Cuesta College gallery presents ‘Inner Landscape’ by Sung Won Yun
Exhibition runs Sept. 4 through Oct. 17 at Cuesta College
– The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery at Cuesta College will present Inner Landscape, a solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Sung Won Yun, opening Sept. 4 and running through Oct. 17.
The exhibition explores connections between memory, nature, and time through graphite, ink, watercolor, acrylic, and photography.
“Inspired by geological formations and plant growth, Yun’s detailed, layered compositions merge the cosmic and the microscopic,” said Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery Coordinator Tim Stark. “Influenced by traditional Korean aesthetics and Buddhist philosophy, her art balances control and spontaneity with layers that suggest the passage of time, inviting viewers to reflect on the unseen ecological, temporal, and emotional forces shaping their experiences.”
An opening reception will be held Thursday, Sept. 4, from 4:30-7:30 p.m. at the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery. An artist talk is set for 6 p.m. in the Humanities Forum Room 6304. The talk will also be livestreamed at bit.ly/sungwonyun.
Sung Won Yun is a New York City–based visual artist born in Seoul, Korea, in 1977. After completing her Bachelor and Master of Fine Arts in painting in Korea, she earned a second Master of Fine Arts at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, in 2010.
Yun has presented eleven solo exhibitions and participated in numerous group exhibitions since 1999. Recent solo shows include Howard Yezerski Gallery (Boston, 2021), Helen J. Gallery (Los Angeles, 2021), and Narthex Gallery at St. Peter’s Church (New York, 2019). Her next solo exhibition is at the Anderson Yezerski Gallery in Boston in 2026.
Her achievements include the Traveling Scholarship from the School of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston (2012), an Artist Fellowship from the Terra Foundation for American Art (2010), and first prize in the Yousuf Karsh Prize in Photography (2010). She has been awarded residencies at PLAYA, The Cooper Union School of Art, Helen Wurlitzer Foundation, Terra Summer Residency, and others.
Yun’s artistic practice began with an inquiry into the cycle of life. She grew plants from seed in Petri dishes and recorded changes from germination to death. Organic shapes from those records became motifs in her early works. She later focused on the dynamism created by recurring cycles of life and death. Her works aim to revoke congeries of beings by the dynamism of organisms, with congeries representing a homogenization of heterogeneous beings; upon accumulation, individual heterogeneity is absorbed into an inseparable whole while, at a microscale, preserving its own meaning.
The Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery is in Room 7170 on the San Luis Obispo campus of Cuesta College. Admission is free, and parking is complimentary in Lot 2 during gallery events. Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., and by appointment.
For more information, visit the Harold J. Miossi Art Gallery webpage or contact Gallery Coordinator Tim Stark at timothy_stark@cuesta.edu
or (805) 546-3202.
