Where Your Steps Lead: Exhibitions Indu Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition at Gwanggyo Hongjae Library

The Shinbundang Line is a metropolitan railway connecting Sinsa Station in Gangnam-gu, Seoul with Gwanggyo Station in Suwon. As the train departing Seoul passes through Gwanggyo New City, it rises to ground level. Gwanggyo Station is the only one among the 16 stations that releases passengers on ground level.

Kyonggi University is located near Gwanggyo Station. Upon exiting the station, Gwanggyo Hongjae Library can be seen in the distance at the foot of Gwanggyo Mountain. It takes about 10 minutes on foot to reach it.

The name "Hongjae" (弘齎) at Gwanggyo Hongjae Library is taken from King Jeongjo's pen name. The library opened in December 2014. It has become a treasure trove for Gwanggyo residents, who visit whenever they have time to read books and gather information.

Beyond the first floor lobby of the library is a small space. Here, a planned invited exhibition titled "Indu Painting and Stylish Calligraphy Exhibition Encountered at the Library" (展) is being held.

Coinciding with "2026~2027 Suwon Visit Year," the exhibition showcases the value of Suwon Hwaseong Fortress and the beauty of the Korean alphabet (Hangul), and displays indu painting works engraved with verses from poet Nataejoo, selected as the Suwon City Library's "Book of the Year" author.

Calligraphy artist Kim Sang-hun (Brushholding Calligrapher) and indu painting artist Lee Geon-hee (Lee Geon-hee Indu Painting Studio) have joined forces to present a unique and charming artistic world.

Lee Geon-hee, who leads indu painting culture in the Suwon area, has expressed the warm and heartfelt language of poet Nataejoo on wood using a heated branding tool. He provides an opportunity to newly appreciate Suwon Hwaseong Fortress, which has been a major subject of his indu painting works, through this medium.

Artist Kim Sang-hun, who has continued the reputation of the calligraphy world by developing distinctive fonts, expresses Suwon Hwaseong Fortress by stacking Korean alphabet "bricks" with his brushwork, reinterpreting the value of Suwon through historical verification of the Hwaseong Construction Records and the formative beauty of Hangul. One can appreciate his distinctive artistic world.

A library representative said, "Through the exhibition of stylish calligraphy depicting Suwon Hwaseong Fortress and indu paintings engraved with warm verses, the library has become a familiar space where people encounter cultural arts in their daily lives."

The exhibition is free for anyone to view. It will run at the Gwanggyo Hongjae Library's first floor exhibition space until the 28th of this month.