CHIU SeongEun LEE

ABOUT

CHIU SeongEun LEE portrait

For me, painting is an act of listening —

listening to silence, to the body, to memories that do not speak in words.

It is a place where I return to myself, again and again, with gentleness.

My background in healthcare and cognitive-behavioural therapy has shaped the way I observe and express the invisible layers of human experience — in particular, care, pain, fragility, and resilience.

I often begin with a question: What does it mean to be truly present with another?

To touch, or to be touched?

I work with materials that carry both symbolic and bodily resonance: gauze, flesh-toned acrylics, layered hand shapes, quiet transparencies.

These elements speak of healing, but also of what we conceal or keep in silence.