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WAN KIM M.F.A Art & Design, Yeung-Nam University, Korea B.F.A Oriental Painting, Yeung-Nam University, Korea Selected Solo Exhibitions 2013 "Zenscape", Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York 2012 "Lightscape", Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 "Touch the Color", Cube-C Gallery, Daegu, Korea 2009 "Touch the Light", Gwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2007 "In Between", Daegu Culture Center, Daegu, Korea 2006 "Search for The Universe", Posco Gallery, Pohang, Korea 2005 "Missing & Imagine & Drawing", Bong-sung Gallery, Daegu, Korea 1995 "Submerged District - Ground of the Father", DaeBaek Gallery, Pohang, Korea Selected Group Exhibitions 2012 "Byul- Byul-Nara International Exhibition", Young-Chun Art Studio, Korea 2012 "The Essentials", Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York 2011 "Beyond Reality", Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 "Face of Time - 2 Trajectories", Gallery Mac, Busan, Korea 2010 "Cho Heon Art Prize Winners", Pohang City Museum, Korea 2009 "C-KOAS ", Sunshine International Art Museum, Beijing, China 2008 "Art with an Accent", Shaiman Gallery, Guang-Uang, CHINA 2007 "Mergence in Daegu", SooSung Artphia, Daegu, Korea Selected Art Fairs 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, New York 2013 KIAF/ Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2013 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong 2012 KIAF/ Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2012 Daegu Art Fair, Daegu, Korea 2012 Art Show Busan, Busan, Korea 2012 SOAF/ Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2012 ArtExpo New York, New York 2012 Gallery Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2011 Daegu Art Fair, Daegu, Korea 2010 Art Daegu Art Fair, Daegu, Korea 2008 Guang Zhou Art Fair, Jinhan Exhibition Center, China Selected Collections Daegu Supreme Court, Korea Pohang City Museum, Korea Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service, Korea LEE,S Dental Clinic, Korea BAREUNI Dental Clinic, Korea
GOONOO IM EDUCATION B. F. A and M. F. A in Painting, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Over 30 Invitational Exhibitions in Seoul, Barcelona, Beijing, Tokyo, Osaka, and LA SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Over 1,000 Invitational Exhibitions 2010 MANIF 16! 2010, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea 2010 KIAF, Coex, Seoul, Korea 2002 Official Artist for 2002 FIFA World Cup, World Cup Stadium, Seoul, Korea AWARDS 2006 The 5th Misulsegae Artist Prize 1995 The 14th Grand Art Exhibition of Korea ‘Grand Prix’ 1994 ‘94 Grand Art Exhibition of MBC ‘Grand Prix’ PRESENT Professor of Kangwon National University, Korea Vice President of Korean Fine Arts Association Member of Seoul-Gyunggi Archaeology Academy
Manhee Kim SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2015 Hyundai Department Store Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2014 Walter Wickiser Gallery, NY, US 2013 Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2012 River side Gallery, Hackensack, NJ, US Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, NY, US 2011 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, N.Y, US River side Gallery, NJ, US 2010 Tokyo Mi Gallery , Tokyo, Japan Seoul Art Gallery , Seoul , South Korea Gono Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2009 Europe Gallery, Paris, France KCC Gallery, US Seoul Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea 2008 Salon The Hululu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, South Korea 2006 Sunlighe Gallery Tokyo, Japan Repin Academy Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia 2005 Gallery Couteron, Paris, France SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2014 Concept Miami, Walter Wickiser Gallery, Miami, FL Fair For Modern And Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany KIAF, Seoul, South, Korea 2013 Gallery Artists Part X, Walter Wickiser Gallery New York, NY, US Fair For Modern And Contemporary Art, Cologne, Germany The 37th ARTEX Seoul, JCAA Tokyo, Seoul, South Korea Houston Fine Art Fair, Houston, TX, US 2012 Scope New York, New York, NY, US Art Palm Beach, Palm Beach, FL, US Korea Art Show, New York, NY, US China International Gallery Exposition (CIGE), Beijing, China Gallery Artists Part IX, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY, US Korea American Contemporary Arts ltd., New York, NY, US K-ART, Seoul, South Korea A&C Art Fair Seoul SETEC, South Korea Tokyo Art Fair, JCAA Tokyo, Japan Art Busan Show, Busan, Korea KIAF, Seoul, Korea à l' Art Shopping au Carrousel du Louvre, Paris, France 2011 Art Chicago, Chicago, US Korean International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea Art Expo New York 2011, NY, US Scope New York Art Show 2011, NY, US Able Fine Art NY Gallery, N.Y, US 2010 Art Miami, Miami Beach. Fl., US The New Abstractionists III, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York,NY SOAF2010, Seoul, Korea ArtExpo New York 2010, NY The 16th Exhibition of the Korean Abstract Painting Group, Soo Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 27th N.Y Art N.Y, Soho Ward-Nasse Gallery JACC, New York,NY The 32nd ARTEX TOKYO, Soya Gallery, Tokyo, Japan 2009 The 2nd World Open Art Festival, Seoul , South Korea Korea Selected Artists Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea A&C Art Fair Seoul 2009, Seoul Museum, Seoul, South Korea The 30th International Impact Art Festival , Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, Japan Korea Contemporary Art 1000 Artists Exhibition, Seoul, South Korea The 15th Abstract Painting Group, Insa Art Gallery, Seoul , South Korea Korea Contemporary Art Renaissance Exhibition, Seoul , South Korea The 5th NYWAF New York World Art Festival, New York, NY The 31st ARTEX New York, Ward-Nasse Gallery, New York, NY ARTEX SEOUL 2009 Insa Art Gallery, Seoul, South Korea RA 31EME ARTEX PARIS, Paris, France 2008 Abstract Watercolor 14th Seoul, South Korea The 29th International Impact Art Festival, Kyoto City Museum, Kyoto, Japan A&C Art Fair Seoul 2008, Seoul Museum, Seoul, South Korea Five Men, Soo Gallery, Seoul , South Korea 2007 Abstract Water Color 13th, Seoul , South Korea The 27th ARTEX New York, New York, NY
RICHARD PITTS EDUCATION 1959 Studied Fine Art at Newark College of Fine and Industrial Art, NJ Studied Sculpture with Reuben Kadish 1968 B.F.A. and M.F.A. in Fine Art at Pratt Institute, NY SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2009 M 55 Art Long Island City NY 200655 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY 2004 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY 2002 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY 2001 55 Mercer Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Hanson Galleries, New Orleans, LA 1996 Deutch Bank Gallery, New York, NY 1995 Caesarea Gallery, Boca Raton, FL 1992 Cedar Art Center, Corning, NY 1985 David Findlay Jr., New York, NY 1984 Randolph Machon, Ashland, VA 1983 David Findlay Jr., New York, NY 1979 Hobart & William Smith Colleges, Geneva, NY 1974 Jacobs Ladder Gallery, Washington, D.C. 1972 First Street Gallery, New York, NY 1967 Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2011 Five Sculptors, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, NY 2009 Sculpture At Play II, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Sculpture At Play, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY 2008 Gallery Artists Part V, Walter Wickiser Gallery, New York, NY 2007 Encore une Foix, Monk Dogz Urban Art 2007 Imagined Sites, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY 2006 Déjà vu, Gallery 230 DUMBO, Brooklyn, NY, curated by Faye Hirsch, 2004 Schools of Thought, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY, curated by Florence Lynch 2003 Nasu-Kogen Print Show, Tochigi Prefecture, Japan 2003 The Hunterdon Museum of Art, Clinton, NJ 2003 The Box, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY 2003 Works on Paper, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY 2002 Recent Acquisitions, Mississippi Museum of Art, Jackson, MS 2001 Earl Gallery, New York, NY 2001 New Acquisitions, Coos Art Museum, Coos Bay, OR 2000 Exhibition 14, 14th Street Painters, New York, NY 1999 Recent Figure, The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Tech., New York, NY 1999 Rooster Show, Mary Anthony Gallery, New York, NY 1998 Hanson Galleries, New Orleans, LA 1997 Artists Prints, Gallery 2/20, New York, NY 1996 Signifying Love, The Lobby Gallery, New York, NY 1995 Work in Progress, 2/20 Gallery, New York, NY 1993 Human Form, Proctor Art Center, Bard College, New York, NY SELECTED REVIEWS Michael Tcheyan, "Three Sculptures by Artist Richard Pitts and Three Points of View", Thealternativepress.com, June, 2010 M 55 Art "Steel" Judd Tully Catalog Recent Sculpture, Richard Pitts 2009 Jill Conner, "Cut" essay on Recent metal sculpture 2009 David Findlay Jr., "Contemporary Hosts Recent Paintings of Richard Pitts". Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Feb. 4, 1983, pg. 3 (b). Garett Henry, "Richard Pitts One Man Show at David Findlay Gallery ". ARTnews, March, 1985. David Matlock, "Nature & Art". Art World, April, 1988. "Animal Life at One Penn Plaza". Art World, November, 1987. "Intimate Landscape". Art World, June, 1981. "Richard Pitts at David Findlay Gallery". Arts Magazine, February, 1983 Sarah King, "Richard Pitts". Arts Magazine, February, 1983 Jacqueline Hall, "Landscapes at Rutherin Gallery". Columbus Dispatch,May, 1985. Abigail Wender, "Paintings by Richard Pitts". Diversion Magazine,August, 1988. Joe Kirkpatrick, "Return to Realism". The Galveston Daily News,November, 1981.
