Sculptor Yang Hwa-seon's solo exhibition "Spring" will be held from the 4th to the 14th at the Seoul Branch of Jeonbuk Provincial Museum in Jongno-gu, Seoul.

Yang Hwa-seon, who has been expressing lyrical sculptures on the theme of the resonance of inner feelings evoked by nature, has been exploring the vitality of nature and the cyclical life through sculptures using various materials such as terracotta, bronze, stone, and wood.

Describing nature as "the foundation of life and the starting point of work," the artist will showcase new works themed around "memories of water" in this exhibition. Drawing inspiration from the image of a wellspring seen in childhood, Yang Hwa-seon expressed the sense of life embraced by water and the narrative of nature in ceramic sculptures baked from clay.

In particular, this work was inspired by the stories of three women who created their own narratives in relation to nature. These include environmental activist Wangari Maathai (1940-2011), who transformed a deforested forest into a land of life and hope through tree planting, freediver Natalia Molchanova (1962-2015), who explored the sea and became part of it, and mountaineer Lhakpa Sherpa (1974-), who conquered the harsh nature by climbing Mount Everest ten times. Yang Hwa-seon deeply empathizes with their journeys and unfolds imaginary landscapes of fig saplings growing in destroyed forests, deep dives into blue holes, and ascending mountains against crevasses and avalanches in her works. In this process, color and form communicate with each other, and humans and nature blend underwater.

The various "memories of water" that connect from freedivers who integrate with nature with their bare bodies, mangrove trees that create habitats for life ("Forest," 2025), cenotes that represent another world of water below the sea ("Mountain Embracing Water," 2025), and the starting point of all works, the wellspring ("Spring," 2025), create a narrative of life interconnected with each other. Through this, the artist visually demonstrates the interconnected and harmonious relationship between nature and humans in the flow of water.