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SOAF 2010
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Strawberry Juicy Zoo Sea, 181.8x227.3cm, Acrylic on canvas, 2009
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HONG Jiyeun (1972~)
Hong Ji-yeun’s works provide an insight into an oeuvre that explores the use of oriental materials with western techniques. Having spent her childhood in Europe and Malaysia, Hong developed an interest in Folk painting as part of self-analysis which naturally became her work’s focal subject matter. Moreover, the artist’s experience of multi-culture from an early stage is reflected in her canvas; the combination of Korean elements with universal perspective offers a transnational interpretation and has been reviewed as “pop art color abstract painting” This sense of Folk art is particularly apparent in Hong’s works but through subverting the previously formed universal significance, the artist evokes humor and confusion. During Hong’s solo-exhibition ‘Boxing Memory’ at Sun Contemporary in 2009, she concentrates on the memory sealed inside the box by questioning the distorted memories which result from individual’s choice. In ‘Number Emblem Series’ Hong introduces ordinary numbers such as 37, 49 in the shape of flowers painted in large scale and aims to infer distinct stories depending on the viewer’s memory. Hong attempts to draw out the individual’s ‘remembered world’ through relocating and recombining the entities that have lost a general meaning and moreover, Hong’s splendid colors and distinctive composition stimulates the viewer’s imagination and evokes a new memory. Hong studied painting – both undergraduate and graduate – at Hong-Ik University and has been actively engaging in various art forms such as two-dimensional surface, sculpture, video, stage art and also as an art director of a short film. From 2003, she focuses on painting; her distinct composition with detailed depiction and compelling colors has intrigued many local and international collectors. Moreover, with a modern reinterpretation of a familiar material, Hong has received mass appeal which allowed her works to be employed on a special limited package of LG Life and Health’s collaboration with The History of Who, in 2010. Education B.F.A. Hong Ik University, Seoul M.F.A. Hong Ik University Graduate School, Seoul Solo Exhibitions 2014 <Case Re-Structure> Gahoedong 60, Seoul 2009 <Boxing Memory> Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul 2007 <the stuffing show> Insa Art Center, Seoul 1999 <20C Total Stuffing Show> Total Art Museum, Gyeonggi <Mix Mix> Gallery Noksaek, Seoul 1997 <Wonder-Full-World> KAPCO Plaza Gallery, Seoul 1996 <Strange Scenery> Gallery 21C, Seoul Selected Group Exhibition 2015 <The Beauty of Korean Culture and Minhwa> Goyang AramNuri Art Museum <Urban Eco – 3rd Vornado Art Fan Show > Gana Insa Art Center, Seoul <Artshow Busan 2015> BEXCO, Busan <Woory gwan Lobby> The National Folk Museum of Korea, Seoul <Be My Love> LOTTE Gallery Yeongdeungpo Store, Seoul 2014 <The present of color-Hong Ji Yeun> LOTTE Guangbok Open galler, busan <Forty and Beyond> UNC Gallery, Seoul 2013 <탄생·誕生·BIRTH> Yangpyung Art Museum, Gyeonggi <The Scent Sprout> Ilwoo Space, Seoul <Gana 30th Anniversary Celebration Exhibition> Gana Art Center, Seoul <By Your Side> Gallery Art and Summer, Busan 2012 <Power of Inner Mind> Soul Art Space, Busan <색x예술x체험4 : 무늬, 文樣, Pattern> Goyang Museum, Gyeonggi 2012 <Two in One> Gallery MIGO, Busan <Modern Reinterpretation of Tradition> Lotte Gallery anyang, Gyeonggi 2011 <Animal Farm> Jangheung Art park Museum, Gyeonggi <G Seoul-Art Premium> The RAUM, Seoul <Ten Artists> Gallery H Miah, Seoul <[Form:像 View:想] In the Eye of Imagery> Gallery Touchart, Gyeonggi <An Aestics Journey on Beaty> In.ter alia Art Company, Seoul <Poetry and Art> Gana Art Center, Seoul, Busan <My Oasis> Daebaek Plaza Gallery, Daegu 2010 <SOAF- Seoul Open Art Fair> Coex hall, Seoul <Made In Popland> The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi 2009 <Tiger, My Friend> Jangheung Art park Museum Red Gllery, Gyeonggi <Korean Pop Art> Gallery Sun , Seoul <Review the old and learn the new> Gana Art Center, Seoul, Busan <Peperony Syndrome> Gallery Mac, Busan <Hong Kong International Art Fair> Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Hong Kong <Gallery Artfair> Bexco, Busan 2008 <SUN contemporary 0809> Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul <Multiple Art Lovers> MBC Gallery M, Daegu <Hyundae Artfair> Hyundae Art Museum, Ulsan <The Bridge> Gana Art Center, Seoul <Shuuemura and Artists> Shuuemura New York, New York <Jeong PD, Little Sachi> KN Gallery, seoul <Brand New> Eugene Gallery, seoul <Art Singapore-The Contemporary Asian Art Fair> Suntec convention hall, Singapore <Tokyo Hotel Art Fair> Hotel New Otani Tokyo, Tokyo <Exploring Yongsan> Sinsaegye Gallery, Gwangju, Culture & Art Center, Naju <Bongartgallery Opening Show> Bong Artgallery, Seoul <Meme Trackers> Songzhuang Art Center, Beijing <Let a thousand flowers blossom> Insa Art Center, Seoul <Bridge Artfair> New york 2007 <Peony after peony> Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon <No Bounds> Gallery Sun Contemporary, Seoul <Flower, About the beauty> Goyang Aram Museum, Gyeonggi <The Flower blooms in Museum> The National Museum of Gongju, Gongju <Paris Artcurial Cutting Edge> artcurial, Paris <To the furthest verge> I myu project, London <The best of the best 20> Insa Art Center, Seoul 2006 <Spain Arco Biennale> Madrid <Sotheby′s Auction> New York <Beijing art fair> World Trade Center, Beijing <Poetry & painting‒blow> Insa Art Center, Seoul <The Opening Exhibition of Gallery IAN>Gallery IAN, Daejeon <The 4th KIAF> Coex, Seoul <The scene of Korea> Daegu Culture & Art Center, Daegu <International incheon Women Artist′s Biennale> incheon <Pig Painting> Gana Art Center, Seoul |