Ja Im EDUCATION B.F.A. in Applied Art, Duksung Women’s University, Seoul, Korea Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts-cours pour adults, Paris, France SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS The 1st. Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 2nd. Insa Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 3rd. Sungbo Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 4th. Gasan Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 5th. Salon A.A.A, Paris, France The 6th. Galerie Espace Matignon, Paris, France The 7th. Journees portes ouvertes des ateliers dartistes, Paris, France The 8th. Sun Gallery. Sun art center, Seoul, Korea The 9th Bangje Gallery, Anyang, Korea The 10th Supyungsun Gallery, Yohohama, Japan The 11th Gasan Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 12th Gallery Laon, Bundang, Korea The 13th UriBank Kangnam Gallery, Seoul, Korea The 14th Artseoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Sejong gallery, Seoul, Korea Seoul gallery, Seoul, Korea IMA EXHIBITION Member of Korean Fine art Association. Eihyung whae, Yeomyung whae, Salon de Printemps ART FAIRS The 1st Namsong international Art Fair, Korea The8th Foire Europeenne d’Art Contemporain,Metz, France 2nd International Art Expo Malaysia 2008,kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Star & Blue Artist hotel artfair2010,Hilton, Seoul, Korea China and Korea Special Artist Invitation, Peikin 798gallery, China KOAS Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea
CHAE-HYUN OH EDUCATION 1992-1996 Studied at Carrara National Academy, Italy 1992 M.F.A in Fine Art, Kyongbuk National University, Daegu, Korea 1989 B.F.A in Sculpture, Kyongbuk National University, Daegu, Korea SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2013 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York 2012 Temple “Un-Mun”, Chung-Do, Korea 2012 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York 2010 Art Gallery "Chong-Dam", Daegu, Korea 2010 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York 2010 Gallery "The Chai", Heyri Art Valley, Korea 2009 Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2008 Art Gallery "Chongdam", Daegu , Korea 2007 Gallery "Hakkoje", Seoul, Korea 2007 "Seeking After Truth", Bongeunsa Temple, Seoul, Korea 2005 Museum of Daegu University, Daegu, Korea 2004 "Delight", Gilsangsa Temple, Seoul, Korea 2003 Gallery "Seojong", Yangpyong, Kyoungki-do, Korea 2002 "Karma", Jogyesa Temple, Seoul, Korea 2002 Gallery "Dongsanbang", Seoul, Korea 2000 "33 Buddhist Image", Jogyesa Temple, Seoul, Korea 1998 "Totempole", Bongsan Art Street, Daegu, Korea 1997 Gallery "Dongwon", Daegu, Korea 1996 Artpresent Gallery, Paris, France 1994 "Agienda Touristica di M.S", Massa, Italy 1994 Gallery "Imock", Seoul, Korea SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND ART FAIRS 2013 Affordable Art Fair, Hong Kong, China 2013 SOAF: Seoul Open Art Fair, Kainos Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2013 Buddhism Expo 2012, Seoul, Korea 2012 Daegu Art Fair, Gallery Chongdam, Daegu, Korea 2012 KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2012 CIGE: China International Gallery Exposition 2012, Beijing, China 2011 "Sculpture in Mayfield", Seoul, Korea 2011 "After Gallery 2011", Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2011 "Seoul Sculpture Festa", Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea 2010 "Multiplied Within', Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, US 2010 SOAF 2010, Kainos Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 Daegu Art Fair, Gallery Chongdam, Daegu, Korea 2009 "On-go-gi-shin", Gana Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2008 Art Daegu, GongSan Gallery, Daegu, Korea 2008 Art Chicago, Duruart Space, Chicago, US 2008 Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gongsan Gallery, Busan, Korea 2007 Shanghai Art Fair, Gallery Seojong, Shanghai, China 2007 KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2007 Korean and Chinese Sculptors, Paju, Korea 2006 Paju Open Art Festival, Paju, Korea 2006 Spring 2006, Gongsan Gallery, Daegu, Korea 2006 KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2005 "Unified Festival", Paju, Korea 2005 "Heyri Pan -Pan -Pan", Paju, Korea 2004 The Exhibition of 5 Sculptors, Gongsan Gallery, Daegu, Korea 2004 Korea Galleries Art Fair, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2004 Seoul Print Art Fair, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2003 Bong-San Art Festival, Shinmi Gallery, Daegu, Korea 2003 KIAF: Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2002 Daegu Art Fair 2002, Dongsanbang Gallery, Daegu, Korea 2002 "Human and Sculpture", Art Center, Uijeongbu, Korea 2001 "Beautiful Life", Art yard brush Gallery, Daegu, Korea 2001 "Invitation To Life", Hakgojae, Seoul ,Korea 2000 Korea Galleries Art Fair, Gongsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2000 "Gwangju Biennale 200”, Gwangju, Korea COLLECTIONS The Korean Embassy at Vatican, Italy Museum of Daegu University, Daegu, Korea Gallery Missohkan, Kobe, Japan Public Place at Daehakro, Seoul, Korea Fantagia & Joe Gallery, Lucca, Italy Muller-Brunert Gallery, Cologne, Germany Hoban Public Park, Chuncheon city, Gangwon-do, Korea Sculpture Garden, Jeongdongjin, Gangwon-do, Korea Beomeo Park, Daegu, Korea Sivertown, Yongin city, Korea Temple,“Simgok”, Seoul, Korea Temple, “Dongwhasa”, Daegu, Korea Temple, “Gaesimsa”, Seosan, Korea
YOUNGHO SEOCK Education B.F.A Fine Arts Graduation Hongik University, Seoul, Korea Selected Exhibition / Solo Exhibitions 2017 ‘Conversation’ Able fine art NY gallery Invitation, New York, USA 2015 ‘Conversation’ Able fine art NY gallery Invitation, Seoul, Korea 2014 ‘Conversation’ NH nong hyeup sin chon Bank Invitation, Seoul, Korea 2012 ‘Conversation’ Able fine art NY gallery Invitation, Seoul, Korea 2012 ‘Conversation’ Able fine art NY gallery Invitation, New York, USA 2011 ‘Conversation’ Insa art center, Seoul, Korea 2011 ‘Conversation’ Open Studio, Gapyeoung, Korea 2010 ‘Conversation’ Able fine art NY gallery Invitation, New York, USA 2010 ‘Conversation’ Hamigang gallery Invitation, Seou, Korea 2003 ‘Conversation’Gapyeoung art center, Gapyeoung, Korea Selected Exhibition & Group Exhibition 2017 Nong Group Exhibition, INI Gallery Jejudo, Korea 2017 The 44th ARTEX Seoul 2017, Godo gallery, Korea 2016 Able Fine Art NY Gallery Group Exhibition, New York, USA 2013 Jara Island International Baggat Art Invitation Exhibition, Jara Island, Korea Selected Art Fair 2015 KIAF, Coex, Seoul, Korea 2015 London art fair 2015, BUSINESS DESIGN CENTRE, London, UK 2014 AAF LONDON Hampstead 2014, London, UK 2014 AAF Singapore, Singapore Present Present : Member of Korean Fine Art Association Review Conversations with Ourselves, Memories of Earthlight Robert C. Morgan There are two things to consider while looking at the paintings of Young Ho Seock : one, they inform the eye through color and light; and two, they inform the mind through tactile sensation and feeling. In fact, light and touch are both forms of sensation. The retina feels bright light coming in as the hand feels the sensation of earth and minerals in the process of mapping the surface. As a painter, Young Ho Seock uses color to produce his own form of light, and in producing light, he provides us with a sense of form. The artist’s hand is not merely an afterthought, but is a sign that reveals the evidence of painting, or painting conceived as an action in time and space. Young Ho Seock invents the surface, re - arranges it, in ways that allow the paint to come alive. The color is applied and re - applied layer upon layer, embedding light into the surface that provides an aura of illumination. Before the advent of electronic light, the human eye perceived light differently than we do today. Until the beginning of the twentieth century, light was a fact of nature, and through nature, color came into art by way of minerals found in the soil. The soil was the source of color, which had the capability of recreating light through an illusory means on canvas. Seock is less interested in creating illusion than in giving the viewer the actual feeling of the earth through the sensation of light and touch. This means that the trace of his fingers registers an imprint of a human hand, a gatherer who has gone into nature and brought back specimens that bring color and light his paintings. It is curious that Seock works in a relatively small-to-medium scale. This allows a sense of intimacy, focus, and concentration. When the pigment is an all - over blue pigment, the visual experience is different from that of viewing a charcoal or red surface. Similarly, one might say that green is different than pyrite. When the cluster of tactile energy is pulled into the center of a painter, the experience is different from an empty space where the elliptical cluster of energy resides inside the pigment pulled toward the exterior frame. Our understanding of these paintings is contingent on knowing the colors used by Young Ho Seock come directly from the earth. Therefore, the light that resides in these colors is earthlight, not a simulated form of light, produced by an electrical current. The importance of these paintings should be clear to anyone who endures the various forms of simulation that have dissuaded us from a way of living removed from the origins of our humanness. As we have removed ourselves from nature, we have paid the price, which has led to diminishing returns in our ability to see our motivations and to recognize what is happening around us. Our sensory ability toward the importance of touch in relation to nature has also diminished, and has out ability to recognize the feel of objects, animals, plants, and other human beings. As art has in some ways come closer to life, it has more to teach us. By seeing color and light and by arbitrating the artist’s sense of tactility, we are permitted to perceive our reality more clearly – with greater fortitude and solace, with an ability to move more easily in relation to thought and perception, Seeing beyond our selves, and hearing more than our own echo. The earthlight paintings of Young Ho Seock have much to teach us, and in the process of teaching us, we have another kind or relaxed enjoyment – the presence of color of light in our everyday lives, the focus on being in a world connected to nature, rather insisting on positioning ourselves apart from it. I believe this is what the artist Young Ho Seock means when he titles his paintings ¡°Conversations.¡± His paintings give us the opportunity to have a conversation with ourselves and to move in a direction closer to our instinctive memory of
