| Brooklyn, New York, Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art | | | | Most recently, Ms. Kwak exhibited an installation at |
| presents Times Composed, Sun K. Kwak's | | | | a group show at Mixed Greens Gallery in Chelsea |
| signature medium of expression masking tape | | | | entitled Synthetic Supernova. |
| drawings, are meditative studies of the | | | | Ch'i Contemporary Fine Art, established in |
| surrounding environment, a dialog between the | | | | Williamsburg, Brooklyn in 1999 and directed by |
| spiritual and natural forces that we struggle to | | | | Tracy Causey-Jeffery is committed to exhibiting |
| reconcile culture-wide. On the surface, the | | | | vibrant contemporary art by living artists: both |
| installations are beautiful melodic drawings | | | | mid-career and emerging. Ch'i exhibits works in |
| containing rhythms and momentum resembling | | | | two distinct styles: abstract, textural or |
| improvisational works of art. Yet, recalling the | | | | fragmented figurative. Ch'i hosts 11-15 exhibitions |
| psychic convolutions of surrealist automatism, | | | | annually with their artists coming from across |
| each work is a reaction to the environment's qi | | | | America, Asia, Europe and South America. In |
| (life force). Tapping into the architecture's history | | | | addition to its own exhibitions, Ch'i participates |
| and former dwellers, Ms. Kwak provides a visual | | | | annually in at least 3 international fairs. In 2007, |
| clue into the hidden yet apparent energy within | | | | the gallery participated in Fountain NY and the |
| each space. | | | | Bridge Art Fairs in Chicago, London, and Miami. In |
| Born in Seoul, Korea, Sun K. Kwak lives and | | | | 2008, Chi participated in the first Bridge New York |
| works in New York City. Her wall drawings are | | | | art fair in March. Additionally, Ch'i and its artists |
| permanently installed in public and private spaces | | | | have been published in Art World News, NY Arts |
| in the US and abroad. In 2007, the curatorial team | | | | Magazine, Art Forum, Art News, Block Magazine, |
| of the Leeum Museum in Korea commissioned Ms. | | | | New York Times, The Village Voice, New York |
| Kwak for a major public art project installed in the | | | | Sun, LA Times, Korea Times and Art and |
| new Samsung Life Building's lobby in Seoul. While | | | | Antiques among others. Gallery artists are included |
| her smaller masking tape on panel and ink on | | | | in the permanent collections of Cantor Fitzgerald, |
| paper works can be found in private collections | | | | The Musee Elysée, The Museum of the |
| around the United States. Sun has also exhibited | | | | City of New York, MOMA, the Whitney Museum, |
| at the Total Museum in Seoul, the House of World | | | | Exxon Energy, Hong Kong Museum of Art, the |
| Culture Berlin, Salvatore Ferragamo Gallery, ARCO | | | | Bank of China, the Kohler Company, The New |
| Sala Alcala`31 in Madrid, the Hyundai Window | | | | York Public Library, The University of Maryland, |
| Gallery, The 6th Gwangju Biennale, The Drawing | | | | Healthlink, the Kimbell Museum, the National Gallery |
| Center, The Queens Museum of Art, The Queens | | | | of Australia, The Houston Museum and the |
| Museum at Bulova Center, and The Seoul City | | | | Klutznick National Jewish Museum among others. |
| Museum. Sun received her MFA from New York | | | | Ch'i director, Tracy Causey-Jeffery received her |
| University and BFA from Sook Myung University | | | | masters in art history from the University of |
| in Seoul, Korea. In 2006, she was a recipient of | | | | London after interning at Sotheby's auction house |
| the Pollack-Krasner Grant. She has participated in | | | | in New York City. Prior to opening Ch'i, she owned |
| artist residencies at PS.122 Project Studio, an | | | | and operated The Finer Side Galleries in Maryland |
| Artist Alliance, and the Henry Street Settlement. | | | | and Washington, D.C. for 7 years. |