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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.

@sua_chae
@laaaaance
@alexblau1999
@alexlockwood
@vanderbilt.art
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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!

@alexlockwood
@sua_chae
@laaaaance
@alexblau1999

@vanderbilt.art
@vuartsci

#space204 #vanderbiltstudioarts #vuartsci #arts #artsproject

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Thank you @uarkart for hosting me this week! 🌟
It has been such an honor and pleasure getting to share my work and @wassaicproject with your community.
Huge thanks to all of the students and faculty for generously opening up their studios for me and sharing their work. Special thanks to @sua_chae for their support, leadership, professionalism, and for inviting me down to Arkansas. I will come back literally anytime for anything 💜 (thanks for the goofy pictures during my artist talk too! Who knew I was such a muppet when I talked?!)

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Thanks to everyone who came out for First Friday! Special thanks to Janine Wong for awarding her top picks of Surface Impressions: Coloratura, Su A Chae for the great artist talk on "Neither Flying Nor Crying," and Tom Meyers for the live figure drawing demo. Mark your calendars September 4th for the next First Friday at LUX! 🫶

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August is here! Check out some of the exciting happenings at LUX this week:

• First Friday at LUX – August 7, 5-8 pm – Join us for the Opening Reception of "Neither Flying Nor Crying" by Su A Chae in the Easy Gallery, the continuation of Surface Impressions: Coloratura in the West Gallery, and a Plein Air Drawing pop-up exhibition by Tom Meyers in the Wake Gallery.

• Juror Talk & Awards Announcement – August 7, 5-9 pm – Janine Wong discusses her selections and award winners from Surface Impressions: Coloratura. She'll be at LUX from 5-6:30 pm, then Constellation Studios from 7-9 pm.

• Artist Talk with Su A Chae – August 7 – Join Su A Chae for an artist talk during First Friday, diving into the work behind "Neither Flying Nor Crying."

• Live Figure Drawing Demo & Exhibition – August 7, 5-8 pm – Stop by the Community Gallery for a live figure drawing demo with Tom Meyers, alongside a group exhibition featuring work from Tom and students of his figure drawing class.

• Coloratura Game – August 8, 10 am–12 pm – Join Janine at LUX for a playful card game she designed that invites players to explore the relationships between colors through matching, sequencing, and creating color connections. Perfect for ages 8+, this free event is open to the public and encourages observation, conversation, and creativity.

• The Shape of Color – August 8, 3-5 pm – Join Janine at Constellation Studios for a free presentation on her inventive approach to printmaking and her ongoing exploration of color.

We also have new classes and workshops running in August, including Plein Air Workshop, Father's Day Trophy Workshop, Book Binding, Porcelain Jewelry and more. Visit www.luxcenter.org to see the full lineup of what's coming up!

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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

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IU painters in Seoul !!! Lovely to hang out with the amazing painter Su A Chae at the Hive Art Fair

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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 ✨

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Issue 4 of ARRAY is here! Our digital magazine is available to download! Congrats to all the featured artists and photographers.

If you open it with the Books app on your phone or tablet you can flip through the images and interviews! Link in B I O 🔗

Featured artists:

@alexandre.morelli.photo
@johnalexsecond
@ina_koenigs
@beb_siegl
@offen1645
@gideontsang
@cassadymoll.studio
@blakemasi
@little.pilgrim
@ealopia
@sua_chae
@spinningtosublime
@frank_a_unger
@willsertorio
@alfonso_bricegno
@ruwanteodros
@hjung_jung
@barbaragabriellee
@jjonathanevans
@wes.bob
@christominika
Phoenix Kanada

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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.

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I've spent this semester working with @sua_chae and her students at the University of Arkansas School of Art teaching how I paint my murals! This is the first large scale piece that the students have designed and painted, Tiger Twist! Be sure to stop by the Pumphouse Community Art Wall to see it in person. We have another mural lined up, can't wait to show you sneak peeks of what's ahead!

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