Education M.F.A Sculpture, Hong-ik University, Seoul, Korea B.F.A Sculpture, Kwandong University, South Korea Solo Exhibitions 2014 “Person & People”, Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2013 “Person & People”, Insa-art Center, Seoul, Korea 2013 Solo Exhibition of “Youngwoo Kim”, Daejeon Convention Center, Daejeon, Korea 2012 Solo Exhibition of “Youngwoo Kim”, Zoom Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 Solo Exhibition of “Youngwoo Kim”, O's Art House, Jeun-ju, Korea 2010 “Person & People”, Insa-art Center, Seoul, Korea 1996 Solo Exhibition of “Youngwoo Kim”, Jong-ro Gallery, Seoul, Korea Selected Group Exhibitions 2014 Invitational Exhibition Modern Korea Sculpture, Chuncheon MBC, Chuncheon, Korea 2013 Invitational Exhibition Modern Korea Sculpture, Chuncheon MBC, Chuncheon, Korea 2012 Seoul Modern Art Show, Yang-je AT Center, Seoul, Korea 2012 Seoul Modern Art Show, Yang-je AT Center, Seoul, Korea 2011 GOOD TIME Exhibition , Guroartsvallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 Exhibition for Monad, Gallery Ssamzi, Seoul, Korea 2010 OUTDOOR Exhibition , Seu-san, Korea 2010 '₩' Exhibition, Hong-ik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea 1998 Regular Exhibition for the Present Korean Sculpture Association, Se-jong Center for Performing Arts, Seoul, Korea 1994 Regular & Invitation Exhibitions for the Present Figurative Sculpture Association, Seoul Art Center, Seoul, Korea Art Fairs 2014 KIAF(Korea International Art Fair), Seoul, Korea 2013 SOAF(Seoul Open Art Fair), Seoul, Korea 2013 Asia Hotel Art Fair Hong Kong, Mandarin Oriental, Hong Kong, China 2012 Asia Top Gallery Hotel Art Fair, Asia Top Gaiiery Hotel, Seoul, Korea 2012 Art Asia, Seoul, Korea 2012 Doors Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2012 Daegu Art Fair, Daegu, Korea 2012 Miami Art Fair, Miami, US 2012 Art Gyeongju, Gyeongju Art Center, Gyeongju, Korea 2012 Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2011 Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, Korea 2007 Kang-won Art Fair, Chi-Ark Art Gallery, Kang-won, Korea 1996 Korea Galleries Art Fair, Jong-ro Gallery Exhibitions, Seoul, Korea Awards 2011 First Prize Award National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea 2007 Accepted for The 26th Grand Art of Exhibition of Korea 2006 Accepted for The 25th Grand Art of Exhibition of Korea 2005 Received the Special Selection Award for The 24th Grand Art of Exhibition of Korea 1994 Won a Participation Prize for the Grand Figurative Sculpture of MBC, Korea 1993 Accepted for the Grand Figurative Sculpture of MBC, Korea 1993 Won the First Prize from the Exhibition of National College, Korea Present Member of Korean Sculptor's Association
Misun Chun Education B.F.A College of Fine Art Choung-Ju University M.F.A Department of Fine Art, sejong University.Seoul Solo Exhibitions 2016 11th SECHOART_ONE Gallery Seoul, Korea 2016 10th JK Gallery, IlSan, Korea 2015 9th Able Fine Art Ny Gallery. Korea 2015 8th Able Fine Art Ny Gallery, U.S.A 2014 7th HwaBong Gallery, Invited Exhibition, Seoul 2013 6th Gallery woolim, Seoul 2009 5th United Nations, New York 2005 4th Space Beam, Incheon 2000 3rd Cheshire Town Hall, U.S.A 1998 2nd SHINSEGAE Gallery, Incheon 1998 1st Baik Song Gallery, Seoul Selected Exhibition & Group Exhibition 2016 AAF Seoul, Seoul, Korea 2016 Art Market Hamptons, Bridgehampton Museum, USA 2016 Art HAMPTONS, Bridgehamton, USA 2016 Memorial open 1year, JCUBE MUSEUM, China 2016 LA ART SHOW 2016, LA Convention center, USA 2016 MENTOR MENTEE, HAN WON MUSEUM OF ART Seoul, Korea 2016 Affordable Art Fair Milan, Milan, ltaly 2016 Madef Design Living Fair, In, Korea 2016 Art Gyeongju, Gyeongju, Korea 2016 Affordable Art Fair Milano, Milano, Italia 2016 LA ART SHOW 2016, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore 2015 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2015 Affordable Art Fair Seoul, Dongdaemun Design Plaza, Seoul, Korea 2015 Affordable Art Fair Britain, London, UK 2014 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2014 The 32nd Korea Galleries Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea 2013 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2013 Seoul Art Show, COEX, Seoul, Korea 2013 Reinterpretation of the sense, Sejong Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2013 New Caledonia Hotel Art Fair, Le Meridien Noumea 2012 Korea Japan France Mongolia Invited Exhibition, France Unesco Gallery Participated In More than 100 Local & International Art Shows The Rest omitted Present Lecturer at Sejong University Seoul, Korea Award 1997 Selected Grand Art Exhibition of Incheon, Incheon, Korea 1996 Selected Grand Art Exhibition of Incheon, Incheon, Korea 1995 Selected Grand Art Exhibition of Incheon, Incheon, Korea 1994 Selected Grand Art Exhibition of Incheon, Incheon, Korea 1993 Selected Grand Art Exhibition of Incheon, Incheon, Korea 1996 Selected Grand Art Exhibition of Korea, Korean Fine Arts Association, GwaChun, Korea
Qiurui Du Qiurui Du is an artist from Beijing, China and is currently based in New York City. Having grown up in an artistic family his love of art grew tremendously. Queer identity and life experience give Qiurui unique point of views and inspirations in art. As an introverted persons, he expressed all his emotions and ideas through colors and images, and he believes art is a way to tell stories. In Qiurui’s work, he deconstruct his inner fears, love, and Chinese pop cultures, and the subject matter in Qiurui’s artworks is also inspired by his surroundings as well as daily experiences within the social framework. He creates corny scenarios with bright colors and flat images to bring the viewers into an illusionary dimension, where reality and imagination have been combined. In the Qiurui’s recent solo exhibition “A Bizarre World” (May, 2018), he has explored his childhood memories in his hometown Beijing with the particular attention to the social conflict and pop cultures that were influenced by China’s tremendous development and used acrylic to create a colorful imaginary world with black senses of humor to address the social issues, such as environmental problems, the conflict between poor and rich, and traditional Chinese life style in Modern Chinese society. Education 2018 B.F.A , Parsons School Of Design, Dept. Illustration, New York, United States Solo Exhibition 2018 A Bizarre Dream, Van Der Plas Gallery, New York, United Sates Selected Exhibitions & Group Exhibitions 2018 Itching: Conner Yang & Qiurui Du, Happiness 42, Shanghai, China 2018 Parsons Illustration Senior Show, New York, United States Award 2018 Delusional Art Competition, People’s Choice by Jonathan leVine Project Collections 2018 A Bizarre Dream: Scenario 2, Songzhuang Hotel, Beijing, China 2018 Street Breakfast, Ruyijia Interior Design Co, LTD, Beijing, China 2018 Street Haircut, Ruyijia Interior Design Co, LTD, Beijing, China Press/publications 2018 A Bizarre Dream, Sinovision English Channel Artist Statement My childhood memory is blurry and mysterious because many details are gone with time. Beijing is my hometown, but sometimes I feel it’s slowly becoming a different city. Whenever my mom had to travel to other places, she always liked to bring me with her. I had a great opportunity to see the world with my own eyes. However, as an introverted person, books and films became my best friends when I was young. I built an imagined world around myself. No matter where I am, Beijing still has a special place in my heart. The speed of the development in China is really fast. Whenever I go back to China, new skyscrapers have been built, and old Hutongs haven’t been torn down. Then I realized that my hometown has changed, and the memories of my childhood there could only live in my heart. In my artwork, I have explored my childhood memories with the particular attention to the social conflict and Chinese pop culture that was influenced by China’s tremendous development. China changes every day, it’s too fast, and it’s hard to catch up with the changes. The disconnection between myself and Chinese society made me think about the question, is Beijing the one changed or is me? China is a strange land; it’s old and new, westernized but still traditional. Sometimes nothing makes sense in nowadays Chinese society. Looking back; my childhood is the most bizarre dream I’ve ever had. In my work, I deconstruct my inner fears, the impact of Chinese culture, and my life experiences. My subject matter also is inspired by my surroundings as well as daily experiences of my childhood to address the social issues, such as environmental problems, the conflict between poor and rich, and the traditional Chinese lifestyle in modern Chinese society. Maybe my childhood is a combination of reality and my fantasy, and I’m a dreamer who dreams in a bizarre world.
