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Su A Chae

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Thank you everyone who braved the construction and the increased foot traffic on campus to be present for the the opening reception of “Rhythm and Pattern” the new group show in Space 204!

We were fortunate to have three of the four artists at the event - Alex, Alex, and Lance (who drove from North Carolina for the opening) it was wonderful to see you all in the gallery and to hear about your work. Thank you for fielding audience questions as well.

We know you couldn’t be here this evening Su A but we are honored to host your work in the gallery for the next month!

“Rhythm and Pattern” is free and open to the public and will be in view through November 19, 2026. Regular Gallery hours are Mondays thru Thursday 10am to 4:00pm; Fridays 10am to 3:30pm. Space 204 does close for the university Fall Break and Univeristy recognized federal holidays.

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@vuartsci taken in E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center by @sua_chae

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Space 204 is proud to present “Rhythm and Pattern” the new group exhibtion exploring abstraction featuring works from Alex Lockwood, Su A Chae, Lance Turner, and Alex Blau.

Join us for the opening reception today from 3pm to 5pm on the second floor of the EBI Studio Arts Center. Be mindful of the active construction in progress around us - but WE ARE OPEN and excited to have you see the work in person!

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#space204 #vanderbiltstudioarts #vuartsci #arts #artsproject taken in E. Bronson Ingram Studio Arts Center by @sua_chae

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celestial screen no. 2
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#ilwolobongdo #painting #contemporarypaintings by @sua_chae

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🏆 First Place | Fables in Form International Juried Exhibition

Su A Chae, A Move Under the Tail, 2025, Acrylic and molding paste on canvas, 36 x 36 in (First Place)
Su A Chae, Secret Bath, 2023, Acrylic and molding paste on canvas, 36 x 36 in (Third Place)

Su A Chae @sua_chae is a South Korea-born artist currently living and working in Arkansas in the United States. Her painting navigates questions of identity and belonging through balance, negotiating symmetry and visibility. Before transitioning to art in the United States, Chae worked in accounting academia in South Korea, where she developed an understanding of how accounting systems reduce information asymmetry and moral hazard in capital society. This background informs her examination of asymmetrical balance through paradoxical spatial propositions and form of ambivalence associated with cultural identity. Drawing from lived experience shaped by movement across cultural contexts and subtle references to minhwa, Korean folk painting, Chae employes visual languages that include the interplay of symmetry and asymmetry, patterns, arches, fragmentation, openings and closures, gradation, and molded textures. In her painting, belonging and balance function as ongoing process of resistance and recalibration—one that allows difference, contradiction, and tension to remain active rather than resolved.

🌐 Website: https://sites.google.com/view/su-a-chae

✨ Follow @asianartcontemporary for the full interview with Su A Chae and discover more inspiring stories of contemporary Asian artists!

#suachae#fablesinform #internationaljuriedexhibition #asianartcontemporary #painting by @sua_chae

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Better late than never — a few moments from KAME 2026 in South Korea. I’m grateful for the opportunity to present my research, “Collaborating Mural Painting as Inclusive Pedagogy,” and to connect with so many inspiring people. 🤓🔎
📷: @artedunow taken in 국립국제교육원(Niied) by @sua_chae

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It was such a delight seeing @dominicmangila and experiencing his stunning work @hiveartfair.official in Seoul. Grateful for the conversations, the reconnection, and the inspiring art. ✨🎨 by @sua_chae

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Truly honored and grateful to be featured in Array Issue 4 by @booooooom alongside so many incredible artists. Many thanks to @booooooom for the thoughtful curation.💛
Here are a few spreads from my interview, plus glimpses of work by some of the other artists in the issue ✨ by @sua_chae

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A Move Under the Tail
Acrylic and molding paste on canvas
36 x 36 inches
2025 by @sua_chae

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Artist Su A Chae @sua_chae holds a BA and MA in Business from Ewha Womans University in South Korea. After relocating to the United States, Chae transitioned to the arts, earning her MFA in Painting from Indiana University. She is currently an Assistant Professor of Painting at the University of Arkansas. One of the ideas Chae encountered in accounting academia related to information asymmetry and moral hazards. Her interest in how systems manage asymmetry and visibility has carried over into her painting. For Chae, balance is a site of resistance rather than neutrality. Creating paradoxical spatial propositions and working with contextual ambiguity, Chae creates a visual field that is simultaneously familiar and unsettled.⁠
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“The work emerges from lived experience shaped by movement across cultural contexts, where belonging is continually recalibrated rather than assumed. Balance, in this sense, is not a static condition but an active process—maintained through adjustment, negotiation, and care. Drawing from subtle references to Korean cultural memory—including tiger patterns derived from minhwa, traditional Korean folk painting—I layer figural elements, patterns, and fragmented forms into dense visual compositions.”⁠
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See more from Su A Chae on our site. Link in bio. by @sua_chae

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