When the Sun Shines Again

South Korean painter Guimi You explores renewal and artistic return through layered compositions that embed works by friends reclaiming their creative practices.

Why go

You's first major solo presentation in New York centers on *Painting, Again*, a meditation on women returning to art after years away from creative work. The exhibition uses sunlight as a recurring symbol of clarity and hope, with the artist's own paintings incorporating works by close friends, creating sites of shared authorship and quiet solidari

What to expect

Oil paintings on linen, including large-scale works like *Painting, Again* (65 x 81 7/8 inches) and *Violet Haze* (102 x 71 5/8 inches), with compositions that layer multiple artistic voices and images within single pictorial spaces.

Things to know

• Guimi You is a South Korean artist
• This is You's first major solo presentation in New York (https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/exhibitions/guimi-you2)
• The exhibition runs June 11–August 14, 2026 at Lehmann Maupin's Chelsea location
• You's work explores emotional resonance of nature, domesticity, and quiet solitude (https://www.lehmannmaupin.com/news/guimi-you-joins-lehma
• The central work *Painting, Again* embeds paintings by friends who returned to art after years devoted to caregiving and domestic life