José Molina Born in Madrid, 1965 *Solo Exhibiton / Presentation 2018 The Visionary World of José Molina,Able Fine Art NY Gllery, USA 2017 Dialogo della croce” curated by Dominique Stella, Santa Maria del Tiglio Church, Gravedona, Lake Como 2017 L’abbraccio di Cristo (solo exhibition in Como’s cathedral) 2017 Soulwoman, Galleria Hernandez Milan 2017 Uomini e altri demoni, Deodato Arte, Milan curated by Chiara Gatti 2017 Paesaggio dopo la battaglia curated by Lorenzo Canova, Reggia di Caserta 2016 ¡°Veritatis splendor: il senso del divino,¡± Graziani Palace, and Asset Bank, Republic of San Marino 2016 ¡°Dolce acqua¡± Muma Museum, Genoa 2015 “De l’amor y otros demonios” , curated by Alessandra Redaelli, Biffi Gallery, Piacenza 2015 “L’altra bellezza”, San Pietro in Atrio, Como 2015 Presentation of the anthological catalogue “Humanitas” and interview by Martina Mazzotta (Mazzotta Foundation), Sormani Public Library, Milan 2014 “La sconfitta della Tauromachia”, Cervantes Institute, Milan. Critical essay by Arturo Lorenzo 2014 “The World Outside, The World Inside” Ugolini Castle, Verona 2014 “Dioses y hombres. Men and Gods”. Brenna Tosatto Villa, Lenno. 2014 “Humanity”, Fabrik Gallery, Honk Kong. 2014 L’arte spagnola a Palazzo Gallio, Gravedona ed Uniti. Curated by Mariella Casile. 2014 Bestias Humanas, Real Academia d’Espana, Roma. Curated by Rosetta Gozzini. 2013 “Los Olvidados”, Luciana Matalon Foudation, Milan curated by Rosetta Gozzini. 2013 “Day by Day”, Deodato Art Gallery, Milan. 2012 “Sentimentos”, Lake Art Gallery, Dongo, Como Lake. 2011 “Sentimentos” MC2 Gallery, Milan. Curated by Claudio Composti. 2011 “Sentimentos y Predatores”, Galeria Movart, Madrid. 2011 Presentations of the book “Sentimentos” 2011 Cervantes Institute, Rome 2011 Tierra del Fuego, Madrid curated by Carmen Pascual 2011 Libux Library, Cantù curated by Franca Castelnuovo 2010 “Cosas Humanas” Mudima Foundation, Milan. 2009 Brixen’s Civic Museum. “Pencil of paper: artworks by Escher, Gottfried Helnwein and Jose’ Molina.”, curated by Alex Pergher. 2009 “Lapis Ludica: 15 artists and a lapis”. Stelline Palace, Milan. Catalogue by Esseblu. Preface of Stefano Zecchi. 2009 Castle of Pio, Carpi. “Perturbamenti del Potere” curated by Bianca Tosatti. Artworks by Witkins, Warhol, Tiziano. 2008 “Predatores”, Museum of Natural Sciences and Civic Aquarium, Milan. Curated by Vittorio Sgarbi. 2008 “6 DAYS in Madrid, 6 DAYS in Milan” – Spazio Apollo, Milan 2008 “Líneas” (Líneas/ Flamenco and Don Quijote) – Spazio Anteo, Milan. 2008 “Predatores”, Cà di Frà Gallery, Milan curated by Gianfranco Composti. 2007 “Predatores”, Romberg Gallery, Rome. Curated by Italo Bergantini 2007 “Predatores”, Romberg Gallery, Rome. Curated by Italo Bergantini 2007 “Líneas” at Spazio “20”, Milan. 2007 “Water” at Ducale Palace, Modena. Curated by P. Donini and D. Del Moro 2007 “The animal within us”, Gallery Ca di Frà, Milan 2006 “Predatores” at the Fondazione Mudima, Milan. 2006 “Hollywood’s Eyes” and the series of “Don Quijote” Crapapelada, Milan. 2006 “Live to die” Crispi Gallery, Rome. 2006 “Predatores” – Piccola Galleria, Venice. 2005 “Dyng to live”, Gallery Hera Arte Contemporanea, Brescia. 2005 “Dyng to live”, Galleria Rubin, Milan. *Group Exhibition 2017 Ricapitolando curated by Roberto Gramiccia, Plus arte Plus, Rome 2015 “Un mondo di pane”, Fabbrica del Vapore, Milano 2015 “Shots of Bread”, Mediateca di Santa Teresa, Milan 2014 “The World Outside, The World Inside” Ugolini Castle, Verona 2014 L’arte al tempo della crisi, Triennale, Milano 2014 “Non di solo pane”, Spazio Oberdan, Milan. Curated by Susanna Vallebona. 2013 Wunder Kammer, Poldi Pezzoli Museum, Milan. Curated by L. Galli and M. Mazzotta. Skira Catalogue. 2013 “Warriors of Light”, Contemporary Concept Art Gallery, Bologna 2013 “Looking Inside Out”, Rosarte Space Gallery, Rome. 2012 “The art of multiplying the art” – Spazio al bello, Milan. Curated by S. Vallebona. 2012 “Eyes” Visual d’Art Gallery, Menaggio, Como Lake. 2011 Elephant Parade, Milan. 2010 “Artists Showcase” Gallery Doppia V, Lugano, Switzerland. 2010 “Water” Atelier casa perla, Dongo. 2010 Ediciones, Galería Clave, Murcia, Spain. 2010 “Selfportraits”, Gallery Ca’ di Fra’, Milan. *Art Fairs Art New York, USA WunderKammer Grand Tour, ART STAYS, 13th Festival of Contemporary Art, Ptuj Contemporary Art Fair, Hong Kong Neaples Art Fair Honk Kong Contemporary Art Fair Art Fair Verona Affordable Art Fair, Milan Genova Art Fair Honk Kong Contemporary Art Fair Art Stays, Ptuj –Slovenia Padova Art Fair Step 09 Art Fair Mi Art Fair Arte Padova PADOVA Art Fair BRESCIA Art Fair VERONA Art Fair * Biography Born in Madrid in 1965, aged 11 José Molina started attending several arts schools, then, while studying at Madrid’s University of Fine arts, he worked in advertising until the age of 35, when he decided to fully devote himself to painting. His first exhibition was in 2004 at Milan’s Galleria Rubin. Between 2005 and 2010 he held a solo exhibition at Milan’s Museum of Science and Technology and Civic Aquarium - curated by renowned art critic and historian Vittorio Sgarbi - and exhibited at other locations and galleries, like Galleria Ca’ di Fra’, Mc2, Fondazione Stelline and Fondazione Mudima. 2013 was a year of great solo and collective shows for Molina; his works were exhibited at Milan’s Museo Poldi Pezzoli, Spazio Oberdan and La Triennale. His first anthological exhibition took place in 2014 at Real Academia de España in Rome, in 2015 he released the volume “Humanitas”, a comprehensive collection of the artist’s production from 2002, and in 2016 he held a solo show at Museo del Mare in Genoa and at Galleria Deodato Arte in Milan. In 2017 at the Royal Palace in Caserta, took place a big anthological exhibition “Landscape after the battle” supported by the Spanish institutions and by the Ministry of Cultural Heritage and Activities and Tourism. Today Josè is present on the international scene, both in Europe and Asia, with a series of solo exhibitions both in private and public spaces. He now lives in Gravedona, Lake Como. *Artist’s Statement I am a child of my time. Spanish, born in the mid ‘60s, I grew up with the consequences and remnants of Franco’s totalitarian regime, which in part contributed to shaping my artistic path, along with my social and cultural commitment. I see art as a tool for interaction and, as an artist, I feel I have a responsibility for what surrounds me. But my art does not merely tell of the human being in his social dimension. At the start of the year 2000, I decided to undertake a cathartic journey within myself. I gave up a solid career in advertising to devote myself to art completely. My first collection, ¡°Morir para vivir¡±, is the metaphor of the path I have undertaken. Knowing myself prodded me to delve deeper into the various aspects of human nature, hence the introspective investigation started being accompanied by an anthropological one. I have chosen a photographic technique, with a documentary intent in order to make my characters look as real as possible: if they were not so real, we would feel more detached towards them. My paintings also feature unsettling elements, which draw away from reality and make my works look more visionary and surreal. This allows me to explore humanity in depth, I use surrealism as a tool to investigate, as the language of hidden truths. This visionary, at times fierce, character is not meant as a provocation, but to prompt the spectator to venture into the multifaceted nature of the human soul, to trigger a reflection.
