Mingi Jung

Mingi Jung is a South Korean artist whose expansive practice explores the visual, political, and emotional resonance of memory, disappearance, and coexistence. Working across textile, sculpture, performance and drawing, Jung transforms the act of stitching into a form of philosophical inquiry—each thread a gesture of care, resistance, or commemoration.

A third-generation descendant of a family steeped in textile, Jung adapts sewing machines, hand-stitching and quilting techniques to develop a language he calls Ifasmoglyph—images not etched into stone like petroglyphs, but sewn onto fabric. These thread-etched works, whether flat or volumetric, bear the marks of touch, repetition, and time. They record not only personal or historical memory, but also what he calls “the massless”—those individuals and stories that history forgets, erases, or leaves bodiless.

His work addresses trauma, collective mourning, and the symbolic burden of representation. Figures encountered in media, myth, protest, or daily life are rendered ghostly through his method—stitched outlines, abstracted forms, spectral textures. His installations often include found wood, dyed muslin, and discarded textiles, embracing imperfection and inviting impermanence.