Instant Forest
Jiwon Rhie
Image courtesy of the Artist
March 26 - April 19, 2021
NARS Project Space
NARS Foundation is excited to present Jiwon Rhie’s solo exhibition, Instant Forest.
Rhie’s Instant Forest, features a series of sculptures and installations made from shipping materials and images of customs forms sent from Korea by Rhie's mother. Rhie has been collecting these materials for four years. The title of the exhibition comes from a custom's google translate fail, when a shipping package of instant soup was delivered in her mother’s handwriting labeled "Instant Forest." Merging the reproduced image of the labels with everyday objects, Rhie explores ways to translate her narrative into visual language.
Jiwon Rhie is a Korean multidisciplinary artist based in Brooklyn. Her work deals with diverse subject matter exploring ideas of boundaries, human relationships, identity, and communication. She holds a BFA from Hongik University(10’ Visual Communication Design), Hannam University (14’ Fine Arts), and an MFA at Pratt Institute. Rhie has been selected in Bronx Museum 2021 AIM Fellowship, and her works have been exhibited in various group shows, including 12th Annual - Portal: Governors Island (Governors Island, NY), Real World (Tropical Contemporary, OR), PASSION. CONTINUED: A Wave of Peace from Korea to the World (Korean Cultural Center NY, NY). She has participated in the residency program of 4Heads AIR (Governors Island, NY), NARS Foundation (Brooklyn, NY), and Vermont Studio Center (Burlington, VT)
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