Jeon Nak Education  1986 B.F.A Painting, College of Arts & Design, Mok Won University, Daejeon, Korea  Solo Exhibitions 2018 Axis, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, USA 2016 Mysterious Universe, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, USA 2016 Mysterious Universe, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2016 Mysterious Universe, Gallery Chungdam, Daegu, Korea 2016 Mysterious Universe, Row Gallery, Gyeongju, Korea 2015 Nexus, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, USA 2014 Axis, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2014 Axis, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, USA Art Fairs  2019 Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Hampstead, UK 2019 Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Brussels, Belgium 2019 London Art Fair, London, UK 2018 Context Miami, Miami, USA 2018 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore 2018 Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, London, UK 2018 Art Expo, New York, USA 2018 Context NY, New York, USA 2018 Art Expo, Las Vegas, USA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, London, UK 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, New York, USA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2017 Art Up, Parc Expo Rouen, Avenue des Canadiens, France 2017 LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA 2016 ST-ART Fair, Strasbourg, France 2016 Art.Fair, Cologne, Germany 2016 Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, London, UK 2016 Art Hamptons, NY, USA 2016 Affordable Art Fair Milano, Milano, Italy 2016 LA ART SHOW 2016, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA 2015 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2015 World Art Dubai, Dubai, United Arab Emirates 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, NY, USA 2015 Art Expo, New York, USA 2015 London Art Fair, London, UK 2014 Contemporary Istanbul, Istanbul, Turkey
J J Marino Born in 1978, Napoli, Italy. Solo Exhibition 2018 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, U.S.A. Group Exhibition 2018 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2017 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea Art Fairs  2019 Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2019 Art Busan, Busan, Korea 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Hampstead, UK 2019 Affordable Art Fair Brussels, Brussels, Belgium 2018 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore 2018 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, UK 2018 Affordable Art Fair New York, New York, USA 2018 Art Gyeonju, Gyeonju, Korea 2018 BAMA, Busan, Korea 2018 Art Busan, Busan, Korea 2018 Art Expo-Las Vegas, Las Vegas, U.S.A. 2017 Seoul Art Show, Seoul, Korea 2017 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore 2017 Affordable Art Fair Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands 2017 Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London, UK 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, New York, USA 2017 GIAF(Gyeongnam International Art Fair), Gyeongnam, Korea
Kwanwoo Lee Education Graduated from Department of Painting, Kwandong University Solo Exhibitions 2017 12th Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA 2014 11th Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju Island, Korea 2014 10th Gallery Hanok, Seoul, Korea 2012 9th Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2011 8th Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA 2011 Able Fine Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 7th Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2010 6th Gallery Soo, Seoul, Korea 2008 5th Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2004 4th Hyundai Arts Center Invitational, Ulsan, Korea 2004 3rd Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 1999 2nd KEPCO Art Center Gallery, Special Invitational, Seoul, Korea 1996 1st Jongro Gallery, Seoul, Korea Two Person Exhibitions 2009 Chu In-yeop & Lee Kwan-woo, Jung Gu Chan Gallery, Yongin, Korea 1994 Jeong Seok-do & Lee Kwan-woo, SaeAnYeSaRang, Gangreung, Gangreung Selected Exhibition & Group Exhibition 2015 VOICE OF KOREAN ART, Odetoart Gallery, Singapore 2015 Made & Found, Hans Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2014 MMCA Collections “Wall”, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 2014 Asiat in Seoul, Chungmu Art Hall, Seoul, Korea 2014 Gongpyeong Gallery Opening Show, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2014 Exhibition of Chinese and Korean Contemporary, Level space, Beijing, China 2013 Asiat in Seoul, Art Space Africana, Sungnam, Korea 2013 Korea Japan Latin, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea 2013 Art Space Ben Permanent Exhibition, Seoul, Korea 2013 Women Chosun 29th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition, Seoul, Korea 2013 Primavera, Amway Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 2013 Korea Japan Latin, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea 2012 Bangladesh Biennale, Bangladesh 2012 Landscape in My Mind, LIG Art Space, Seoul, Korea 2012 Artists from Gyeonggi-do Province, Namsong Art Museum, Gapyeong, Korea 2012 The Essentials, Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA 2012 Journey of Time, Able Fine Art Gallery, New York, USA 2012 Asiat in Seoul, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2012 Black Stone, Icheon, Korea 2012 Lee Kwan-woo, Beacon Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2012 Korea Japan Latin, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea 2011 Gallery Yoon Opening Show, Gallery Yoon, Seoul, Korea 2011 Clio Box, Insa Arts Center, Seoul, Korea 2011 Art Two Design, Insa Arts Center, Seoul, Korea 2010 Korean Art in celebration of G20 Seoul Summit, National Assembly Library, Seoul, Korea 2010 Happy Receptacles, Gallery Gong, Seoul, Korea 2010 By Your Side, Horim Museum, Seoul, Korea 2010 Art Wit, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea 2010 3.15 Art Center, Changwon, Korea 2010 Transformed Land, Mongloian National Modern Art Gallery, Mongol 2010 Korea Japan Latin, Gallery La Mer, Seoul, Korea 2010 Him of Gyeonggi-do, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Ansan, Korea 2010 Neo-Renaissance, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2010 Good Morning, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 Sculpture Symposium, Central Park, Gwacheon, Korea 2009 Three Contemporary Artists, Gagaa Gallery, Incheon, Korea 2009 Metaphor as Material, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 Seoul Auction Cutting Edge, Seoul Auction Space, Seoul, Korea 2009 Korea Japan Latin, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 New Beginning, Gallery Yeh, Seoul, Korea 2009 Humor and Satire, Albaro Siza Hall, Anyang Arts Park, Anyang, Korea 2009 Good Morning Seoul, Seoul Art Center Gongpyeong Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 New Year Show, Gallery Soo, Seoul, Korea 2009 Beautiful Journey of Teachers and Students, Hanaro Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2008 Opening Exhibition, Gagaa Gallery, Incheon, Korea 2008 Spring in Namsong, Namsong Art Museum, Gapyeong, Korea 2008 International Artists Invitational, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea Art Fair 2019 Affordable Art Fair Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2019 Affordable Art Fair Hampstead, Hampstead, UK 2018 Context Miami, Miami, USA 2018 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore 2018 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2017 Affordable Art Fair Battersea park, London, UK 2017 Architectural Design Show, New York, USA 2017 Affordable Art Fair New York, New York, USA 2017 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong 2017 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore 2017 Architectural Digest Design Show, PIERS 92 & 94, New York, USA 2017 Art Up, Parc Expo Rouen, Avenue des Canadiens, France 2017 LA Art Show, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA 2016 ST.ART Fair, Strasbourg, France 2016 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore 2016 Art Fair Cologne, Cologne, Germany 2016 Affordable Art Fair Battersea Park, London, UK 2016 Art Hamptons Market, NY, USA 2016 Art Hamptons, NY, USA 2016 Affordable Art Fair Milano, Milano, Italy 2016 LA ART SHOW 2016, Los Angeles Convention Center, Los Angeles, USA 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, F1 Pit Building, Singapore 2015 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2015 