Artists IN FAITH: HEALING
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE SHEEN CENTER
SPONSORED BY THE WATERFALL ARTS FOUNDATION
The exhibition “Artists in Faith: Healing,” showcases the restorative works by Waterfall Artists, Chae Eunmi and Dawn Waters Baker, whose personal journeys in faith transcend the unseen through their art. These two women, create along the themes of spirit, healing, the intangible, and existential. This exhibition is made possible in partnership with The Waterfall Arts Foundation and The Sheen Center.
Chae Eunmi creates artworks on the theme of eternity and uses gold in her work to symbolize unchanging eternity. Using only permanent organic materials: the Mother-of-Pearl, Gold, and Traditional Korean Lacquer, Chae relays the eternity of invisible values in life. The precision of the slight angles in each golden cubic is designed to reflect eternally within the artwork, capturing even the images that the human eye cannot see. She believes that within eternity’s endless space, light is a symbol of life and truth, with the color inside of light symbolizing energy - another constant and unchanging quality. Embracing both emptiness and profound presence, Chae's meticulous craftsmanship and repetitive symbology provoke introspection on matters of faith and invisibility. Her delicate butterflies symbolize the prosperous path she has forged through her own brokenness, mirroring the iridescent beauty that emerges from arduous transformation. These scalable installations transcend conventional limits, evoking a sense of infinity and capturing the timeless essence of eternal beauty.
Dawn Waters Baker's oil paintings delve into the intangible emotional and spiritual dimensions that often remain concealed within the natural landscapes. She focuses on nature’s isolated state, drawing out the profound illumination that transcends the spiritual realm and seeks to reveal metaphors embedded in the elements of nature. Baker’s fascination with Waterfalls is rooted in her practices of faith, where the magnitude of this natural phenomenon serves as a metaphor for boundless, eternal love. Her art weaves a tapestry of symbolism, delving into themes of life, death, and resurrection. Rather than capturing literal representations, Baker's focus lies in evoking profound emotions. Through her art, she delves deeper into a realm that is richer, fuller, and profoundly meaningful as conveyed by the natural world.
CHAE EUNMI
Chae Eunmi is a Korean-based artist known for her combination of Mother of Pearl fragments, traditional Korean lacquer, and the exploration of light. Chae acquired her master’s at the Graduate School of Tokyo National University of Fine Arts and Music.
Today, she is a highly anticipated contemporary artist as she employs various media such as video, sculpting, and architecture in her video art expressing the four-dimensional world of light. Her works are especially well-known among the Arab royalty. Recently, all her video art pieces were sold out at the Abu Dhabi Art Fair and also at the Dubai Art Fair for three consecutive years. Chae also gained her reputation as an outstanding artist through her exhibition organized by the embassy in the National Museum of Sweden. International interest are growing as her works are permanently collected in New York and featured in Hong Kong and Dubai.
Dawn Waters Baker
Dawn Waters Baker is an artist in faith from Texas. Her large-scale paintings depict the emotional and spiritual state unseen to the naked eye in landscapes. Dawn was born and raised an expatriate on the islands of the Philippines. She grew up under the shadow of an active volcano and learned to look for the beauty in lives much harder than her own. In 1994 she moved to Dallas for college where she received her BA in Fine Arts from DBU, graduating Magna Cum Laude in 1998. In her free time, she likes to hike, travel to beautiful landscapes, and teach art at Dallas County Juvenile Detention Center once a week for incarcerated youth.
Her art is collected by many businesses as well as private owners. Her piece, “Release” is on permanent display in the New York Times Building. Her work has been in national shows including The National Weather Biennale, and Jubilee Museum of Sacred Art Biennale.