Exhibition at the Caspar David Friedrich Center Gallery
From October 10 to December 19, 2026, this year’s Caspar David Friedrich Prize winner, Hajin Jeong, will be exhibiting at the CDF Center’s gallery .
Hajin Jeong, born in 1995 in Seoul, South Korea, studied painting at Hongik University in Seoul and at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts. She lives and works in Berlin.
“Soft Hours” is her first institutional solo exhibition in Germany. It brings together the artist’s paintings: emotionally charged scenes that are unconsciously collected and preserved in memory. The works begin with fleeting landscapes and moments, with views and places that leave a lasting emotional impact. Rather than recreating these scenes exactly as they once were, Jeong allows memories and emotions to transform them. Through the openness of her painting, the artist makes her own memories accessible to viewers, inviting them to form an empathetic connection. The landscape changes with the inner state from which it is viewed. Traces of movement remain. Through color and the physicality of painting, fleeting impressions take on a new form.
Hajin Jeong’s sometimes provocative and stirring works are characterized by great versatility. In addition to painting, the artist creates leporellos and artist’s books, drawing on literary narratives in the process. Among other things, she shares with Caspar David Friedrich a practice of collecting memories and observations and assembling them in the studio.
The exhibition is on view Tuesday through Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. in the gallery of the Caspar David Friedrich Center.
Accompanying events:
Fri, Nov. 6 | 5 p.m. | Artist talk with Hajin Jeong about her exhibition “Soft Hours”
Wed, Nov. 11 | 3 p.m. | CDFZ_kontemporär: Guided tour of the exhibition
Wed, Dec. 16 | 3 p.m. | CDFZ_kontemporär: Guided tour of the exhibition