Art Dubai, United Arab Emirates, Dubai 2015 Affordable Art Fair New York, Metropolitan Pavilion, New York, USA 2015 London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London, UK 2014 Contemporary Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey 2014 Affordable Art Fair Battersea AC2014, Battersea Park, London 2014 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2014 Affordable Art Fair Britain, London, UK 2014 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore 2014 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong 2014 Korea Galleries Art Fair, COEX, Seoul, Korea 2013 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2013 SEOUL OPEN ART FAIR (SOAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2013 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong, Convention and Exhibition Center, Hong Kong 2013 Affordable Art Fair New York, New York, USA 2013 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore 2013 Affordable Art Fair, London, UK 2013 Art Dot Miami, Miami, USA 2013 Istanbul Art Fair, Istanbul, Turkey 2012 Daegu Art Fair, EXCO, Daegu, Korea 2012 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2012 Artexpo New York, New York, USA 2012 SEOUL OPEN ART FAIR (SOAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2012 Art Show Busan, BEXCO, Busan, Korea 2011 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2011 Affordable Art Fair Singapore, Singapore 2011 Affordable Art Fair New York, New York, USA 2011 Art Cologne 21, Cologne, Germany 2011 Art Korea Miami, Miami, USA 2011 Doors Art Fair, Hotel Imperial, Seoul, Korea 2010 Cheongdam Art Fair, Gallery Godong, Seoul, Korea 2010 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2010 Daegu Art Fair, EXCO, Daegu, Korea 2010 Art Daegu, EXCO, Daegu, Korea 2009 Cheongdam Art Fair, Gallery Godong, Seoul, Korea 2009 Korea International Art Fair (KIAF), COEX, Seoul, Korea 2008 Salon des Artistes INDEPENDANTS, Grand Palais, Paris, France 2008 Namsong International Art Fair, Seongnam Arts Center, Seongnam, Korea 2007 Gangwon Art Fair, Chiak Arts Center, Wonju, Korea 2006 Yongin International Art Expo, Yongin Cultural Arts Center, Yongin, Korea 2005 Beijing Art Fair, Galerie Bhak, Beijing, China 2004 Korea Contemporary Art Festival (KCAF), Seoul Arts Center, Seoul, Korea Collections 2014 Jeju Contemporary Museum Art, Jeju Island, Korea 2010 Daegu District Court, Daegu, Korea 2009 Gwacheon Central Park, Gwacheon, Korea 2008 Art Bank of Seoul National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea 2008 Gwacheon National Museum of Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea 2008 Namsong Art Museum, Gapyeong, Korea 2004 Ulsan Museum of Modern Art, Ulsan, Korea
Lorenzo Cascio 1940 - Born in Sciacca, Italy Art Education: • Catalgirone Art School – Sicily • Academy of Arts – Palermo Faculty Positions: • Sciacca Art Institute - Modeling • Chiavari , State Art School - Sculpture until 1983 Public Art: • Bust of Giuseppe Garibaldi Unity of Italy Centenary • Bust of the President of Italy, requested by the President of the Chamber of Deputies • Busts of George de Chirico, Leonardo Sciascia, Albert Sabin, Francesco Crucitti, Admiral Durand De La Penne, Thomas Schipper • S.S. Pope Paul II , which is now on show at the Gonzaga University • Bronze door for the church of St. George in Portofino • Bronze door for the church of Nozarego, Santa Margherita Ligure • Monument "The Embrace" for the main square of Montevago , Sicily • Monument "The Arrival" for Museo Dei Campionissimi ,Novi Ligure • 2014 Inauguration of the Bronze doors for the new church of Sciacca -Italy Exhibitions: • Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York & Seoul • Museum of Contemporary Art of Gibellina, Sicily • Thorigny Gallery, Paris • St. Helena Golf Resort -Napa Valley • Boston, Anne de Villemejane art studio • New York – Artexpo Jacob Javits Center • Horsens, Denmark – Galleri Progres • Bratislava , SK River Gallery • Marbella SP Houses of Art • Bergamo , IT art Gallery Gli Angeli • Amsterdam, Luzern, Tokyo Lorenzo Cascio, sculptor and painter, was born in Sicily in 1940. He lives and works in Portofino. He was a teacher of sculpture at the school of the Art until 1983. He figures in the most important books of the year, encyclopedias and publications of national and foreign art. He started very young as a ceramist in Sciacca, his native town, creating a school which brought back the ancient tradition of the ceramic art. In 1991 Lorenzo Cascio created the magnificent bronze door for the church of St. George in Portofino: “the Door of Salvation” which, in six high relief panels, represents the story of sin from the beginning of the world to the present time on one side, and the story of redemption on the other. In 1994 he worked at the bronze altar for the church dedicated to St. Anthony in Boccadasse, Genova. In 1995 he sculptured in eight high relief panels in golden bronze the door representing “the Mountains of the Bible” for the church of Nozarego in Santa Margherita Ligure. In year of 2002 he was called to realize the sculpture “L’ABBRACCIO” for the main square of Montevago, Sicily. The artwork represents a warrior embracing his bride, thus symbolizing the fighting spirit which joins the men and women of Sicily who, through love and labour, prepare a better future in the respect of the family values. In 2003 Lorenzo Cascio created “THE ARRIVAL”, a sculpture for the MUSEO DEI CAMPIONISSIMI of Novi Ligure to place in the museum drive. He used these words to describe his work: “I imagined in my sculpture the cross of the finishing line of a group of eight champions. I intended, through the sculptural dynamism, to pass on the climax of the race, the perfect symbiosis of the man and his bicycle, which in the plastic representation become a whole. I represented in my work the strength of the true champions who, with their sports sacrifice left us a priceless moral heritage”. Lorenzo Cascio in his career portrayed in bronze famous people of the cultural and artistic world ; scientist, President of the Italian Republic Giovanni Leone (1965), painter Giorgio De Chirico (1973), Albert Sabin (1987), Admiral Durand de la Penne (1993), Pope John Paul II (1998) during his visit to the Curia of Chiavari and many others. His works have been featured in many museums, artistic collections, and religious and public buildings including Gallery of Modern Art de Luca, Belluno, Italy; Museo del Maggio Egubino, Gubbio, Italy; Church of St. Giuseppe, Trapani, Italy; Foundation Card.Giacomo Lercaro, Bologna, Italy; Museo di Crema e del Cremasco; Museo de Almonte, Spain; Collection Tsavrilis, London, UK;Collection Cito Hito, Osaka, Japan; Collection Neiman Marcus, Dallas, US; Collection V. Zimmerman, Luzern, Switzerland; Collection Nino Soldano, Milan, Italy; Church of St.Anthony, Boccadasse, Genova, Italy; Gonzaga University Museum, Spokane, US; Museo del Parco di Portofino, Italy; Museo della Scultura all’aperto Associazione “IL GUFO”, Piovera, Italy; Museo dei Campionissimi Novi Ligure, Italy; Piazza Ammiraglio Gravina, Montevago, Italy.
Jaeyoun Yoo Education 2005  Chung-Ang University, College of Arts, Department of Craft, Bachelor of Ceramics 2007  Chung-Ang University, The Graduate School of Art, Department of Craft, Master of Ceramics Solo Exhibition 2018 The story made of clay –Office worker Mr. Kim, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea Present Kyung-in Women’s University, Video Graphics Basics lecture, Instructor Paju heyri Ceramic art experience, Instructor Bio Jaeyoun Yoo, a Korean artist, captures the ongoing story of ordinary life through modern fantasy; using cartoonish forms, her painted clay sculptures remark upon the blasé concerns of everyday people. Rather than sending a pre-constructed message, Yoo shapes her art with storytelling through visual expression, capturing the saga of the modern world through spontaneous techniques. Yoo sometimes builds clay and sometimes carves it out in order to stay true to the natural, varying characteristics of the clay itself. In her art, Yoo constructs a fantastical, recurring character named Mr. Kim, whose generosity and exaggerated features instill her work simultaneously with humor and imagination. As Kim uses fantasy to express the nature of reality, her art speaks to the people in this world who are tired of the mundane--through her art, they can encounter themselves in its extraordinary vision. Yoo received her BFA from Chungang University in ceramics, and is now an instructor at Kyungin Women’s College.
