Sangha Yoon, Tja Ling Hu, Yang-ha: Boundaries: The Coping Individual

Opening Reception: 3-6PM, 22 November 2025

In an era when emotional, cultural, and psychological boundaries are continually redrawn by migration, memory, and the accelerating flow of images, Boundaries: The Coping Individual brings together three artists who examine the fragile lines that shape human experience. Through their works, boundaries emerge as emotional and psychological terrains, continually reshaped, challenging our sense of stability and belonging. The artists embrace this uncertainty, dwelling within the in-between, not in resistance, but with a quiet readiness to navigate its shifting depths.

Tja Ling Hu (b. 1987) paints symbolic, time-suspended scenes that resemble revelatory dreams, seeking to surface what lies buried within us. Her works invite viewers into their own subconscious rather than unfolding in linear stories. Through layered symbolism, she retrieves the solemn and universal moments of human experience, transforming them into deeply introspective images.

Sangha Yoon (b. 1995) examines the fragile boundary between perception and imagination. Scratches, covered marks, and rough textures disturb the soft surfaces of his paintings, giving form to what he calls the “contaminated illusion” of reality. Within these traces, purity and pain, hope and resignation coexist. The recurring boy figure reflects the self, symbolizing an inner resolve to preserve light amid the anxieties of our time.

Yang Ha (b. 1994) engages most directly with the visual language of our era - media imagery and cartoon symbolism. Clouds, explosions, and teddy bears act as dual symbols - at once playful and anxious. In her paintings, purity and destruction coexist and seem to implode under the weight of tension, anxiety, and the relentless overflow of media imagery. In her hands, violence becomes a pastel blur, tragedy turns childlike, and beauty conceals unease.

Together, these artists reinterpret boundaries not as lines of separation but as spaces of negotiation and coexistence. Their works map an emotional cartography of how individuals survive, adapt, and redefine themselves within visible and invisible borders. In Boundaries, painting becomes a quiet act of resilience. An enduring gesture amid an ever-shifting world.