Meet Under the Sun: A Dialogue from Afar
A Duo Exhibition by Artist Kim Jae-Kwon and Picture Book Author Gajikkot
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Exhibition Period: July 6 – July 25, 2026
A Dialogue Across Disparate Times and Spaces — Father and daughter bound by a shared creative DNA.
While opposite sides of the Earth experience alternating cycles of day and night, from a cosmic perspective, day and night perpetually coexist as light and shadow. Residing in South Korea, established artist Kim Jae-Kwon, and residing in the United States, picture book author Gajikkot, have each followed their own artistic trajectories within disparate times and spaces; yet, they are a father and daughter intimately linked through a shared creative DNA. Transcending physical distance, the dialogue they have quietly shared through artistic inspiration and emotional resonance now finally converges within a single space through this exhibition.
Kim Jae-Kwon earned his Ph.D. from the University of Paris-VIII in France. Absorbing the philosophical thoughts of Gilles Deleuze during his time there, he has spent decades developing his own highly original framework known as the "Hybridismic Signal System." Grounded in this system, he derives visual expressions of the universe, nature, humans, life, objects, and shapes, while embodying his profound artistic worldview on the canvas. The drawings featured in this exhibition similarly convey a vital, dynamic energy through the signalized formative language that permeates his entire body of work, offering a profound sense of liberation rooted in primal innocence and free expression.
Picture book author Gajikkot, looking at the world through the perspective of connection, growth, and the Circle of Existence, infuses her books with warm and heartfelt stories and artwork. This exhibition introduces the digital original illustrations from her picture book, Meet Under the Sun. Through the daily life of a child growing up in a Korean immigrant family in the United States, this work evokes the memory of longed-for loved ones who remain interconnected despite being far away. It whispers a comforting message that no matter where we are in the world, we are ultimately living together under the same sun and upon the same single Earth. Alongside the exhibition, an artist-led Author Talk by Gajikkot will be held on July 7 at 10:00 AM. It will offer a deeply meaningful opportunity to listen firsthand to the stories behind her published picture books and the multifaceted journeys of life embedded within them.