Born In Buyeo, Chungnam

Education

B.F.A in Painting Art, Chungnam University

M.A in Fine Arts, Chungnam University

On the course for Ph.D in Fine Art, Sungshin University

Solo Exhibitions

2009 ‘new hamory 5X5-Beijing 798 Biennale ArtMia foundation gallery, china

‘SeMA selected Emerging Artists Support Program ,InsaArt center.seoul

2008 ‘intem ational Exchanging Residecy program VIS　A VIS artlab ,National ‘Chang dong art studio,seoul

2007 ‘mountain climbing’, Gyo gallery, Beijing, China

2006 ‘The view painted in Chinese ink’, Lotte gallery, Daejeon, Korea

‘Scenery in the City’, Lotte gallery, Anyang, Korea

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009 ‘new hamory 5X5-Beijing 798 Biennale ArtMia, China

‘Wonderful Pictures ,ilmim museum of art, korea

‘paradis Artificiel: Nanijido Project, Nanji gallery, Seoul

2008 ‘Baekdodaegan Jirisan’, Jeonbuk Province Art Museum, Wanju, Korea

‘New Acquisition 2007’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

‘Asia International Art & Antiques Fair 2008’, Asia Trade Hall, Hong Kong

‘1st Korea, U.S.A, Japan International Art Festival; Different and Coexist’,

ASTO Museum of Art, California, U.S.A

2007 ‘New Landscape’, Kwanhoon gallery, Seoul, Korea

‘Korean Painting’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea

‘Traveling Exhibition by Gyeonggido Museum of Art’, Jang-Heung Art Park, Young-Eun Museum, Korea

2006 ‘Dang Gu Pung Whul’, Gongpyoung Art Center, Seoul, Korea

‘A model house of Artist’s dream’ planned by Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea

A civilized museum of art, Daejeon, Korea

Residency Programs

2007-08 6th short-term artist, National art studio, Korea

2008 International Exchanging Residecy Program ‘VIS A VIS Art lab’, National Museum of Contemporary Art, 798 ArtZone Beijing ,VIS A VIS artlab, China

2008-09 3rd short-term artist, Nanji Art Studio, Korea

2009-10 1rd Seoul Art Space Geumcheon, Korea

Awards

2008 The 10th Daejeon Yeoichong new artists prize, Daejeon Yeoichong

New Start Program for New Artists, Arts Council Korea

2007 The 2nd Beijing China Beijing International Culture&Creative Industry Expo.

Superior Prize, Ministry of Beijing Culture

2004 Dong-A Art Competition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

2003 Special prize, Korea Fine Art Grand Competition, National Museum of Art, Korea

2001 Excellent Honor in Ankyun Art Competition, Seosan Art Hall, Seo-san, Korea

1999 Grand Prize, MBC Keum Kang Fine Art Competition, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon

Public Collections

Art bank, Seoul Museum of Art, Daejeon Munhwa Broadcating Corporation, Gyeonggido Museum of Art, Young-Eun Museum, Sang Myung University Museum

Artist Statement

After hearing about the overpopulated, deprived village on the hill of Bongchun-dong in Seoul, I held my camera and a drawing book and visited the area for the first time in December of 1995. Around two o’clock in the afternoon, the village’s atmosphere was gloomy and unfriendly under major construction. Suddenly large snowflakes like white cotton balls fell abundantly from the sky and covered the whole town immediately. Just then, the once dreary town had turned into a beautiful landscape. Until now I cannot forget that gorgeous scenery. Ever since then my main art themes have been modernized artificial city and natural scenery.

City(都市) - Past, present, and future coexist. Demolished hillside town, reconstructed apartment complexes, blue and yellow water tanks on top of the building, modernized office buildings, and houses made of ancient bricks all coexist in my mind expressionlessly. Surrounding the Han River, especially the landscape of Seoul is consisted of numerous bridges and various modernized, dynamic skyscrapers along with an enormous urban forest. As I climb, walk, run, observe, and breathe, I try my best to sketch the actuality(實境) of the city in my mind. My mind(精神) depicts the present and the past’s scenery and demonstrates the actual objects and surrounding circumstances through the eyes and the body.

Nature(自然) - As I climb up the mountain, I notice the significant difference between the mountain’s ridge and the skyscrapers’ height. When I examine the building’s human constructed high altitude, I realize how meaningless to have such high desires in life. Throughout the history, mountain has contributed a lot to humans. As a spiritual idol and a basis in our daily life, mountain has delivered us a universal experience. Mountain is a sacred space with a generic origin, a pure space filled with diverse sounds of creatures, and a natural space all around. For me, depicting mountain is unveiling the nature’s origin through personal experiences and discovering my mind(精神).

Rather than a picture in perspective, I prefer a picture in synesthesia. It is neither illusion nor perspective representation. It is portraying what I feel through my own body and eyes. It is not just an object’s simple reproduction. Rather it is a manifestation of a sensual landscape which puts together one’s eyes and mind that pursue all the actual landscape in every detail. It is a sort of pictorial book and a recreation of the visible reality in a panorama form.

                                     October, 2009 at Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon

Reference

Actuality(實境)(An object of thoughts and mind)

Mind(精神)(A sense of purpose for a matter and body)