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Nationality: South Korea
Born 1984 in Korea
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Education
B.A. in Art Education, Mokwon University, Daejeon, Korea
Exhibitions
Solo2025 Gaze, Seoul, Korea
2024 The Blooming of Memory, Daejeon, Korea
2023 Silent Garden, Seoul, Korea
2022 The Shape of Time, Daejeon, Korea
2021 Inner Landscape, Seoul, Korea
2020 Color of Memory, Daejeon, Korea
Group
2025 Contemporary Bloom, Korea
2024 Layered Garden, Korea
2023 New Vision, Korea
2022 Spring Narrative, Korea
2021 Emerging Artists Exhibition, Korea
2020 Visual Dialogue, Korea
2019 Young Artists Project, Korea
2018 Contemporary Scene, Korea
2017 New Generation Art Show, Korea
2016 Studio Residency Exhibition, Korea
Awards
2020 Grand Prize, 50th Chungnam Art Exhibition
2014 Bridge Prize, Bridge Art Fair
2014 Top Excellence Award, Western Painting Division, 50th Gyeonggi Art Exhibition
Collection of Works
E-Land Cultural Foundation, Korea Ankook Cultural Foundation, Korea Vanke Wuxi Museum of Contemporary Art, Wuxi, China Goldline Co., Ltd., Korea
Residencies / Professional Activities
2021 Selected for the Pre-Exclusive Artist Program, Morris Gallery, Daejeon
2021 Selected Artist, The Shift Park Young
2016–2018 Resident Artist, Gold Creative Studio, 1st & 2nd Cohorts
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"Stone People" explores the lyrical nature of life and the essence of existence through painting by projecting human emotions onto the primal aesthetics of nature. Using natural elements such as rocks, trees, grass, and flowers as formative components, I have created human-like characters called Stone People. They are self-portraits reflecting my emotions, as well as mythical symbols that attempt to transcend the finite nature of human existence.
The figures in the paintings are composed of small and fragile elements like stones, grass, and flowers. Yet they run, love, dance, and repeat the cycles of blooming and fading-mirroring the flow of life. Though they may appear insignificant, they contain a persistent and beautiful vitality within.
Stones are entities that hold emotion. As they break, soften, and harden, they carry traces of time. Grass and flowers continuously bloom and wither, revealing the cycle of nature.
These become mediums that symbolize human emotions, relationships, and temporality.
Through these symbolic forms, I aim to speak about the transformation of existence and the flow of emotions. Ultimately, Stone People represent ourselves, and through their stories, I hope viewers will reflect on their own lives.
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