South Korea
September 2025 · Jeju Art for Earth · Jeju Island, Seoul & Busan
Invited to Jeju Art for Earth for her horse paintings, Erin McGee Ferrell joined South Korean and international artists in an exchange centered on art, ecological responsibility, and community. The only participating artist from the United States, she exhibited her work and led plein air painting with local schoolchildren in Jeju Island’s protected landscape.
Erin McGee Ferrell, Bird, Girl, and Horse, 2025. Oil on canvas, 36 × 56 inches. Exhibited at Jeju Art for Earth, South Korea.
Erin McGee Ferrell discussing her painting Bird, Girl, and Horse with an exhibition visitor at Jeju Art for Earth, Jeju Island, September 2025.
Erin McGee Ferrell beside her horse paintings in the Jeju Art for Earth exhibition at Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, 2025.
Erin McGee Ferrell demonstrating plein air painting with local schoolchildren at Dongbaekdongsan, Jeju Island, during Jeju Art for Earth 2025.
Young participants observe a painting demonstration during the Jeju Art for Earth community program at Dongbaekdongsan, South Korea, 2025.
Meonmulkkak wetland in Dongbaekdongsan, Jeju Island: the setting for the Jeju Art for Earth plein air painting and community outreach program, 2025.
Artists and guests, including Erin McGee Ferrell, at the Jeju Art for Earth exhibition, Jeju Shinhwa World, South Korea, September 2025.
Jeju Art for Earth
Jeju Island, South Korea · Public exhibition and festival, September 12–14, 2025 · Jeju Shinhwa World
Jeju Art for Earth brought Korean and international artists together around sustainability, biodiversity, and community. Ferrell’s invitation grew from her sustained exploration of horses in painting and its connection to Jeju’s equine culture. Her exhibited works included Bird, Girl, and Horse (2025), an oil painting that places the horse within a layered human and animal world.
Festival listing — Jeju Shinhwa World · Festival coverage — BabyNews
Painting with the Jeju community
Alongside the exhibition, Ferrell joined fellow artists and local schoolchildren for plein air painting and demonstrations at Meonmulkkak wetland in Dongbaekdongsan. Working outdoors connected observation, painting, and the ecological setting. The exchange brought Jeju Island artists, visiting artists, and young participants into a shared creative activity.
Live sketches at Triton Poker Jeju
During her stay on Jeju Island, Ferrell was invited to observe the Triton Poker Super High Roller Series and made live sketches of poker players from the edge of the tournament room. Drawing in this setting extended her practice of working on location into an arena of concentrated attention and competition.
The concurrent Jeju II series ran September 8–23, 2025. Read Triton’s official September 2025 Jeju championship reports, results, and photographs.
Seoul & Busan
The wider South Korea journey included museum and gallery visits in Seoul and Busan, live painting of a Busan street market, and conversations with artists. These encounters opened connections that Ferrell hopes to develop through future collaborations.
Curatorial & collection inquiries
For artwork availability, exhibition proposals, community projects, and international collaborations, contact Erin McGee Ferrell. Explore her paintings, exhibitions and CV, or return to Projects & Press.