Jung Jinsuh
The inner world of humans is a complex of emotions accumulated from various experiences. A person who expresses himself only rationally without showing emotions is ultimately nothing more than a machine wearing a human mask. Emotions can be expressed rather than erupted only when they are revealed naturally, like an inexhaustible spring that constantly seeps from the ground, not like a geyser that gushes out irregularly. I think it would be good if these emotions were expressed through natural unfamiliarity rather than discomfort. Sometimes unfamiliarity and discomfort are used as synonyms. But comfortable unfamiliarity can bring pleasant newness. My thoughts on the essence of humanity begin with emotional thoughts about this unfamiliar newness. I want to express truth, not knowledge, and I believe that exploring and expressing unchanging truth is what an artist should do. The essence is truth, truth is soul, and soul is life.
By expressing this process in his work, the artist hopes to create a living work that communicates with the audience in its raw form without any commentary or annotation.
Source: Gyeonggi Journal (http://www.gijn.kr)
The artist, who graduated from Seoul National University's College of Fine Arts and Graduate School of Sculpture, has focused on three-dimensional work.
After encountering the genre of wax painting, he was fascinated by the purity of his material itself.
He switched to flat work using beeswax. Repeat the process of stacking and unstacking on the canvas with your own expressive medium made by mixing beeswax, rosin, and pigment.
Beeswax, which is made in the stomach of a bee, is a natural material extracted through the process of dissolving and refining bee hives.
Wax painting is a painting technique that originated in Greece in the 4th century BC. It is a (material) genre of painting that developed in ancient Greece, Egypt, and Rome, then declined, but was reexamined and revived in Western countries such as the United States and Europe in modern times.
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Education
2007 Graduated from Seoul National University Graduate School of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture
2005 Graduated from Seoul National University College of Fine Arts, Department of Sculpture
Solo Exhibition
2021 ‘fountain’ JJ gallery Seoul
2019 ‘la Cera, Vivida!’ wework Gangnam 2nd branch lounge Seoul
2018 'In Black' art space Plasque Seoul
2017 ‘The Thickness’ Guri Art Hall Gallery, Guri, Gyeonggi-do
2017 ‘STACK UNSTACK’ Seolmijae Museum of Art, Gapyeong, Gyeonggi-do
2016 ‘Journey’ Youngeun Museum of Art, Exhibition Room 4, Gwangju, Gyeonggi-do
2015 ‘Vanishing Memories’ Art Space Flask Seoul
2008 ‘Piece for One - noname’ Deokwon Gallery Seoul
Group Exhibition
2023. ‘GREEN GREEN GREEN (Grass: Naeum) K_UM Gallery Seoul
2023 ‘Song of Innocence’ Parnas Hotel Jeju
2023 ‘Villadar 2023’ Hangaram Art Museum Seoul
2022 ‘into the light’ Parnas Hotel Jeju
2020 ‘Seoul Sculpture Society 41st Annual Exhibition’ Kim Se-joong Museum of Art, Seoul
2020 ‘Future’ Exhibition Hadden Museum Ganghwa, Incheon
2019 ‘Rhythm Object Space’ Red Brick Gallery, University of Seoul, Seoul
2018 <Double Exhibition> ‘in’ Art Space Plasque Seoul
2018 ‘Smaller than the face’ art space Plasque Seoul
2017 ’d’Azur‘ Gallery Giotta Seoul
2017 ‘New Version Language’ Gwangju Culture and Arts Center Gallery Gwangju Metropolitan City
2012 ‘This is not a book’ Space K Seoul
2011 ‘Another City – A Different City’ B&Bit Gallery Seoul
2011 ‘Art Bus and Friends Oh! Fun Art <Sublimation>-Extension’ Space Can Seoul
2009 ‘YOUNG BLOOD’ Exhibition Gallery 4WALLS Seoul
2009 ‘SOMEPLACE’ Exhibition Gallery, Seoul
2009 K-Auction New Artist Special Exhibition ‘NEWS’ K-Auction Gallery Seoul
2009 Kwanhoon Project Planning Contest ‘One Point in Six’ Kwanhoon Gallery Seoul
Residency
2016 Youngeun Artist Project selected as the 10th artist-in-residence (short-term)
Selected as resident artist for 2016-17 Small City Nomadic Artist Camp 1
Public collection
Legal Research and Training Institute,
Youngeun Museum of Art, Guri City Hall, Seoul City Hall
