엄마, MOTHER is a group exhibition that presents artworks from six South Korean-born artists who have been living and settled in the UK for decades as a wife, mother and grandmother. ‘엄마' is the Korean word for mum. It is an informal way to refer to a female parent in South Korea and reads [om-ma] or [eom-ma].

What thoughts come into our mind when we think about the word MOTHER? In the exhibition, each artist introduces works that express her idea of MOTHER in different visual language and art mediums. 

Soon Yul KANG’s countless handwritten words of Mum are a prayer and contemplation on what contemporary society misses, and Jee OH recomposed and embroidered aged, worn out and string-broken mala beads that her mother wore on her wrist for many years when praying. Eunjung Seo FELEPPA’s portraits capture her subjects who linger in between the moment and its passing, while Sung Young PARK's paintings reflect on how her awareness of her surroundings has grown. Jeong Min MOON distorts and burns paper to express her meditation and continuous efforts to adapt to a different culture as a mother, and Sarah E. CHOI's clay objects represent the natural warmth of a mother's unconditional love.