“It’s not text that I paint. I paint error. Because error is what makes us human.”
I use elements that defy logic, that do not make rational sense, to confront and grasp the essence of object and self. In this process, I search for individual values and the meaning of life in the absurdity of reality by allowing the intervention of chance. I am particularly interested in the current situation facing humanity, where human values are being fragmented and undermined by the digitization of human activities, and am concerned with human values at the social, political, and personal levels.
My practice is based on painting but extends to a variety of disciplines, including sculpture, installation, video, and photography. I actively use industrial materials that are not traditionally used in art making, such as anti-climb fence, which is originally used for crowd control or blocking people from entering, timber, steel, and banner to create meaning through the nature of the materials themselves. Also, I utilize empty signifiers as visual elements and place them in an indiscriminate manner in order to redefine what painting is.
Born in 1988 in Seoul, South Korea.
Lives and works in London, UK.
Education
2022 - 2024 M.F.A., Fine Art, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK.
2014 - 2016 M.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea.
2007 - 2014 B.A., Journalism and Mass Communication, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea.
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Don’t Change the Color of Your Hair, Art Space At, Seoul, South Korea.
2020 Metamorphosis, Cyart Space, Seoul, South Korea.
Selected Group Exhibitions / Presentations
2024 Somewhere Elsewhere, Lewisham Art House, London, UK.
2024 ART021 Shanghai, Shanghai Exhibition Centre, Shanghai, China.
2024 Playground, The Handbag Factory, London, UK.
2024 GUM (Give Us More), The Handbag Factory, London, UK.
2024 Prelude in Asylum, Asylum Chapel, London UK.
2024 Goldsmiths MFA Degree Show, Laurie Grove Baths, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK.
2024 Unforeseeable Senses, Crypt Gallery, London, UK.
2023 Goldsmiths Interim Show, Goldsmiths MFA Studios, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK.
2023 Circle in the Square, No Format Gallery, London, UK.
2023 Hold On, Goldsmiths MFA Studios Seminar Room, Goldsmiths, University of London, London, UK.
2023 Taste the Difference Part 2, Hypha Studios Stratford, London, UK.
2023 Taste the Difference Part 1, Hypha Studios Stratford, London, UK.
2022 Color 2022, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea.
2021 ArtPrize Gangnam, Champions Lounge, Nonhyeon Furniture Street, Seoul, South Korea.
2021 Color 2021, CICA Museum, Gimpo, South Korea.
2021 New Thinking New Art 2021, LeeSeoul Gallery, Seoul, South Korea.
2021 ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival), Hongik Museum of Art, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea.
2020 Morak-morak Project A, Gallery iLHO, Seoul, South Korea.
2020 ASYAAF (Asian Students and Young Artists Art Festival), Hongik Museum of Art, Hongik University, Seoul, South Korea.
2020 The 3rd New Thinking New Art, Gallery Violet, Seoul, South Korea.
2019 Hanbok and I, The Museum of the First President of the Republic of Kazakhstan, Nur-Sultan, Kazakhstan.
2019 Hagyomány és divat, Korean Cultural Center Hungary, Budapest, Hungary.
2010 LOST IN BANGKHUNTIEN, Gallery BKT, Bangkok, Thailand.
Awards
2021 New Thinking New Art Prize, LeeSeoul Gallery, South Korea.
2020 Cyart Document Competition Award, Cyart Document & Cyart Gallery, South Korea.
Public Collection
2019 Korean Cultural Center Hungary, Budapest, Hungary.
Selected Press
2022 THE ISSUE Magazine August 2022 Issue, South Korea. - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1WSOeku0HQk1X-k6u8XEkBCu1JHWI765g?usp=sharing
2022 Edaily Newspaper, South Korea. - https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01105366632394520&mediaCodeNo=257&OutLnkChk=Y
2022 Handmaker Newspaper, South Korea. - http://www.handmk.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=12816
2022 Sports W Newspaper, South Korea - https://www.sportsw.kr/news/newsview.php?ncode=1065595313156265
2022 K Spirit Newspaper, South Korea. - http://www.ikoreanspirit.com/news/articleView.html?idxno=68097
2020 Edaily Newspaper, South Korea. - https://www.edaily.co.kr/news/read?newsId=01193926625768264&mediaCodeNo=257
2020 CULTURA Magazine May 2020 Issue, South Korea. - https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1g0l_cKuEf4Ia2O5QPivaqJG5buBUUhRL?usp=sharing
2020 Jungdo-ilbo Newspaper, South Korea. - http://www.joongdo.co.kr/web/view.php?key=20200511010002993