Ko Seon-ae's minhwa paints crumpled emotions and the right to be wrinkled

Key points in 3 lines

1. Artist Ko Seon-ae uses cats in her minhwa to express 'gugeut', the human emotion of being crumpled and smoothed out again, and 'the right to gugeut'.
2. The artist, who has held 6 solo exhibitions, more than 40 group exhibitions and won more than 28 awards, had her work collected by the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, in 2025.
3. In 2024–2025, she took part in group exhibitions including Minhwaui Bisang, Cheongryongui Chulhyeonjeon and Yaongyaong, Minhwae Muldeulda, presenting works on the theme of gugeut.

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