KOO JIYOON: SILVER

This publication is a collection of a solo exhibition of KOO Jiyoon, published for her solo show at ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL from April 23 to June 7, 2025.

KOO Jiyoon (b. 1982) has long explored the urban landscape of Seoul, translating its impressions and emotions into the language of abstract painting. Silver, the title of the exhibition, symbolizes both light and time—two core elements that underpin KOO Jiyoon’s continued exploration of the city and the medium of painting. Silver functions as both a surface and a reflector, returning light to the viewer. It is less a word that denotes silver itself, and more a symbol that evokes the fact that light and time are inherent in all colors. Through gestures of layering, covering, and revealing, the surface becomes a “site where time has seeped in”—a visual field imbued with duration and presence.