Where the Mountain Whispers (산이 속삭이는 곳 · Sani Soksagineun Got)

“Where the Mountain Whispers” is a nine-part reflection on the artist’s childhood shaped by the natural and spiritual rhythms of Korea — especially the mystic slopes of Inwangsan. These works are not memories, but emotional echoes: cool naetga streams, wind that carried the presence of mudang, playful brushes with dokkaebi, and the watchful silence of Chima Bawi.
Layered in Obangsaek, the traditional Korean five-color spectrum, each painting becomes a breath of place, spirit, and story. Some whisper joy. Others whisper longing. All of them speak from the space between the seen and the felt, where culture is not performed, but lived — in sunlight, in laughter, in rocks that speak without sound.