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아담 핸들러
ADAM HANDLER

본 전시는 전시 방문 전 사전예약이 필요한 전시입니다.
This exhibition requires advance reservation prior to your visit.
(예약 링크 : https://booking.naver.com/booking/12/bizes/1615480/items/7754202?startDateTime=2026-06-15T00%3A00%3A00%2B09%3A00)


Seoul Summer Songs  | 잃어버린 이들을 만나는 여름의 정원

아담 핸들러의 작품 앞에 서면 마치 음악이 들리는 듯하다. 노랑, 파랑, 분홍과 초록의 색감은 여름 음악의 선율처럼 관람객을 사로잡는다. 커다란 튤립은 꽃이라기보다 하나의 얼굴처럼 화면 한가운데 서 있다. 아이 같은 인물들은 우리를 정면으로 바라보며, 벽 위의 고스트들은 죽음의 유령이 아닌 행복한 기억처럼 떠다닌다.
더 트리니티 갤러리가 선보이는 <Seoul Summer Songs〉는 바로 그런 꽃과 얼굴과 고스트들이 만들어내는 여름의 노래다. 밝고 경쾌하지만 결코 가볍지만은 않은, 상실을 경험하면서도 삶의 아름다움을 포기하지 않는 사람들을 위한 노래다. 아담 핸들러의 회화 세계는 전통적인 재현보다 감정의 직접성에 가깝다. 뉴욕 퀸즈에서 태어나 이탈리아와 뉴욕에서 미술을 공부했지만, 그의 그림은 기교의 과시보단 근원적인 선과 색으로 돌아간다. 비평가들이 그의 작업을 외로움과 상상, 고독과 연결의 감각을 담은 “naive chaos”로 설명해온 것처럼, 그의 그림은 서툴러 보이지만 힘이 있고, 단순해 보이지만 깊은 이야기를 품는다. 이번 전시는 그의 세계를 이루는 세 개의 중요한 연작을 함께 보여준다.  먼저 Figure Works의 인물들은 핸들러 회화의 중심적 존재들이다. 특정 인물의 초상이라기보다 작가가 반복적으로 구축해온 내면의 캐릭터들이다. 아내의 크고 아름다운 눈에서 영감을 받았다는 커다란 눈과 사각얼굴의 이미지들은 종종 소녀(girl)로 호칭되기도 하는데, 성별의 의미보단 아이같은 감각, 순수함, 장난기를 드러내는 장치이면서 동시에 감정의 주체에 대한 형상화이다. 두 번째는 Ghosts이다. 핸들러의 고스트는 그의 세계를 대표하는 상징적 이미지이지만, 결코 공포의 대상이 아니다. 이번 전시에서 고스트는 형태를 따라 만든 나무 패널 입체 부조로 등장해 회화와 오브제, 평면과 공간 사이에 놓인다. 벽 위에 떠 있는 분홍빛 고스트들은 전시장 안으로 걸어 나온 존재들처럼 보인다. 죽음에 대한 불안에서 시작된 이 이미지는 시간이 흐르며 ‘삶을 당연하게 여기지 말라는 감각’, ‘삶은 선물’이라는 자각으로 바뀌었다. 그래서 그의 유령은 잃어버린 이를 떠올리게 하는 형체이자, 살아 있는 자를 위로하는 존재다. 세 번째는 Flowers and Gardens, 특히 이번 서울의 6월 전시와 어울리는 Tulip Series이다. 핸들러의 튤립은 정교하게 묘사된 식물이 아니다. 줄기 하나로 화면 한가운데 서 있는 꽃, 왕관처럼 솟은 꽃잎, 거칠게 밀린 색과 긁히고 벗겨진 표면은 장식적 정물이 아니라 하나의 감정적 인물에 가깝다. 꽃은 여기서 아름다움의 상징인 동시에, 상실 이후에도 다시 피어나는 마음이다. 고스트가 사라진 이들의 얼굴이라면, 튤립은 그들이 남기고 간 자리에 피어난 기억이다. Figure Works의 인물들이 그 기억을 품고 살아가는 존재라면, 정원은 그들이 잠시 쉬어갈 수 있는 내면의 장소다.  더 트리니티 갤러리는 아름다운 서울의 6월, 〈Seoul Summer Songs〉를 통해 튤립과 정원, 여름의 색채, Figure Works, 그리고 입체 부조로 확장된 고스트가 함께 만들어내는 아담 핸들러의 다정하고도 깊은 위로의 세계를 펼쳐 보인다.

