Ji Won Cha

Born 1997 in Seoul, Korea

Lives and works in London, UK

Ji Won Cha earned her BFA in Painting from Rhode Island School of Design and her MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art. Her painting focuses on re-articulating the sublime in the 21st century. This re-articulation concentrates on what evokes the feeling of sublimity and finds a way to process these complex emotions of uncertainties that hold a place both in our personal lives and in a bigger construction of society. Emphasizing the circumstances of “unknown” and of “loss of control”, her paintings are dedicated to capturing the contradicting feelings of hope and despair, constantly questioning the existence of fate. In 2024, she was shortlisted for the Artsy foundations prize, and in 2023, she was shortlisted for the Jackson’s Painting Prize. Ji Won’s work can be found in the collections of the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the RISD Special Collection at the Fleet Library, Rhode Island School of Design, in Providence.

EDUCATION

2023 MA Painting, Royal College of Art, London, UK

2020 BFA Painting, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, US

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2025 ‘A Third hand’, Hurst Contemporary, London, UK (Group)

2024 ‘An Eternity from now’, Baert Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (Solo)

2024 ‘Memory Concourse’, Thierry Goldberg Gallery, NYC, USA (Group_

2024 Untitled Art Fairs, Latitude Gallery, Miami Beach, USA 

2023 ‘Transcendence’, Gate 45, Dubai, UAE (Group)

2023 ‘Now Introducing’, Studio West, London, UK (Group)

2023 ‘Summer Fling’, L.U.P.O-Lorenzelli Projects, Milan, Italy (Group)

2023 ‘Detour’, Gallery Func, Shanghai, China (Group)

2023 ‘In bloom’, Victoria law projects, London, UK (Group)

2023 ‘Dungeons and Daydreams’, Wilder Gallery, London, UK (Duo)

2023 ‘Look Mum No Hands’, BeAdvisors Art, London, UK (Group)

2023 ‘Two by Two’, BWG Gallery, London, UK (Group)