오 희 원
Oh Hee Won
1986-
CV
EDUCATION
2020 Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul, S. Korea.
Master of Fine Art, Fine Art Department
2011 Hongik University, Seoul, S. Korea
Bachelor of Fine Art, Painting Department
EXHIBITION
2021 rays Blooming, Gallery Kabinett, Seoul, Korea
2019 Iridescent Fog, One Four, Seoul, Korea
2017 Parallel Grounds, Chapter II, Seoul, Korea
2014 White Void—Void’ reaction, Gallery Factory, Seoul, Korea
Two-Person Exhibitions
2022 Breath of spring, Pipe gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019 EVER—CHANGING, One Four, Seoul, Korea
2016 Polar Night, R3028, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 DOOSAN ART LAB Exhibition 2021, DOOSAN Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020 Untact, P21, Seoul, Korea
ASMR, D gallerie, Jakarta, Indonesia
2019 The Scrap: Happy together, Yongdu-dong, Seoul, Korea
EVER—CHANGING, ONR FOUR, Seoul, Korea
2018 VIEWERs, Boan1942, Seoul, Korea
PACK 2018, Space 413, Seoul, Korea
How Many Steps, Geumchon Art Factory, Seoul, Korea
The Scrap, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul, Korea
Amusement of City: Wandering, 021 Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2017 8 Works, Collections of the Artists, Audio Visual Pavilion, Seoul, Korea
LOTUS LAND, Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, Korea
2016 After&Before, Seoul Tech Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Polar Night, R3028, Seoul, Korea
2015 BETA ABSTRACT, No Toilet, Seoul, Korea
GOODS 2015, Sejong Center, Seoul, Korea
2014 Today’s Salon, Common Center, Seoul, Korea
2013 99c+1, Seoul Art Space Seogyo, Seoul, Korea
2012 Project 72-1, Former-Hongik Attached Elementary School, Seoul, Korea
Crab Walk: We are left, We are right, Space CAN, Seoul, Korea
TEXTS
많은 회화가 화가의 붓 터치를 강조하며 배경 앞으로 튀어 나가는 방식을 취하는 것과 반대의 지점에서 나의 회화는 작동한다. 바탕을 의식했던 작업의 출발점은 전시장이란 건축적 배경에서 평면적 화폭 내부, 외부의 풍경으로 관심 이 이동해왔다. 근래 회화 작업은 주로 건식 유성 색연필, 수성 아크릴 물감, 펄 미디엄을 사용하면서 붓 자국을 드러 내지 않고 화폭 위에 물감을 비처럼 떨어뜨리거나 눈처럼 가볍게 흩뿌린다.
연구작 <Dispersion(blooming)>(2020)은 이름처럼 화면에서 분산한 빛(처럼 보이는)들의 만개를 이룬다. 은분 캔버스 바탕 위 유성 색연필로 묘사한 추상 형상들은 서로 스치거나 중첩하면서 산란한 형태로 바탕과 조화를 이룬다. 은분 이 칠해진 바탕은 주변의 빛과 어둠에 정직하게 반응하며 관찰자의 시선을 움직인다. 주위를 두르는 빛, 반사된 빛의 형상들은 가시적으로 드러나면서 비가시적으로 다가온다.
내가 바라본 비가시적 현상은 회화란 물질로 가시화하면서 대기, 빛의 번짐 등 자연적 생성물들을 관념적으로 패턴 화한 가상의 자연처럼 출현하고 있다. 그러한 관성을 기반으로 나는 캔버스란 화면과 그것이 놓여있는 풍경에 반투 명한 모습을 한 가변적인 자신을 투영해오고 있다.
내가 담아오고 담아낼 세계는 물리적 부피를 입체적으로 쌓고 무게를 형성해가는 것들이 아니라 무게가 느껴지지 않 는 미세입자처럼 그 자체가 배경에 녹아 들러붙고 분산돼 퍼지면서 결국, 가장 가볍게 존재하기에 무엇보다 빠르게 확산할 수 있는 무형적 상태에 가까웠다.
마치 날씨처럼.
My painting operates in manner contrary to the method of the many other painters who accentuate brushstrokes that stand out against the background. My conscious awareness of the background in paint- ings stems from my shift in interest from the architectural background of galleries to the inner and outer landscapes within the two dimensional painterly screen. My recent paintings make use of oil based colored pencils, water based acrylic paint, and pearlescent mediums. I forego brushstrokes in favor of paint dripped from above like rain or scattered lightly like snow.
As the title suggests, the work Dispersion(Blooming)(2020) features forms that resemble rays of light burst- ing forth from the canvas as if in bloom. Depicted with oil-based colored pencils on a silver-dust-covered canvas, the abstract images brush and overlap with each other, complementing the background in their scattered form. The background covered in silver dust readily responds to the light and darkness of the gal- lery space, catching the viewer’s gaze. The light form the work’s surroundings is visible in both the appear- ance and impact of its images of refracted light.
The invisible phenomena rendered visible and material in this painting appear as those of a virtual na- turescape, a conceptually patternized version of natural elements such as atmosphere and the diffusion of light. Through such inertial phenomena, I project my quasi-translucent, malleable self upon the surface, interior, and background of the canvas. The world I seek to convey is not made by amassing physical vol- ume and weight; it is made of seemingly weightless fine particles that adhere, scatter, and dissolve into the background, veering close to formlessness as their lightweight buoyancy leads to swift diffusion.
Just like the weather.
- Artist’s note