Biography

곽윤정 KWAK YUN JUNG

Artist Kwak was graduated from St. Petersburg State Repin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia and samgmyeong Univ in Seoul, Korea.
She loves drawing when she was young, and decided to study realism painting in Russia. At that time, she spend the lovely and romantic snowing times in Russia.

Eventhogh it was very cold days, she spent good memoriable time with friends who studied together.

b.1973, Korea

Education
1996 Fine arts of the SANGMYUNG UNIVERSITY, Korea
2001 Master of Art, Saint-Petersburg Repin State Academic Institute of Painting Sculpture and Architecture, Russia

13 Solo exhibitions 

2021 Brilliant Plane - little goldenfish,  GALLERY SOHEON&SOHEON Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
2020 Brilliant Plane,  GALLERY SOHEON, Daegu, Korea
2017 Green Life, GALLERY SOHEON&SOHEON Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
2015 Green Life, GALLERY SOHEON&SOHEON Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
2013 Green Life, