The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College is proud to present Inner Landscape, a solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Sung Won Yun, opening on September 4 and running through October 17.
The exhibition explores the connections between memory, nature and time through graphite, ink, watercolor, acrylic and photography.
“Inspired by geological formations and plant growth, Yun’s detailed, layered compositions merge the cosmic and the microscopic,” said Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery Coordinator Tim Stark. “Influenced by traditional Korean aesthetics and Buddhist philosophy, her art balances control and spontaneity with layers that suggest the passage of time, inviting viewers to reflect on the unseen ecological, temporal and emotional forces shaping their experiences.”
An opening reception will be held on Thursday, September 4, from 4:30–7:30 p.m. at the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery. The event will include an artist talk at 6 p.m. in the Humanities Forum Room 6304. The talk will also be livestreamed at bit.ly/sungwonyun.
Sung Won Yun is a New York City–based visual artist born in Seoul, Korea, in 1977. After completing her Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts in painting in Korea, she earned a second Master of Fine Arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 2010.
Yun has presented eleven solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1999. Recent solo shows include Howard Yezerski Gallery (Boston, 2021), Helen J. Gallery (Los Angeles, 2021), and Narthex Gallery at St. Peter’s Church (New York, 2019). Her next solo exhibition is at the Anderson Yezerski Gallery in Boston (2026).
Her artistic achievements include the Traveling Scholarship from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2012), an Artist Fellowship from the Terra Foundation for American Art (2010), and first prize in the Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography (2010). She has also been awarded residencies at PLAYA, The Cooper Union School of Art, Helen Wurlitzer Foundation, Terra Summer Residency and more.
Yun’s artistic journey started from her curiosity about the continuous cycle of life. She grew plants from the seed in Petri dishes, recording the changes from germination to death. The organic shapes from the record were the main motifs in her early works. She then became interested in the dynamism created by the recurring cycle of life and death. Her works aim to revoke congeries of beings by the dynamism of organisms, as the congeries represent a homogenization of heterogeneous beings; upon accumulation, individual heterogeneity is melted into the inseparable whole, while at a microscale, it preserves its own meaning.
The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery is in Room 7170 on the San Luis Obispo campus of Cuesta College. Admission is free, and parking is complimentary in Lot 2 during gallery events. Regular gallery hours are Monday through Friday, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., and by appointment. For more information, please visit the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery webpage or contact Miossi Art Gallery Coordinator Tim Stark at [email protected] or (805) 546-3202.