KOO Jiyoon, Silver

ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL is pleased to present Silver, a solo exhibition by KOO Jiyoon (b. 1982, Korea), on view from April 23 (Wed) to June 7 (Sat), 2025. KOO has consistently translated impressions and emotions drawn from the everyday urban landscape of cities—including Seoul—into the language of abstract painting. In her work, the ever-rising and collapsing buildings, roads, and densely packed artificial structures are envisioned as biological organisms—living entities that undergo cycles of birth and decay. Through this lens, she expresses a sense of empathy for the city, destined to remain only in memory, like all organic beings that inevitably fade away. This exhibition features 21 recent and new paintings by the artist. Centered around the thematic key of Silver, the show explores the temporality of the city through a rich spectrum of painterly expression.