I Reach Home, I am Serene
2024
In this series, I explore self-realization across time and place. Drawing from autobiographical memories of childhood and womanhood, I rediscover a sense of rest and contentment.
Ginok Song
Ginok Song is a Korean-Canadian visual artist who lives and works in Petty Harbour, Newfoundland & Labrador.
2024
In this series, I explore self-realization across time and place. Drawing from autobiographical memories of childhood and womanhood, I rediscover a sense of rest and contentment.
2023–2024
My artistic goal is to create contemporary magic realist paintings that represent women, specifically those who experience transition, adaptation, and self-knowledge underlying memories of trauma and old identity.
2022
In this series, women are the subjects themselves, who represent their thoughts and experiences from their own points of view. Inspired by courageous women, I express the embodied perspectives and experiences of how women choose to move, explore and live in Newfoundland and Labrador.
Ginok Song’s new works are currently on display at The Rooms, with the exhibition running from October 19, 2024 to January 19, 2025. The curator Mireille Eagan writes, “Ginok Song’s paintings take us on a journey with a young woman exploring her identity across time and space, weaving together her past and present. Drawing from… Read More
Ginok Song is the subject of Stacy Gardner’s short film The Gaze, which was part of the St. John’s International Women’s Film Festival and Reel East Coast, and is currently streaming on CBC Gem! You can find it on Reel East Coast Season 9, Episode 4. “As the film begins, Song turns around to look… Read More
New work by Ginok song is part of International Women’s Day, an exhibition at Christina Parker Gallery from March 8 to March 30, 2024.
Ginok was featured on CBC’s Here and Now with Anthony Germain, discussing the group exhibition Making Home Here, at The Rooms.
2019
I want to examine visually a woman’s psychological state, one that recollects memory fragments of detachment and difference. In my work, I investigate the experience of visualizing a woman’s memory.
2010–2014
This series serves as an introspective exploration of girlhood, delving into the psychological spaces of uncertainty and self-discovery.
2010–2012
In the Chum-Painted Dance series, I delve into the realm of dance movements, yet diverge from a strict adherence to specific styles such as tango or waltz. Instead, my focus lies on a diverse array of embracing figures, each capturing an essence of togetherness.
2008–2009
The Two Hearts series delves into the intimate embrace of human figures, serving as the central theme. These figures intertwine in moments of embrace, dance, or repose, each rendered in a myriad of colours to convey their emotional and psychological depths.
1997–1999
On a spring’s day, I embarked on a journey to document and sketch the old neighbourhood of An-Chang Mayul in Pusan. Known locally as Daldongnae (Moon Village), this community nestled atop a hill, a relic of the Korean War era, built by refugees drawn to its lunar-like elevation.
© 2025 Ginok Song. Designed by Matthew Hollett.