Past Exhibition · Summer 2026

Summer,
at the Pond

“The lotus blooms from the mud yet stays unstained. I hung that heart here for a season.”

Saiam · personally curated
7 works
Summer, at the Pond
The works — one at a time, slowly
Lotus Pond and Birds (蓮池水禽圖)
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Lotus Pond and Birds (蓮池水禽圖)

Color on hanji · 180 × 88 cm · 2024

Mandarin ducks drift over a pond full of lotus blossoms — the signature work hung at this museum's entrance.

Source — Hansaiam · entrance piece

“The painting she held onto longest. She layered it again and again, they say, so each leaf would soak up the season.”

Every Moment, a Flower Bud
02

Every Moment, a Flower Bud

Color on hanji · 38 × 60 cm · 2024

Peonies in a jar, inscribed with the line 'every moment, a flower bud.'

Source — Folk painting · peony
Dazzlingly Bright
03

Dazzlingly Bright

Color on hanji · 45 × 57 cm · 2023

White magnolias just opening. 'Cheering you on toward a dazzling tomorrow.'

Source — Folk painting · magnolia
Psalm 23 · Lotus Pond
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Psalm 23 · Lotus Pond

Color on hanji · 170 × 62 cm · 2024

The Lord is my shepherd — a grand work where calligraphy and lotus meet on a single sheet.

Source — Psalm 23
Life, a Picnic
05

Life, a Picnic

Color on hanji · 58 × 50 cm · 2024

'On this picnic called life, I am happy to have met you.' A dragonfly above the lotus.

Source — A variation on Cheon Sang-byeong's 'Back to Heaven'
Jehovah Shalom
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Jehovah Shalom

Ink and color on hanji · 95 × 56 cm · 2024

'Peace be with you. Do not be afraid.' The name of the altar Gideon built — Jehovah Shalom, the Lord is peace.

Source — Judges 6:23–24

“A work also used as an exhibition banner. With one broad sweep of the brush, she poured peace into the single word 'shalom,' they say.”

Asking the Azaleas
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Asking the Azaleas

Ink and color on hanji · 35 × 100 cm · 2023

She asks the bird chirping at the window after the mountains — are the azaleas in full bloom?

Source — Poem · written by Hansaiam