Soo Hong – Silk Painting (Online); Wednesdays, November 8-December 6, 2023 (no class November 22)

Date: Wednesdays, November 8-December 6, 2023 (no class November 22)
Time: 10:00 AM-12:30 PM Pacific Time, 1:00-3:30 PM Eastern Time, 6:00-8:30 PM London Time
Level: All
Medium: Acrylic, watercolor, gouache and/or dry pigment

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This workshop is a unique opportunity to paint on a translucent silk-like surface. We are familiar with ink-wash painting when we think of Asian art, but color painting started before that. There are different styles, materials and names, depending on each country – CheSaekHwa(Korean), Nihonga(Japanese), Gonghua(Chinese), and Tranh lụa(Vietnam). Inspired by these traditions, I will show you how to create color paintings from simple materials such as watercolor and acrylic medium. You are free to add gouache or dry pigments as well.

This workshop will show you how to prepare your own silk-like canvas and how to paint on this surface. You will learn how to trace images and paint intricately and loosely while being inspired by the history of Asian color paintings.

Soo Hong is a visual artist whose work explores issues surrounding cultural identity. Having lived and exhibited in places around the world, including, London, Shanghai, her native South Korea, and now the U.S., her experience of varying cultural norms and expectations has precipitated her observational practice. Her paintings represent an unbound freedom of expression released of any formal adherence to a determined identity.

Her work has been shown in galleries around the world, and she has been awarded grants from D&AD (London), GAP (Seattle), Bellevue Arts Program (Bellevue) and was a finalist for the Neddy Awards (Seattle). She had her solo shows in Seattle at Linda Hodges Gallery and AMcE Creative Arts gallery. Her work is part of the permanent collections at the Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, the
city of Bellevue, and the city of Portland. She created public art installations for Redmond Lights, Odessa Children’s Hospital (Seattle), and The Vera Project (Seattle). www.soo-hong.com