Colored paper, Ticket sleeve
45 x 70 mm
Sio Song
Sio Song reclaims the overlooked fragments of daily life—discarded ephemera, remnants of packaging, the incidental compositions of the everyday. With the trained eye of a graphic designer, he distills these materials into restrained yet evocative arrangements, where color, shape, and typography converge in unexpected harmony. His work is a meditation on the latent poetics of the ordinary, a reminder that collage is not just an act of assembly but a way of seeing.
In the Words of the Artist
Colored paper, Sticker, Customs Declaration
75 x 120 mm
As I worked as a graphic designer, discarded printed materials began to accumulate: sticker backing sheets, manuals, tickets, receipts, packaging, and so on. I started to see these items, typically discarded with ease, as more than just waste—they could be the foundations of new canvases. Since 2023, I've been incorporating the materials I've steadily collected into my work.
Colored paper, Waybill
89 x 125 mm
When I select canvases, considering various elements such as shape, color, text, and imagery, I often encounter the unique suggestions each material offers me due to their varying sizes. I find it compelling not only to work with purposefully arranged groups but also with random combinations discovered by chance.
Colored paper, Receipt
58 x 85 mm
Colored paper, Sticker, Receipt
158 x 57 mm
I’m captivated by Matisse’s cut-out works—his color combinations, layered images and shapes, and use of negative space. These elements influence my process of reassembling and arranging materials. I admire the form of Hangul (the Korean script). In my graphic and collage work, its shapes serve as a significant source of inspiration. I hope my work allows viewers to see discarded items from various perspectives, realizing that anyone can collect these objects and find inspiration within them.
Colored paper, Manual
105 x 210mm
colored paper, question paper
147 x 100 mm
About the Artist
Sio Song is a graphic designer based in Seoul who gives new value to various papers and printed materials that are easily discarded in everyday life.
Since 2023, he has viewed these not as mere waste but as primed canvases, continuing his collage work with materials collected over a long period of time.
Traversing the boundaries of graphic design and collage work, he continuously collects discarded or leftover materials and expresses them visually.
For Your Viewing Pleasure
What to watch, read, and experience, as curated by the Collé team.
FRANCESCO VEZZOLI (b. 1971) is an Italian artist known for his explorations of celebrity culture, art history, embroidery, and installation. His work often reimagines historical and pop-cultural icons, blending past and present with an ironic yet reverent sensibility.
ESTHER TP, born in Cádiz, has been photographing the world since childhood, guided by a deep curiosity and a belief in the poetry of everyday life. Expanding into collage, she combines found photographs, textures, and collected materials to create evocative, dreamlike compositions.
JUNICHI UENO is a Japanese collage artist known for his intricate compositions that blend traditional and contemporary elements. Working under the moniker Q-LINK, he integrates visual and auditory mediums, infusing his collages with rhythmic and melodic nuances.
KENTARO TAKAHASHI is a Japanese photographer working between London and Tokyo. His practice explores themes of memory, identity, and the passage of time, often blending documentary and conceptual approaches.
DOROTHÉE MESANDER is an artist whose practice revolves around collage and assemblage, crafting cinematic paper story scenes that capture the essence of an imagined world. Her work embraces a dynamic range of styles, as she intuitively reassembles new and old paper from diverse sources.
Out and About
What to watch, read, and experience, as curated by the Collé team.
▼ VISIT
Todd Gray – While Angels Gaze
New York Jan 23 – Mar 29
Lehmann Maupin is pleased to present an exhibition of new work by Gray. This marks the gallery’s first exhibition with the artist since he joined the roster in 2023.
▼ READ
Seven Years After Jack Whitten’s Death, His Studio Remains Nearly Untouched
The space is a window into the mind of the pioneering artist who saved nearly everything.
▼ LISTEN
All Kinds of Days – Good Sad Happy Bad
This album feels like indie rock from a timeline where it never turned into nostalgia-core. Jagged guitars snag on looped electronics, vocals drift in unbothered—instinctive, oblique. It’s lo-fi, but not bedroom-pop.
