Daun Suh's Painting Practice Explores Perception, Memory, and the Threshold of Visibility

Daun Suh, a painter originally from South Korea and now based in Chicago, delves into themes of presence and absence in her artwork. She holds an MFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Influenced by her childhood experiences of feeling misunderstood, Suh's pieces highlight emotional tensions and shifts in atmosphere. The darkness present in her art enhances clarity, while her technique involves layering, erasing, and revising with materials such as oil paint, charcoal powder, and hand-dyed linen. Her personal background, including ancestral death rituals and battles with depression, shapes her examination of visibility and invisibility. The painting "This is not here" signifies a move towards ambiguity, and Suh intends to expand her material exploration into installations, integrating daily observations into her work.