My printmaking series is about my childhood and self-rediscovery. Since embarking on the path of motherhood, I have enjoyed observing my children grow up, but feared for a while that I might lose myself as an artist. The burden of childcare always came to me unequally in the home, and I, as a mother in it, had to struggle with the childcare work to find my career. One day while flicking through my personal family photography album, I discovered my kids were reflection of my childhood and myself, so that my existence would never disappear. On my prints, the children are colorfully dressed, but their faces have no color. The child could be everyone to remind viewer’s childhood through my printmaking. My goal is to bring the concept of memory and time through my artwork. It depicts all kind of the inner emotional state through the child’s gestures, moods, memories and places. I believe that my works will be a bridge sharing “empathy” with people. Children become mirror.

 

About Artist
Jihoe Koo was born in Seoul, Korea and moved to France for her study. She earned Diplome from École Nationale Supérieure des Beaux–Arts, section de la gravure in Paris, France and MFA in printmaking from Sung-shin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea. She had solo exhibitions and has participated in numerous national and international exhibitions including the 5th Sapporo International Print Biennale Exhibitions, Sapporo, Japan (2000), Mentoring Program for Immigrant Artists Project, NYFA, New York (2010), Dumbo Arts Festival in Brooklyn, New York (2011), the 6th Governors Island Art Fair, New York (2013), NYFA Curatorial exhibition ‘ Borderless: In Perspective’ curated by David Terry, Germany, Berlin (2017), ‘We The People’ curated by Heng-Gil Han and initiated by KAFNY, Ozaneaux ArtSpace, New York (2018), Branch to Branch projects at New York Public Library (2017-2019) and Studio Anise showroom Art Series Exhibition Curating Project, New York (2019).  Jihoe Koo is a New York based artist whose work spans multiple media from printmaking, sculpture, illustration and installation art.