Kyungran Yeo

The Heart Behind Minhwa
Symbols of fortune and joy, brought to your side.

Minhwa is a traditional Korean folk art that carries wishes for good fortune through painted images and letterforms. Kyungran Yeo translates this tradition into her own artistic language. Tigers and magpies, peonies and camellias. Symbols that lived for centuries on everyday walls and tables now bloom again on her ceramics. Each motif is painted by hand, and each holds the artist's wish for the happiness of the person who will use it. That wish is what makes the work so warm.

Her brush does not stop at the vessel. Through her art prints, the symbols of the table return to the wall, the very place minhwa originally lived. From her camellia series, a symbol of happiness and longevity, to minhwa for your walls, Kyungran Yeo's work makes the everyday spaces of life a little more meaningful.