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Kelly Haejung Paik is a Seattle-based visual artist whose work reinterprets Korean heritage forms through contemporary abstraction. Through line, color, form, and material, she explores the dialogue between human-made structure and natural rhythm, weaving cultural pattern into dimensional surface.
NOW ON VIEW - FEATURED EXHIBITION
1. Institutional Exhibition​
Seattle Convention Center — Phyllis Lamphere Gallery
Florals – Light in the Winter (Juried Exhibition)
Feb 13 – Apr 21, 2026​
Three paintings from the Floral Stillness series selected for the Rotating Art Program at the Seattle Convention Center.
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2. Juried Group Exhibition​
Celebrating Women Painters
Juried Group Exhibition — Women Painters of Washington (WPW), Matzke Fine Art Gallery & Sculpture Park, Camano Island, WA, February 28 – March 29, 2026
My work was selected for Celebrating Women Painters, a juried group exhibition presented by Women Painters of Washington at Matzke Fine Art Gallery. The exhibition highlights outstanding contemporary women artists working across a range of media and approaches.
"Between Planes" sold before the opening reception. "Contained Radiance" (Acrylic on canvas, 36 × 24 in., 2026) is now on view and available through March 29.
Contained Radiance,
Acrylic on canvas,
36 × 24 in., 2026
3. Solo Installation​
Contained Radiance
The Vault Gallery — Postmark Center for the Arts
Presented by the City of Auburn Public Arts Program
Jan 15 – Apr 10, 2026
A site-responsive installation centered on the Korean moon jar as a vessel of transformation. Integrating painting and sculptural structure, the work incorporates hanji (Korean mulberry paper) woven into the surface, exploring restraint, luminosity, and dimensional depth through saturated color.
​Selected Additional Current & Upcoming Exhibitions
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Delusions, juried group exhibition, The Gallery at Graphite Arts Center, Edmonds, WA, March 6 – April 25, 2026
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Florals – Light in the Winter, Seattle Convention Center Rotating Art Program (Juried Exhibition), Phyllis Lamphere Gallery, Seattle Convention Center, Seattle, WA (Feb 13 – Apr 21, 2026). Three paintings accepted (Floral Stillness submission series).
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Objects in the Mirror Are Smaller Than They Appear (WPW Columbia Center Gallery) — Jan–Apr 2026