MYONGHI: FLEETING ETERNITIES

Born in 1947 in Daegu, South Korea, Myonghi immigrated to France in 1972.  Today, she splits her time between the two countries. Apart from some exhibitions at museums and poem parties, where she worked with various writers on pairing their poems with her paintings, Myonghi has lived a quiet life, focused purely on her artwork. Nevertheless, over the years she has gained much recognition and respect from academic circles, including philosopher Philippe Lacoue-Labarthe and poet Alain Jouffroy. Mr. Dominique de Villepin, the former Prime Minister of France, is also a poet and an art critic with a wide knowledge and appreciation for abstract art. He is full of praise for Myonghi as an artist, and describes her as "a gem known only to insiders".