Zipcy exhibits in Paris: "The Sweet Fortress" at the Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery.

The Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery in Paris presents The Sweet Fortress, the South Korean artist Zipcy’s first solo show in France, running from April 24 to June 4, 2026. Blending hanji paper, natural pigments, and marouflage, the exhibition probes themes of intimacy, materiality, and human relationships, with a opening reception in the artist’s presence on April 23, 2026.

Here, intimacy is conveyed through matter and silences... The Goldshteyn-Saatort Gallery in Paris hosts from 24 April to 4 June 2026 The Soft Fortress, the artist’s first solo exhibition in France by South Korean artist Zipcy, with an opening reception scheduled for 23 April 2026 in her presence. Through this contemporary art exhibition, the artist presents a body of works centered on intimacy, desire, vulnerability and human relationships, drawing on techniques such as hanji, natural pigments and marouflage. The opening is by reservation only.

With La Forteresse Douce, Zipcy advances a visually serene body of work, yet one threaded with a delicate tension that passes through gestures, glances, and the distances between bodies. The exhibition opens with a quote from Gilles Deleuze, "The world and I are not separated; we bend and unbend, in a state of continual connection", which provides a lens for reading this universe. The artist here focuses on showing what human relationships can hold—quiet, fragile, and sometimes uncertain—in scenes where emotion remains restrained.

Here, bodies are not merely there to form an image. They become sensitive spaces, traversed by memory and emotion. The visitor thus enters a journey where fluid forms, mineral hues, and layered surfaces create a calm, almost contemplative atmosphere.

A delicate material, straddling tradition and a contemporary gaze

The exhibition also stands out for its techniques and materials. Zipcy fuses an aesthetic drawn from Asian landscape painting sansui with more contemporary elements, particularly in the treatment of textiles and textures. She uses Hanji, the traditional Korean paper made from mulberry bark, as well as natural Korean and Japanese pigments. The result is works in which the materiality is as important as the image.

The figures, often delicate and introspective, move through dense emotional landscapes built up in successive layers. This dialogue between stillness and visual intensity lends the whole work a distinctive presence, appealing as much to painting enthusiasts as to visitors eager to discover a different take on Korean art in Paris.

Zipcy in Paris, between an established path and a new chapter

Zipcy, who has been known internationally since her debut in 2009, first as an illustrator and then through her series TOUCH, arrives in Paris at a pivotal moment in her career. Her work, already recognized in collaborations with major players like Disney, Netflix or Penguin Books, now adopts a form more directly tied to the exhibition and the gallery space.

For gallery visitors, La Forteresse Douce offers a straightforward doorway into a visual universe shaped by sensation, by materiality, and by the ties between beings. All that's left is to drop by when it opens!

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