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That which remains
Trace the quiet echoes of memory with artist, Bora Jeong
For Bora Jeong, memory is not a fixed imprint of the past but a dynamic, living process that continuously shapes how we feel, see, and move through the world. Her art does not simply recount what has already happened. Instead, it traces the evolving emotional landscapes of memory as they shift, distort, soften, and reassert themselves over time. While she once tried to suppress the weight of these memories, confronting them through her work has enabled something more honest and transformative to emerge.
Bora’s paintings are shaped through a deeply intuitive process that reflects the nonlinear nature of memory. Time accumulates on her canvases in the form of layered brushstrokes, repeated lines, and overlapping textures. These gestures speak to the way memories are pushed aside, reprocessed, and then reborn in new emotional configurations. Her use of color becomes its own language, where red expresses both passion and pain, ink signifies quiet introspection, blue offers moments of tranquility and hope, and coral introduces a sense of energy, change, and connection. Beyond the aesthetic, each hue becomes a container for emotional traces, carefully placed and thoughtfully felt.
Rather than documenting specific memories, Bora visualizes the underlying mechanisms that govern how memory lives and moves within us. Her paintings exist at the threshold between abstraction and figuration, their apparent simplicity carrying a quiet depth that draws the viewer inward. Her works whisper us an invitation to listen closely and notice what stirs in the sacred spaces between color, form, and texture.
Living and working in Seoul, Bora has long been aware of how urban life can press down on inner feeling, speeding up time and making it difficult to pause. Against that backdrop, her practice offers an intentional slowing down. She chooses to pay attention to what lingers beneath the surface, to the feelings that are not always easy to name, and to the moments that may otherwise slip away unnoticed. Initially rooted in personal reflection, her practice has gradually expanded into a broader exploration of emotional resonance. She now sees her canvas as a space not just for individual healing, but for shared understanding. In these compositions, others have recognized their own moments of silence, disorientation, tenderness, and release.
Her works are not built quickly. Each one unfolds through a process of careful layering, where every stroke is an act of return and every overlap suggests the delicate balance between presence and impermanence. By accepting imperfection, she has found a way to hold space for emotions that might otherwise be buried, transforming fear, vulnerability, and loneliness into softness, stillness, and quiet power.
Bora does not paint what memory once was. She paints what memory does, how it continues to move through us, and how it gently shapes the people we become. Her canvases are not just surfaces to be viewed, but spaces to be felt. In their stillness, they invite us to pause, to reflect, and to recognize that even the softest trace of emotion can carry the deepest meaning.
