Artist Oh Ji Yoon is a graduate of the Graduate School of Fine Arts at Hongik University, with a focus on research on materials and techniques.

 

Her characteristic style is made by layering birchwood and hemp fibers overlapping six to 7 times, followed by her signature bold colours and completed by delicate gold leaves. The exaggerated layering of materials makes Oh's artwork famously heavier than other paintings.  

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The technique required to work with gold leaves is a very sensitive and delicate process requiring Oh to work with a clean and restrained mind, a state she obtains from the ultimate power of immersion from the "danjeon". Danjeon is a form of meditation rooted in traditional Korean practice, based on breathing designed to enhance one's level of psychic energy.

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Oh Ji Yoons works convey a feeling of elegance, principle and a clean life. The artist's meditative techniques of incorporating repetition in her techniques, representing nature in her materials, and deep monochromatic colours and intuitive, monotonous repetitive lines express human selflessness, a tranquility and zen that resonates throughout her work.