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Suh Seung-Won

Suh Seung-Won (Born 1941) is active/lives in South Korea, China.  Suh Seung Won is known for Modernism painting, geometric pattersn.

SUH SEUNG-WON
Born in 1941
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION
1964 BFA, Department of Painting, Hongik University
1970 MFA, Department of Painting, Hongik University

One of the early members of the Dansaekhwa art movement, Suh Seung-Won (b. 1941), set the foundations for modernism in Korea. For over fifty years, Seung-Won has explored the concept of simultaneity, using geometric patterns to delineate his aesthetic understanding of time and space. His unique usage of layered brushstrokes separates his work from that of other Dansaekhwa artists, giving his work a tethered sense of depth.

Seung-Won is a master at illuminating the purity of a composition, reducing its state without losing the balance of form, color, and space at the work’s essence. Seung-Won was also one of the founding members of the Origin art movement, aiming to find a unique voice that averted foreign influences. His work has been a critical component of the art world in Korea,   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 3828 characters.]  Artist bio

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SUH SEUNG-WON
Born in 1941
Lives and works in Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION
1964 BFA, Department of Painting, Hongik University
1970 MFA, Department of Painting, Hongik University

One of the early members of the Dansaekhwa art movement, Suh Seung-Won (b. 1941), set the foundations for modernism in Korea. For over fifty years, Seung-Won has explored the concept of simultaneity, using geometric patterns to delineate his aesthetic understanding of time and space. His unique usage of layered brushstrokes separates his work from that of other Dansaekhwa artists, giving his work a tethered sense of depth.

Seung-Won is a master at illuminating the purity of a composition, reducing its state without losing the balance of form, color, and space at the work’s essence. Seung-Won was also one of the founding members of the Origin art movement, aiming to find a unique voice that averted foreign influences. His work has been a critical component of the art world in Korea, nurturing growth through both his work and critical thinking.

Suh Seung-Won was born in Seoul in 1941 and graduated from Hong-Ik University with an MFA in painting. Having spent his university years in the aftermath of the 4.19 Revolution, he helped found the Origin Group and became a member of A.G. (Korean Avant-Garde Association). He has participated in major international exhibitions, such as the inaugural exhibition of the Korean Avant-Garde Association (1969), the 6th Paris Biennale (1969), the 11th São Paulo Biennale (1971), Korea: Five Artists, Five Hinsek – White (Tokyo, 1975), The Contemporary Korean Art (Tokyo, 1977), and Korean Contemporary Art: Unique Artistic Movement in the late 70s (Japan, 1983). Suh recently held a solo exhibition at the Korea Society in New York in collaboration with Donghwa Cultural Foundation.

His works are in the permanent collections of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea; Gwangju Art Museum; Sapporo Contemporary Art Museum, Japan; Simoneski Metropolitan Museum of Art, Japan; The British Museum; and the Brooklyn Museum, New York among many others.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS2019 The Korea Society, New York
Tina Kim Gallery, New York
2018 Arario Gallery, Seoul
2017 Gallery Tomura, Tokyo
Rho Gallery, Seoul
2016 Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Gallery Shilla, Daegu, South Korea
2007 Gana Art Gallery, Seoul
2005 Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
2002 Rho Gallery, Seoul
2000 Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
1999 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo
1990 Gallery Sun, Seoul
1985 Daido Gallery, Sapporo, Japan
1984 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1983 Gallery Scope, Los Angeles
1982 Fine Art Center (Korean Culture and Arts Foundation), Seoul
1977 Fine Art Center (Korean Culture and Arts Foundation), Seoul 525 West 21 st Street, New York, tinakimgallery.com
1976 Moonhwa Gallery, Seoul
1972 Muramatsu Gallery, Tokyo
1970 Press Center Gallery, Seoul

Source:
Tina Kim Gallery, 2023


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“All my life, I have followed only one path without losing the spirituality of my art and not betraying myself. We tried to express the identity of the Korean people, such as our traditional spirit and materiality, visible and invisible, color and space. This is the essence of my world of art, which has long and stubbornly adhered to the same proposition of ‘simultaneity’ for about 50 years from the mid-1960s to today.”

Seungwon seo 1964 Bachelor of Arts in Painting, Hongik University 1970 Hongik University Graduate School of Painting, Master's degree 2021 PKM Gallery, Seoul 2018 Arario Gallery, Seoul 2016 Galerie Perrotin, Paris 2002 Nohwarang, Seoul 2001 National Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwacheon 1975 Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo 1971 Sao Paulo Biennale and many others


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