Eunyoung Cho Education 1987 Chung-ang University College of Arts 1996 Chung-ang University School of Social Department, Western Painting (MA in Literature) Exhibition / Solo Exhibitions 2017 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, USA 2016 Gwanghwarang, Seoul, Korea 2015 Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2013 Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2015 Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea Selected Exhibition & Group Exhibition 2014 Korean People’s Artist Association, Seoul, Korea 2015 Korean People’s Artist Association, Seoul, Korea 2016 Korean People’s Artist Association, Seoul, Korea 2016 Modern Person Society Masterpiece, Seoul, Korea Art Fair 2017 AAF Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China 2015 AAF Battersea, London, UK Present Member of Koran People’s Artist Association Teaching at Pyeongchon NewCore Culture Center Human body drowing class * Review Visual Interaction in the abstract space Seunghun Lee, Cyart research institute Eunyoung Cho, the artist presenting the internal reflection of human through the harmony of human body and abstract space with malerisch formativeness, holds this exhibition to suggest some distinctive changes. the basic approach starting from physical tense of specific pose toward abstract space is consistent but the abstract has been expanded further. while in former works the abstractness has played a supporting role as background, its significance gets grown in this exhibition. This abstract space is created by diffusing from the shadowed human body like dark hair to eventually absorbed to the space of deep darkness under strong contrast of light and shade when the light dropped from the body passes every valley of body to reach the space. the body exists as a channel toward the darkness. The specific pose also works as a guide for viewer’s eye to be attracted to the deep darkness of strong abstract space. Unlike realistic descreiption on surface of human body, the delicate changes in feeling of color of the abstract space make it more dreamlike, inrealistic one under strong contrast of light and shade. With eyes following the stream from the back of body to the shadow, the artist induces the viewer to experience visual enlightenment as if there seems vague demarcation of a reality and virtual reality through strong contrast of realistic human body and abstract space. this space expanding from the body disappears but leaves in only dark colors and a piece of drawing, letting us feel new prospect of purity. Compared to the former works which has equivalent allocation between human body and abstract space, the artist makes the viewer’s eye drawn deeply into the world of unreality with sensuousness. This world of unreality seems to indicate relevance with internal reflection rather than routine terms in real life. closely looking into the brushstrokes in the abstract space of the pieces, it is found that those are unique traces from the artist’s own life. They seem a piece of huge sentimental waves or the wreckage of internal chaos. His abstract space in each work remains a repository and a scene of every gesture from such internal perturbation. Especially in this exhibition, there can be found specific characters or signs in the abstract space but hard to figure out their implication, It seems to suggest how to present the internal reflection of the artist. In other words, with vague symbols floating in the abstract space like a sort of monologue, the artist carefully delivers her intention to speak out as well as secrets its referential or clear meaning. There is nobody without hard time or secrets to hide from others. such memories or experiences have inconsistency to be disclosed but concealed at the same time and it causes intense confusion in mind. As an exit to relieve such internal panic, the artist is seemes to find his works playing in the interaction with someone outside. By sharing the story behind images in shadowy back of human body, the artist would try to interact with the viewers about the would beyond the reality. While presenting dark shadow and debris from the back of the body, it seems to suggest the most strong and clear message about the artist;s inside even though there is no specific figure such as any physical pose or expression. The artist might know that the abstract space is not for specific content but for clear message about the internal reflection and the chosen approach is the best way to share her ideas with the world. By expressing her internal chaos, the artist might try to heal herself but yet the reason she has shown strong will to communicate with others lies in universality of internal agony which every human has during his or her life. Every person has different life and problems but there is no one without difficulties. That’s the reason why the artist keeps addressing. Vague signals in the abstract space such a mutter no one can hear or a sound out of linguistic structure are born in the artist’s own experience but every viewer can find his or her own story in them. It would be unconventional experience to reflect out own life and learn how to interact in nonverbal way.
Ssungjung Kim Education 2005 UniversityofUlsanB.F.AUlsan, Korea 2007 UniversityofUlsanM.F.AUlsan, Korea Exhibition / Solo Exhibitions 2014 R.MUTT1917, Seoul 2014 Gallery Onyou, Anyang 2014 GADA Gallery, Ulsan 2014 SOOHOH Gallery, Busan 2013 H Gallery, Seoul 2012 R.MUTT1917, Seoul 2009 Shinhan Hall, Seoul 2009 INSA Gallery, Seoul 2006 H Gallery, Ulsan Selected Exhibition & Group Exhibition 2016 Affordable Art Fair (Reging Gallery, Hong Kong) 2016 FORMOSA ART SHOW (NA Gallery, Taiwan) 2016 Asia Contemporary Art Show (Conrad Hotel, Hong Kong) 2016 17Faces from Ulsan (Riverside Gallery, USA) 2015 ART BUSAN 2015 Regina Gallery (BEXCO, Busan) 2015 Affordable Art Fair Hong Kong 2015 (Gallery Form, Hong Kong) 2015 Affordable Art Fair Singapore 2015 (Gallery Form, Singapore) 2015 Asia Contemporary Art Show (Conrad Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong) 2014 SEOUL ART SHOW 2014 NA Gallery (COEX, Seoul) 2014 ART KAOHSIUNG (NA GALLERY, Taiwas) 2014 BANK ART FAIR 2014 (NA GALLERY, SINGAPORE) 2014 Affordable Art Fair New York 2014 (Gallery Form, USA) 2014 Asia Contemporary Art Show (Conrad Hong Kong Hotel, Hong Kong) 2014 OSAKA Hotel Art Fair NA Gallery (Granvia Osaka Hotel, Japan) 2014 Encounter (Jin Art, Regina Gallery, Seoul) 2014 ART BUSAN 2014 SOOHOH Gallery (BEXCO, Busan) 2014 Special Contemporary Art (SOOHOH Gallery, Busan) 2014 ART APART FAIR Regina Gallery (PARKROYAL on Pickering, SINGAPORE) 2013 SEOUL ART SHOW 2013 NA Gallery (COEX, Seoul) 2013 AFFORDABLE ART FAIR Seattle (NA Gallery, USA) 2013 A-Korea India Young Artists Exhibition (Art Speas K, Seoul) 2013 ART GYEONGJU NA Gallery (Gyeongju Gymnasium, Gyeongju) 2013 ASIA HOTEL ART FAIR SEOUL NA Gallery (CONRAD, Seoul) 2013 OSAKA Hotel Art Fair NA Gallery (Granvia Osaka Hotel, Japan) 2013 Spark of Spring (Gallery H, Ulsan) 2011 KOREA CONTEMPORARY ART 100 ARTIST’s INVITATION (Museum of Art, Seoul) 2011 New Reasons: 22 Contemporary Artists from Korea ( USA ) 2011 The neo Guard (Eiga Wimmer Gallery, New York) 2011 POP IN H! HOT! HOT! HOT! (ARTspace H, Seoul) 2010 KOREA `GREAT POP ART 20` (Gallery H, Seoul) 2010 HYPER COLOR (CK Gallery, Ulsan) 2010 ART & JOY (INSA Gallery, Seoul) 2010 Collection n Collection (Shinhan Gallery, Seoul) 2009 Tea Time (MOON FINE ARTS, Seoul) 2009 GROUP 1998 (Culture&Art Center, Ulsan) 2009 Pepperoni Syndrome (Gallery MAC) 2009 SMALL WONDERS (INSA Gallery,Seoul) 2009 Seoul Open Art Fair, COEX (INSA Gallery,Seoul) 2009 Seoul Art Fair, BEXCO, Busan (INSA Gallery,Seoul) 2008 ENCORE SHOW (INSA Gallery, Seoul) 2008 Art Singapore (INSA Gallery, Singapore) 2008 Love in Still-Life (INSA Gallery, Seoul) 2008 Seoul Open Art Fair, Coex (INSA Gallery, Seoul) 2008 Collection n Collection (Shinhan Gallery, Seoul) 2007 Three Boxes (Gallery 126-1, Seoul) 2007 Seoul Art Fair,(Seoul Arts Center, Seoul) 2006 Opening Ceremony (Mugoe Gallery, Ulsan) 2006 Korean, Chinese University Student’s Show (National Culture Hall-China, Beijing) 2005 VITAMIN+SMILE (Gallery Bow, Ulsan) 2005 Contemporary Art ,40 Artists (Hong gang Gallery, Ulsan) 2005 The Grand Art Exhibition of Ulsan (Culture&Art Center, Ulsan) 2005 A house in which the whale lives (Culture&Art Center, Ulsan) 2005 Ulsan + Yamaguchi Contemporary Art Exchange ll (Hyundai Art Gallery, Ulsan) 2005 Vision-The variety of contemporary art (Jung dong Gallery, Seoul) 2005 TRAVEL THROUGH SPACE (A&D Gallery, Ulsan) 2005 Bople (Chang Gallery, Ulsan) 2005 NOnSTOP (Yamaguchi Gallery, Japan) 2004 Sea&People (C&C Gallery, Busan) 2004 POINT PRINT (Hyundai Gallery, Ulsan) 2004 Shilla Art Competition (Kyungjoo Art Center, Kyungjoo) 2004 Korea ContemporaryPrintShow (KEPCO Plaza, Seoul) 2004 Access Point (Culture&Art Center, Ulsan) 2004 Picking (Mugoe Gallery, Ulsan) 2003 Under19 (Mugoe Gallery, Ulsan) 2003 Nice to Meet You (Mugoe Gallery, Ulsan) Art Fair 2014 Korea lnternational Art Fair NA Gallery (COEX, Seoul) 2013 Korea lnternational Art Fair NA Gallery (COEX, Seoul) 2012 Korea lnternational Art Fair NA Gallery (COEX, Seoul) 2010 Korea International Art Fair, COEX (Jean Gallery, Seoul) 2009 KoreaInternationalArtFair, COEX (INSA Gallery, Seoul) 2008 KoreaInternationalArtFair, COEX (INSA Gallery, Seoul)
