My practice sits in the middle of an exchange between the World and my inner self - which is often an anxious and questioning dialogue. I find myself both resisting and embracing change - in terms of choice of subject matter, associated meanings, and the creative process itself. What I hope to achieve with a work can evolve over a long span of time as I work incrementally. Ambiguity and loose metaphors are prevalent in much of my work, with scope for broad interpretation and contradictions being channelled by the titles chosen for an individual piece or series.
b.1971, South Korea, living and working in London
Academic History
2009 BA (Hons) Fine Art -Studio Practice and Contemporary Critical Studies, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
2006 Art Extension -Studio Practice and Art History, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
1995 BBA Business Administration, Seoul, South Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Embrace, Soohoh Gallery, South Korea
2019 Breaking Silence, Cafe Lost & Found Gallery, Seoul, South Korea
Wider than the Sky, Soohoh Gallery, South Korea
2010 Witness-The Sky is Called, Taylor St Baristas, 125 Old Broad Street, London, UK
Two-person Exhibition
2016 Excavating the Sky, The Square Gallery, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2024 K-Women:Celerbrating Korean Female Artists, Kinsgton Museum, UK
2024 Sharing Love, Soohoh Gallery, South Korea
BAF 2024, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul, South Korea
2023 Special Exhibition-예술을 통한 내면의 치유, Soohoh Gallery, South Korea
2022 4482-Ten Hope, Gallery OXO, London, UK
British Painting 3, Bermondsey Project Space, London, UK
Mind- be here present/ be here now, Kingshill House Arts centre, UK
2021 BAMA 2021, Bexco, Busan, South Korea
2019 Soohoh Art Concert-Contemplating Pathways via Art, Korea Design Center, South Korea
Afters, Art Hub Studio Gallery, London, UK
Paradise Garden, Korea Design Centre- Soohoh Gallery, South Korea
British Painting II, Bermondsey Project Space, London
Harmony Art Exchange Programme, Harmony Art Gallery, Shanghai, China
The Cosmic Sublime, Pie Factory Gallery, Margate, UK
4482:The Other Side of the Moon, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, London, UK
2018 Sunny Art Prize, Sunny Art Centre, London, UK
Aesthetica Arts Prize- screen show, York Arts Gallery, York, UK
Light & Shade, Christmas Steps Gallery, Bristol, UK
4482: Butterfly Effect, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, London, UK
2017 Summer Exhibition, The Concept Space Bermondsey, London, UK
The Lichfield Prize-Dreams & Extremes, Emporium Gallery, Lichfield, UK
Lodger, Westminster Reference Library, London, UK
Multiple Equation, Taverne Gutenberg, Lyon, France
2016 Chroma: Blue, Safehouse2, Peckham, London, UK
2015 TIAF(The Independent Art Fair), The Rag Factory, London, UK
Deptford X ASC Open Studios, Bond House, New Cross, London, UK
LIFE:Different Perspectives, Qube Gallery, Oswestry, UK
Summer Arts Prize, Lacey Contemporary Gallery, London, UK
2014 Deptford X-ASC Open Studios, Bond House, New Cross, London. UK
2013 The Columbia Threadneedle Prize, Mall Galleries, London, UK
2011 4482: Rhizosphere, Bargehouse, Oxo Tower, London, UK
2010 The National Open Art Competition, Cichester, UK
Collective Spirit, Turn-Berlin Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Citizen, TactileBOSCH Gallery & Studios, Cardiff, Wales, UK
4th International Arte Laguna Art Prize, Tese di San Cristoforo, Arsenale, Venice, Italy
The Open West, Summerfield Gallery, Cheltenham, UK
4482: Korean Contemporary Artists in London, Bargehouse, London, UK
2009 Degree Show, Goldsmiths College, London, UK
Prize/Awards
2019 Soohoh Award, 4482-2019
2018 Shortlisted, Sunny Art Prize
2018 Longlisted, Aesthetica Art Prize
2013 Finalisted, The Columbia Threadneedle Prize
2010 Finalisted, The National Open Arts Competition
2010 Finalisted, 4th Arte Laguna Prize
2010 Shortlisted, The Open West
Publications
2019 British Painting II
2019 The Other Side of the Moon: The 8th 4482
2018 Sunny Art Prize 2018
2018 Future Now: 100 Contemporary Artists from The Aesthetica Art Prize (ISSN 2398-6654)
2018 Butterfly Effect: 2018 Voices of Korean Contemporary Artists, The 7th 4482
2013 The Threadneedle Prize for Painting & Sculpture 2013
2011 4482: Rhizosphere 2011
2010 The Marmite Prize for Painting 2010
2010 National Open Art Competition Chichester 2010
2010 Arte Laguna Art Prize 2009
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