Hong Mihee South Korean, b. 1982

Hong Mihee is an artist who has been researching ‘low relief painting,’ capturing moments that inspire the artist using the most basic elements of line and color. Departing from the conventional way of seeing images with a biased perspective, Hong Mihee’s approach to landscapes begins with perceiving the landscape in the frame from an unfamiliar perspective. Throughout her artistic process, she delves into the meaning of art through the traces and presence that emerge, exploring the fundamental relationship between life and art. Born in 1982, Hong Mihee majored in Western painting at Sungshin Women's University Graduate School and has built her career as an artist through various exhibitions and residencies.

Hong Mihee’s ‘low relief painting’ takes on a sculptural form distinct from flat paintings that express depth through brush texture, color, and overlapping brushstrokes. Using a unique classification system closely tied to her research, the artist manufactures colors and repetitively layers paper boards onto the canvas. Thin paper boards serve the role of paint, imparting depth and dimensionality to the canvas. Unlike flat paintings composed on a single surface, viewers can appreciate the artwork from various perspectives through the layers stacked on the canvas, allowing for an interactive viewing experience.