SALEIGN
SALEIGN / Chaeryoung Yoon
Illustrator & Artist based in Seoul.
SALEIGN transforms plants, historical objects, memory, and culture into contemporary visual narratives through observation, understanding, and reinterpretation.
About the Practice
SALEIGN’s practice begins with observation—of plants, historical objects, natural forms, and the traces of culture embedded in everyday life.
Through drawing, these subjects are examined, understood, and reinterpreted as contemporary visual narratives. Botanical structures, ornament, memory, and fragments of history often coexist within a single image, forming layered worlds where scientific observation and imagination meet.
Drawing remains at the core of the practice, while each image is allowed to move beyond the page. Illustrations are translated into textiles, spatial visuals, art objects, publications, and framed works, changing in response to material, scale, and context.
Across commercial projects, the ongoing Botanical Archive, and independent artworks, SALEIGN follows the same process: Observation → Understanding → Reinterpretation. Rather than simply decorating surfaces, the practice seeks to create images that carry knowledge, memory, and stories into new forms and environments.
Selected Highlights
2026
Wander In Garden
Solo Exhibition · Shenzhen, China
2025
Effimera
Solo Exhibition · Rome, Italy
2025
Korean Art Path
Art Talk & Exhibition · Dubai, UAE
2024
World Art Dubai
Exhibition · Dubai, UAE
2023
Eltiqa
Korea–Saudi Cultural Exchange · Riyadh
Areas of Practice
Illustration
Visual storytelling for brands, publications, and cultural projects.
Botanical Archive
An ongoing study of plants through observation, morphology, and cultural narratives.
Fine Art
Independent works exploring memory, time, nature, and human perception.
Textile / Art Objects
Illustrations translated into silk, embroidery, framed works, and collectible objects.
Spatial / Cultural Projects
Illustration developed for exhibitions, installations, and cultural environments.