About
Seok Jung Kim
Seok Jung Kim is inspired mainly by objects or animals he can see easily in our daily life. On his canvas, he describes those objects in his perspective. He internalizes and reinterprets the visual information in his way.
| Medium | Mixed Media |
|---|---|
| Location | Korea |
| Date of birth | 1964 |
Kim, Seok Jung is an artist based in Yongin, South Korea. He is the mainstay of Korean art industry and also a representative artist of Shanghai art societies. He is well-known for his surrealistic description of objects in his paintings with his unique coloring technique.
Starting art with strong ambition and passion, Kim used to try to express somewhat heavy, large, and abstract topics such as history or culture. As he turned late 30, he started to look at objects in his daily life and himself. He is inspired mainly by objects or animals he can see easily in our daily life. He is also inspired often by traditional still life paintings. On his canvas, he describes those objects in his perspective. The shapes, balance, and colors of the objects in his paintings are what he felt at the moment when he sees or imagines the objects. He internalizes and reinterprets the visual information in his way.
Kim is famous for his own coloring technique. When he studied in Paris, he started to have interest in colors and try to develop his own coloring technique. Instead of artificially or intentionally mixing colors, he uses diffusion of colors on paper to mix colors with layers naturally. At the beginning, he used Korean paper (Hanji) to study about diffusion of color on the paper and layering because it is often used in traditional Asian paintings. After mastering it, he started to apply the technique on canvas. Because of this coloring technique, his artworks look Western and traditional Asian at the same time. He enjoys this process of mixing colors through spread because of its random feature. He controls this uncontrollable aspect, which is similar to making a latte. This makes his artworks more unique and creative.
Kim has had many exhibitions throughout Asia and Europe, and his works appeared in some popular Korean TV series.
Daily to Generation
日常-生成 일상-생성
Mixed media oncanvas
130.3 x 97 cm
2023
Daily to Generation
日常-生成 일상-생성
Mixed media oncanvas
72.7 x 53 cm
2023
Daily to Generation
日常-生成 일상-생성
Mixed media oncanvas
53 x 53 cm
2023
Daily to Generation
日常-生成 일상-생성
Mixed media oncanvas
72.7 x 53 cm
2023
Curriculum vitae
Professional Affiliations
Adjunct professor - Gyeonggi Univ, Hannam Univ, Ulsan Univ. First chief of Korean Fine Arts Association
Main Exhibition Career
Solo Exhibition : 56 times
Group Exhibition : 530 times
2018 Shanghai Youth Art fair International booth / Shanghai, China
2018 Shanghai International Art Fair / Gallery WAS / Shanghai, China
2018 Korean International Art Fair / Gallery WAS / Seoul, Korea
2019 Chennai Biennale / LALIT KALA / Chennai, India
2019 存在的力量 / Longhuijing Gallery / Shanghai, China
2019 The Pure of Color / 康师傅 art center / Shanghai, China
2019 Shanghai International Art Fair / Jinsan Gallery / Shanghai, China
2019 Shanghai 一带一路 art fair / Shanghai, China
2019 Oriental Soft Power / NYC CJ Gallery / Newyork, US
2019 Korean International Art Fair / Gallery WAS / Seoul, Korea
2020 BEYOND VIRUS / AB Gallery / Seoul, Korea
2020 ART BEYOND VIRUS / AB Gallery / Seoul, Korea
2020 Busan Annual Market of Art / Gallery Two Stone / Busan, Korea
2020 Korean International Art Fair / Jinsan Gallery / Seoul, Korea
2020 Busan International Art Fair / Busan, Korea
2021 Companion Art Festival / Gallery Lamer / Seoul, Korea
2021 Busan Annual Market of Art / Gallery Two Stone / Busan, Korea
2021 Solo Show : Seok Jung Kim / Seoho Art Museum / Namyangju. Korea
2021 ART CENTRAL / Gallery Jinsan / Hongkong
Prize
Korea Art Grand Award / Special Prize (3 Times) /National Museum of Contemporary Art
Korea Creation Culture Art Award / Grand Prize / the National Assembly Foreign Affairs and Unification
具象展 (Figurative Art Association) / Special Prize / Seoul Art Center
Solo Exhibition Art Fair Award / Excellence Award / Seoul Art Center, ect
Korea Best Brand Awards 2020 / Grand Prize / Korea Best Brand Association
Career
A judge of Korea Art Grand Award
A judge of the Olympics symbolic art
A judge of Gyeonggi state Art Award
A judge of Ulsan city Art Award
A judge of World Miss University Award
Chairman of the Institute of Asia Artists
Chairman of the Institute of Korean Art Assosiation
Art deliverating council member of the Korea National Assembly Culture
Art special advisor of Seoul City Government, etc
Collection
Yunbao Art Museum, Shanghai
Consulate General of the Republic of Korea in Japan
Seoul Songpa District Government
Korea Institute of Technology and Standards
Chenan City Government
KT&G Head Office in Gwachoen
Asan Medical Center, etc