Seoul Summer Songs  |  A Summer Garden Where We Meet the Ones We've Lost

Standing in front of Adam Handler’s works, one almost seems to hear music. The yellows, blues, pinks, and greens captivate viewers like the melody of a summer song. The large tulips stand at the center of the canvas less as flowers than as faces. Childlike figures look straight at us, and the ghosts on the wall drift by not as specters of death, but as happy memories. Seoul Summer Songs, presented by The Trinity Gallery, is precisely this summer song woven from flowers, faces, and ghosts. It is bright and cheerful yet never trivial, a song for those who, even after experiencing loss, do not give up on the beauty of life. Adam Handler’s painterly world is closer to the directness of emotion than to traditional representation. Born in Queens, New York, and trained in art in Italy and New York, his painting turns not to a display of technique but back to primal lines and colors. As critics have described his work as a “naive chaos” that holds feelings of loneliness and imagination, solitude and connection, his paintings may appear clumsy yet are powerful, and seem simple yet contain deep stories. This exhibition brings together three key series that form his world. First, the figures in Figure Works are the central beings of Handler’s painting. Rather than portraits of specific individuals, they are inner characters the artist has built up repeatedly over time. The images of large eyes and square faces, said to have been inspired by the big, beautiful eyes of his wife, are often referred to as “girls,” not so much to stress gender as to convey childlike sensitivity, purity, and playfulness, while also giving shape to the subject of emotion. The second is Ghosts. Handler’s ghost is an emblematic image of his world, but it is never an object of fear. In this exhibition, the ghosts appear as reliefs in the form of shaped wooden panels, positioned between painting and object, surface and space. The pink ghosts floating on the wall look as if they have stepped out into the exhibition hall. This image, which began in his anxiety about death, has over time shifted into an awareness that “life should not be taken for granted,” a realization that “life is a gift.” Thus his ghosts are forms that recall those we have lost, and at the same time beings that comfort the living. The third is Flowers and Gardens, especially the Tulip Series that suits this June exhibition in Seoul. Handler’s tulips are not botanically detailed plants. A flower standing alone in the center of the canvas on a single stem, petals rising like a crown, roughly pushed paint and scratched, peeled surfaces, these are less decorative still lifes than emotional personae. Here the flower is both a symbol of beauty and a heart that blooms again even after loss. If the ghosts are the faces of those who have vanished, the tulips are the memories that blossom in the places they left behind. If the figures in Figure Works are the ones who live on carrying those memories, then the garden is the inner place where they can briefly rest. In the beautiful June of Seoul, The Trinity Gallery, through Seoul Summer Songs, unfolds Adam Handler’s gentle yet profound world of consolation, in which tulips and gardens, summer colors, Figure Works, and ghosts extended into relief all come together.


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아담 핸들러 Adam Handler (B. 1986-)
 

Education
BA in Art History: State University at Purchase, NY, 2008
 
Solo Exhibition
2026 The Trinity Gallery - Seoul Summer Songs - Seoul, Korea
2025 Loy Gallery- Somewhere Near Home- Singapore
             Cohle Gallery- Here not There- Paris
             France 2024 Artelli- Always Near You…Always- Macau, China
             Square One Gallery- St.Louis, MO
2023 Villazan Gallery- For You- Madrid, Spain
             Gallery JJ- Girl and The Ghost- Seoul, Korea
2022 Guy Hepner Gallery- Ghost Poems- NYC
             Cohle Gallery- Love Land- Paris, France Helwaser
             Gallery- Hanami Party- NYC
             Granada Gallery- Spanish Hearts- Madrid, Spain
              FNG ART at the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall- Near You Someday - Taiwan
              Caelis Galeria- Parallel Universe- Shanghai, China
              Galerie COA- A Little Lost- Montreal, Canada 
2021 The Trinity Gallery-LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT : GHOST STRIKES SEOUL!-Seoul, Korea
             Cohle Gallery- Twinkling Unknowns- Paris, France 
2020 Spring/Break Art Show with CB Gallery- NYC 
             D’Stassi Art- London, UK 
2019 Artual Gallery-Under Softer Summer Skies-Beirut, Lebanon
             Janet Lehr Fine Art- New Girls-East Hampton, NY 
             Rarity Gallery- Mykonos, Greece 
            Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- Between Nightmares and Fairy Tales-Scarsdale, NY 
            Ober Gallery- Angels Around Here-Kent, CT 
2018 The Lane Contemporary- Things we dream about- Katonah, NY 
             One River School of Arts and Design- Smiling Eyes- Harstdale, NY 
             Brega Artist Space- Love Sick - Seoul, Korea 
             Janet Lehr Fine Art- Sweet Things- East Hampton, NY 
2017 Janet Lehr Fine Art- Art Market Hamptons- Bridgehampton, NY 
             Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- Rebel, Rebel- Scarsdale, NY 
             Maison 10- Sweet Thing- NYC 
             Gold Coast Arts Center-Creative Crossroads- Great Neck, NY 
2016 Children's Museum of Westchester- Bat and Ghost paintings- Rye, NY
             The Bendheim Gallery, Adam Handler: Flowers, Gardens and Little Things, Greenwich, CT 
2015 Vered Gallery, Adam Handler: New Works, East Hampton, NY
             Fred Torres Gallery- All Saints Here- NYC 
             The Bendheim Gallery and Fred Torres Gallery, How Long Can I Keep You, Greenwich, CT 
2014 Fred Torres Gallery- American Children- NYC
             Fountain Art Fair with Monica Buckle Gallery- NYC 
             Cutlog Art Fair with Monica Buckle Gallery-NYC
2013 The Bendheim Gallery in association with the Greenwich Art Council-Women paintings- Greenwich, CT 
2012 Vered Gallery- Love Junkies- East Hampton, NY 
2011 Media Loft Gallery- Excitable Boy- New Rochelle NY 
2010 The Bendheim Gallery in association with the Greenwich Arts Council-Born in the 80’s- Greenwich, CT 
            Adrian J Falcon Gallery-Words and Lips- Del Rio, TX 
2009 POST Exhibit space-So smile- Calgary, Canada 

