Bernadette Jiyong Frank

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Bernadette Jiyong Frank was born into a Korean family in Tokyo, Japan, and later immigrated to the United States. Her abstract geometric paintings are central to the Japanese concept of 'ma,' which refers to the meaningful space or interval between forms and events. Her labor-intensive process involves applying hundreds of translucent layers of paint—typically one layer per day—allowing the medium to dry in between. This ritualistic approach embeds the passage of time into the physical depth and dimensionality of her ethereal, structured works.

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