H.K. Kwon

First, he creates a loose base in black or white on the canvas. When he wants to achieve a smeared effect, he applies poppy oil to hydrate the support. The background paint is neither a simple underpainting, nor even a carefully prepared sketch. It is simply a ‘brushstroke’, a writing based on automatism. He then creates an expression of the canvas against the background. He repeatedly draws a certain trajectory neatly from top to bottom with a finger or a knife. The paint is sometimes superimposed by accident, leaving a texture with different thicknesses. Superimposing a new expression on the colour already drawn on the background amounts to ‘drawing’ and ‘erasing’ at the same time. The process of clumping and overlapping, of creating and extinguishing, is directly linked to composition, colour, thickness, density and texture. 

Born in 1977 in South Koreaen 1977. Lives and works in Seoul, South Korea.

EDUCATION 

- Peinture orientale au College of Arts, Université de Dankook
- Peinture orientale à la Hongik University Graduate School
 

SOLO EXHIBITIONS 

2023
- Lignes avec vue, Galerie RX&SLAG Paris, France. 

2022
- Promenade, ChoEunsook Gallery, Séoul, Corée du Sud.

2019
- If the Wind Let Go, ChoEunsook Gallery, Séoul, Corée du Sud.

2018
- If the Wind Let Go, Baudoin Lebon, Paris, France.

2017
- If the Wind Let Go, ChoEunsook Gallery, Séoul, Corée du Sud.

2015
- If the Wind Let Go LeeEugean Gallery, Séoul, Corée du Sud.

2012
- If the Wind Let Go, Gallery Seohwa, Séoul, Corée du Sud.

GROUP EXHIBITIONS 

2024
- Good Morning Korea, Au pays du matin calme, Maison Guerlain, Paris, France.

2017
- Post illusion, ChoEunsook Gallery, Séoul, Corée du Sud.