947

Cha Myung Hi is best known for her instinctive and performative paintings that stand between the abstract and realistic with her signature painting style.

In her previous charcoal series, she first applies gesso on canvas to which she promptly draws with charcoal before it dries, limiting her time frame of being able to create the strokes. However, these dynamic movements of rapid fluidity originate from her unconsciousness that resemble lyrical swiftness in music.

She had previously showcased her high caliber of technique by stroking the charcoal instantly on Hanji paper, traditional paper made of mulberry pulp and water, which could easily be ruined at once if the artist does not have the fine set of patient skills of expressing the strokes with meticulous timing. She has now boldly transitioned into Western mediums of acrylic and charcoal on canvas. Cha Myung Hi’s motifs often spring from the questioning of her inner heart throughout her works, capturing what one cannot express in language. In her recent works, she injects more color into her paintings which creates a dynamic new shift in her artistic practice.

Cha Myung Hi stands as one of the few crucial female artists who represents the development of Korean arts expressing the nature, eternity, and reflection of the inner self rooted in orient experience, paving the way to creating unique works.

Combining a mixture of both Western and Oriental aspects, Cha Myung Hi deliberately produces art that possesses each counterpart. Through her paintings, Cha presents a strong philosophy of Korean art derived from her inner soul, and at the same time, her choice of the medium of adopting Western materials bring a distinctive aspect as well. She orchestrates colors and strokes on the canvas as if a musician plays an impromptu performance which invites us to observe her works just as we would enjoy a spontaneous musical experience.

주요 개인전

2017  숲으로 가다, 아트센터 화이트블럭, 파주

2014  스페이스 몸 미술관, 청주

2014  갤러리 한옥, 서울

2012  갤러리 로얄, 서울

2011  통인 갤러리, 서울

2005  동산방 갤러리 / 금호미술관, 서울

2003  금산 갤러리, 서울

2003  갤러리 리즈, 남양주

2003  고바야시 갤러리, 동경

2003  오사카 부립 현대 미술 센터, 오사카

2000  금호 미술관, 서울

단체전 

2019  수묵정신, 전북도립미술관, 완주 

2018  오늘의 여성미술전, 양평군립미술관, 양평

2016  한국화추상작가 6인전 : 어제와 오늘, 안상철미술관, 양주

2015  장소를 품다-회령, 스페이스 몸 미술관, 청주

2015  한국정신, 그림손갤러리, 서울 / 강릉시립미술관, 강릉

2015  홍콩호텔아트페어, 홍콩

2014  Korean Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Taipei, 타이페이

2014  현대 여성작가 16인의 시선, 조선일보 미술관, 서울

2012  화이부동, 갤러리 화이트블럭, 파주 헤이리

2010  정림리를 거닐다, 박수근미술관, 양구

2009  신오도감전, 서울시립미술관, 서울