Group Exhibition
2021 FNG Art- Blue- Taichung, Taiwan 
             Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- Look Forward, Look Back- Scarsdale, NY 
             FNG Art- One Art Taipei Art Fair- New Taipei City, Taiwan 
             Morton Contemporary- Girls and Ghosts- Philadelphia, PA
2020 Granada Gallery- Swab Art Fair- Barcelona, Spain 
             Cohle Gallery- Beyond the Walls- Paris, France 
             Rarity Gallery- Mykonos, Greece
             Galerie COA- Échafaudage- Montreal, Canada 
             ZQ Gallery- Needs More Salt- Hamptons Art Fair- South Hampton, NY 
             Saint Maison Gallery- Blessing in Disguise- Tokyo, Japan
2019 CB Gallery- POW!- Katonah, NY
              Janet Lehr Fine Art - The Philadelphia Fine Art Fair- Philadelphia, PA
              LC Gallery- Inaugural Exhibition (Adam Handler, Taylor White, Rob Tucker and Jean Philippe Duboscq). Brussels 
              Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- Staging Nature- Scarsdale, NY 
              Janet Lehr Fine Art- Texas Contemporary- Houston, TX 
2018 Janet Lehr Fine Art- Art on the Edge- East Hampton, NY 
             Art Market Hamptons showing with Janet Lehr Fine Art- Bridgehampton, NY 
             Maison 10- Top Ten- NYC 
             Moniker Art Fair showing with Janet Lehr Fine Art- Brooklyn, NY 
             Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- Local/Global-Scarsdale, NY 
             Artual Gallery- The Urban Experience- Beirut, Lebanon 
             Untitled Gallery in association with EK Gallery- Dreams of la la land- Los Angeles, CA 
             The Lane Contemporary- Small works- Katonah, NY 
             Artual Gallery- Holiday show- Beirut, Lebanon 
             O’Silas Gallery at Concordia College- Flower Power- Bronxville, NY 
             Massey Klein Gallery and Groupe- 3 Artists- NYC 
             Texas Contemporary with Janet Lehr Fine Art- Houston, TX
2017 Artual Gallery- Contemporary Survey- Ivory Coast, Africa 
             Undercurrent Projects (Curated by Savannah Spirit)-Hotter than July-NYC 
             Cheryl Hazan Gallery-Graphic Identity- NYC 
             Janet Lehr Fine Arts- Art on the Edge- East Hampton, NY 
             Ober Gallery- Forces of Nature, Kent, CT
             ZQ Gallery- Modern Girls- Mana Contemporary- Jersey City, NJ 
2016 ZQ Art- Pattern and Symmetry- Mana Contemporary- Jersey City, NJ 
             Madelyn Jordon Fine Art-Nature Show- Scarsdale, NY 
             Outsider Art Fair with ZQ Art- NYC 
             The Bendheim Gallery- ex·is·ten·tial- Greenwich, CT 
             Context Art Fair with Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- NYC 
             Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- “In with a POP”, Scarsdale, NY 
             The Bendheim Gallery-Dog Days of Winter- Greenwich, CT 
             Art Context Miami with Madelyn Jordon Fine Art- Miami, FL 
2015 Vered Gallery- Boaz Vaadia and Adam Handler, East Hampton NY 
2014 Fred Torres Gallery, Holiday Show, NYC 
             Fred Torres Gallery, Please don’t stop loving me!, NYC 
2013 Vered Gallery- Art On the Edge- East Hampton, NY 
             Armory Print Fair with Dorianne Hutton Fine Art- NYC 
             Vered Gallery- Say it with flowers- East Hampton, NY 
2012 The Bendheim Gallery- Look who’s here- Greenwich, CT 
             Vered Gallery- Art on the Edge- East Hampton NY 
             Spacewomb- NY: Fashion Photography- Long Island City, NY 
2010 Vered Gallery- Art on the Edge- East Hamptons NY 
             6x6 Gallery- Small Works- Long Island City, NY 
             PooL Art Fair with Veaux gallery- NYC 
             The Bendheim Gallery-Americana- Greenwich CT 
             Walter Wickiser Gallery- Confluences of Culture VI: Chelsea NYCWalter Wickiser Gallery- Confluences of Culture III- NYC 
             Climate Gallery-Never Think SMALL- Long Island City, NY 
             Lana Santorelli Gallery-Gastronomy- NYC 
             The Blue Door Gallery-Play it again, Sam- Yonkers NY, 
             Climate Gallery- Focal Length- Long Island City, NY 
2008 Walter Wickiser Gallery -“Grand”- NYC