이상원

Education
Graduate School of Architecture, Stuttgart, Germany
Mathematics, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Germany
B.A., Stuttgart University of Design, Stuttgart, Germany

 

Selected Solo Exhibitions
2023     Yoon Jeong Won : The Fish Will Know My Heart, Seongsu-dong Pop-up Store, Seoul
              Jeong Won: What We Threw Away was an Angel, Gallery Artsevin, Seoul
2022     Coloring Time, Kumho Art Museum, Seoul
2020     Yoon Jeong Won: Songs of the Spirits, Gallery JJ, Seoul
2015     Best Luxury_La Stravaganza, Galleriescape, Seoul
2013     Ultimate Luxury, Trunk Gallery, Seoul
2012     Fantasy Universe, AK Gallery, Suwon
2011     Smileplanet, Gallery Royal / Galleriescape, Seoul,
2009     Smileplanet, Project Space Sarubiadabang, Seoul
              Flowers of the Universe, Gallery Hyundai Window Gallery, Seoul

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Selected Group Exhibitions
2019     Beyond Boundaries, Korean Cultural Center New York, New York
2015     SOME LOVE, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul
              Colors of Things, Gyeongnam Provincial Museum of Art, Changwon,
2014     Collage Art - Shuffling Thought Pictures, Gyeonggi Museum of Art, Ansan
              Six Faces of Desire, Space K Gwangju, Gwangju
2013     Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Part II: Reconstructing Scenes #2 _ _.
              NEW SCENES, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
              Animatic Biennale 2013-2014, The Drama Within, Daegu Museum of Art, Daegu
              Korean Art, Opening the Age of the Sea, Busan Museum of Art, Busan
2011     Korea DNA, DESIGNBLOK, Prague, Czech Republic
              Cheongju International Craft Biennale, Cheongju
              Wind, Wind, Wind, Space K, Gwacheon,

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Awards
2019     DDP Spirit
2000     International Art Prize 2000, Kunstfairline Koln-Hüss, Cologne, Germany

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About the Artwork
In Jeongwons paintings, there is no hierarchy of people, animals, or objects. The works 'Two Dolphins' and 'Red Duck' are characterized by the artist's highly imaginative painting style, and feature various races, animals, and hybrid creatures, each of which happily coexist in harmony in an idealized world. Through these beautiful fantasies created with a playful and free compositional style, the artist raises questions about the true blessings of life. Jungwon Yoon studied in Germany, where she was awarded an international art prize at the Kunstverein, and her original works, including her well-known Barbie dolls and chandelier installations, are in many collections. Using a variety of mediums including installation, painting, and photography, including objects that reuse small industrial materials, he freely expresses his thoughts on human desire and freedom.

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Artist's Notes
 Why should we dream unnecessary dreams and hold the arts in our hearts, such as music, art, etc. Wild sheep are very sensitive animals, but they love sloping, bumpy, rocky hills, and I think of Endymion, a beautiful shepherd boy in Greek mythology who lived freely by running around with her, and he fell in love and went in search of her, and although he is not capable of empathizing with human misfortune and even deep love, he lives now with romance and fantasy that reconciles the ideal and reality. I do that by listening to music and dancing.