Byungku Lee b. 1947 Seoul, Korea Education B.F.A., College of Fine Arts, Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea 1989- Present Member of 3640 Jae-ll Rotary Club 1983- Present Judge of Korea Industrial Artist’s Association 1979- Present President of YeKongBang 1979-1981 Member of Korea Interior Designer’s Association 1976- Present Member of Korea Industrial Artist’s Association 1974-Present Member of Korea’s Artist’s Association 1972- Present Member of Hong-Lim Association Selected Exhibitions and International Art Fairs 2016 LA Artshow, Able Fine Art NY, Los Angeles, US 2015 Solo Exhibition of Byungku Lee, Able Fine Art Seoul, Seoul, Korea 2011 Metal Craft Exhibition, YeKongBang Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2011 Breathing Metalism Exhibition, Seoul Design Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2009 Invitation Exhibition by Busan Design Foundation, Busan, Korea 2008 Invitation Exhibition, KINTEX (Korea International Exhibition Center), Seoul, Korea 2007 Breathing Metalism Exhibition, Seoul Design Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2007 Good Friends Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2004 China SimYangRyo Art School, China 2003 Korea Design Industrial Art/Culture, France 2002 Turkey-Korea Embassy, Turkey 1988 Korea-Japan Interchange Design-Formative Arts, Japan 1982, 1980 Woodcraft Three-People Exhibition, Seoul, Korea 1976-present Korea Artist’s Association, Seoul, Korea 1974-present Busan Designer’s Association Foundation, Busan, Korea 1972-present Korea Craft Designer’s Association, Seoul, Korea 1972-present Hong-Lim Association Awards 1972 Special Choice Award of Korea Industrial Art Exhibition Fair 1971 President’s Award of Korea Industrial Art Exhibition Fair 1970 Award of Korea Industrial Art Exhibition Fair 1970 Committee Award of Korea Industrial Art Exhibition Commerce & Industry 1968-1974 Award of Korea Industrial Art Exhibition (1968, 1969, 1974) 1968-1977 Award of Korea Arts Exhibition (1968, 1969, 1970, 1975, 1976, 1977) * Review The Patented Art _ Breathing Metalism Kim, Young Ho Art Critic | Art Historian A phenomenon, intensified in the current art world is the fusion of genres and the utilization of diverse methods. The boundary between industrial production and sculpture, and design and painting has fallen down, and it is now more common that an artist combines various mediums and methods to create an artwork. The interest toward genre fusion and combination is a product of the changes of public orders in 1960s. From the perspective of art realm, the pure intrinsic in modem art emerged after pop art has lost its effect Although this genre breakdown phenomenon confused classical arc concepts, it revived the nature of dynamic art, and also contributed to close adhesion of art to life. In this case of Mr. Lee, the barrier between practical art and fine art has broken down, and the use of dynamic methods and mediums is well represented in his artworks, not only within the current ones, but also within the past ones exhibited in Korea National Art exhibition and, Korea National Industrial Art Exhibition in 1970s. Even within the framework of practical use, the aesthetic value is strongly displayed through the structure, material, and space sense. His several three dimensional pieces are as distinctive as sculpture, and even in somewhat less numbered flat artworks, audiences recognize its artistic quality as well as decorative art. He further succeeded in the realm of environmental formative art with his extraordinary artistic sense. The fusion of genres and dynamic methods of forming within Mr. Lee’s artworks contribute to strengthening his hidden passion for unrestricted expression and artistic ability. This is why his past works imply the liberalism through the titles and methods. The first, his title has no limitation, ranged from objects in nature such as a tree branch a flower to an abstractive figure. Even in method wise he did not limit himself to take advantage of wood, metal alone or have a synergetic effect of stone and metal through either a welding process or a laser cutting technique. Ultimately he resulted in inventing a metal transforming method with air pressure. The series of pressured metal works in this exhibition is what Mr. Lee would like the viewers to pay most attention to, because after all this invention is what has provoked his hidden desire and encouraged him to open a gallery after the 30 years of silence. When double-layered metals and welded edges meet an air compressor, it becomes expanded like a balloon, and transforms into a pillow or a cushion the power of an air compressor that transforms a metal with a thickness of 1.6mm into a thickness of a paper surpasses our imagination and expectation. With this technique, the artist himself manufactured cubic shaped or chair shaped artworks, and continued further experimentation by broadening his range with a production of a traditional wrapping-cloth formed flat piece. Evaluating air pressured art pieces in this exhibition in terms of title, whether it is inspired by an animal, a face, the nature or by a spiral, cubic, wavy abstractive figure, the artist carries on his creativity even in naming a title. His intention of applying a new theme to his art resulted in producing a wine table, a gate, furthermore a musical instrument such as a guitar or a Gayageum, a Korean classic musical instrument In his work process, the air compressor not only expands the metal, but also fortifies its shape and structure. This process is equivalent to the scientific method of how the nature transforms an ostrich egg. Mr. Lee’s metal process brings out diverse views toward its aesthetic analysis. The most noticeable analysis among them is what is called “visual lightness in heavy metals", which confuses the classical analysis of mechanism. In fact, contrary to die heavy feeling of metals, the lightness, resulted from this process offers visual enjoyment to the audiences. The weight of stainless steel and a metallic plate happens to be distorted in this air-compressing process, and becomes blended with this ductile quality that such an aluminum foil consists of. This third accidental factor in the whole procedure adds more excitement into the analysis. In order to intensify the interrelationship between the lightness and heaviness, he manages to generate a new strategy of surrounding the artwork with a stone or a rock that is covered with an iron net structure. Another way to interpret his metal process technique is named, “contingent and variable image of metal surface". Double layered metals air expansion is an accidental phenomenon derived from another causal of particular metal surface distortion. Metamorphosis happens to be witnessed even in the case initiated with an already cubic shaped metal. In the instance of choosing stainless steel in the air expansion, this metamorphosed surface becomes to have a mirror effect of reflecting the surrounds. This is a very interesting phenomenon because depending on where this artwork is placed, it would contain images of other objects as well on its surfaces. This mirror quality of the artwork possesses distinctive energy that may be used as a tool to interconnect between art and viewers. As seen so far, visual lightness and the accidental variability, derived from Mr. Lee's work technique represent a new meaning in the world of art. This lightness and variability are qualities that were restrained in the era of modernism. However the act of accepting these qualities back into the artwork explains the modified standard on art criticism, and this standard an art critic pleasantly to Mr. Lee’s works is the true outcome of his continuous tenacity and effort. Without the full understanding of materials and controlled operation, this whole metal air comprising procedure would not have been invented in the first place. Even though Mr. Lee decides to present this technique in public now, he has been using this technique for more than 10 years so far. Especially the property to expand the metal with the solar heat is discovered in the process of welding square metal engraving pipes. In the end, his enduring effort is compensated with the government patent on his invention. From the marketing perspective, Mr. Lee's works are patented art. This patent named, "aesthetic metamorphosis of metal by air compression” protects his works against copyright infringement The reason for the artist to hold a patent implies how easy it is for others to imitate his works. All he needs in the whole complete work process is the air compressor. However as previously stated, to accomplish this invention he needed long life experiences and experimentations with metals, and the government apparently agreed on this. The implication within an artwork can be different, depending on viewers. Not only due to space and time, but also to the viewer's intellectual background and experiences, the meaning within the art piece could be controversial. Nevertheless when the quality of work is extraordinary, viewers hold a consistent comment Mr. Lee’s works surpass the simplicity of visual lightness and accidental variability, and carries the potential to extend into other art fields as well. And this potentiality is the outcome birthed from the course of dissolving the practical art into the fine art. When his liberal attitude and manner toward the formative arts draw a link to contemporary life, the value created in his art will be further recognized.
Soonja Kang Education 1982 M. F .A. Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul, Korea 1978 B. F. A. Hansung University, Seoul, Korea 1974 B. A Seoul National Teacher’s College, Seoul, Korea Solo Exhibitions 2015 Modesty, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, New York, US 2014 Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea Disinterestedness, Able Fine Art NY Gallery, Seoul, Korea Soonja Kang, Sejong Gallery, Seoul, Korea Gana Insa Art Center, Seoul, Korea Sorrento Gallery, Seoul, Korea 2013 United Gallery, Seoul, Korea Hangaram Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 2012 Seoul Art Museum, Seoul, Korea 2011 BON Gallery, Seoul, Korea Germany Kaarst City, Germany Philippine Manila National Museum of Contemporary, Philippine Group Exhibitions She has had over 95 group exhibitions including Exhibition of Korea Watercolor Artists Association in Korea, Japan-Korea Watercolor Exchange Exhibition in Korea, Exhibition of Suwon Watercolor Artists Association in Korea, The Position of Korean Concrete Painting Show in Korea, and many more. International Art Fairs 2014 AAF Singapore, Singapore Daegu Art Fair, Daegu, Korea, CI Contemporary Istanbul, Turkey, Art Figuratif, Seoul, Korea AAF Battersea, London, England Korea International Art Fair, Seoul, Korea Busan Art Show, Busan, Korea 2013 KOLN Art Fair, Germany Art Figuratif, Seoul, Korea AHAF, Seoul, Korea, Busan Art Show, Busan, Korea Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, Korea Fountain NYC, New York, US 2012 Beijing international Art Exposition, Beijing, China Busan Alternative Market of Art, Busan, Korea Busan Art Show, Busan, Korea Seoul Open Art Fair, Seoul, Korea
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