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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, translating cultural pattern into dimensional surface and space.
Her evolving practice spans painting, sculpture, tessellation, and site-responsive installation, often drawing from Korean vessels, bojagi, and architectural space. Through layered color, shifting geometry, and tactile surfaces, Paik creates contemplative environments that balance structure, light, and spatial tension while expanding traditional forms into contemporary abstraction.
FEATURED INTERVIEW
Kelly Haejung Paik was featured as the inaugural guest of SeattleN’s N People, discussing her transition from KBS announcer and university professor to full-time visual artist in Seattle, along with her evolving practice in painting, installation, and contemporary abstraction.
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Now On View
Layered Being: A Celebration of AAPI Heritage
Gallery B612 — Seattle, WA
May 7 – June 24, 2026
A group exhibition celebrating AAPI heritage through contemporary painting and mixed media.

Bellevue Welcomes the World
Yuan Ru Gallery — Bellevue, WA
May 9 – May 16, 2026
Group exhibition featuring artists exploring themes of culture, identity, and international dialogue.

The Muse Has Spoken
Women Painters of Washington Gallery — Seattle, WA
April 14 – July 17, 2026
Group exhibition featuring recent paintings exploring abstraction, structure, and layered spatial relationships.

Fixed by Dimension — Juried Exhibition
Graphite Arts Center, Edmonds, WA
May 1 – June 20, 2026

Upcoming
At The Precipice
Mithun — Seattle, WA
June 4 – July 17, 2026
Juried benefit exhibition supporting Lambert House.

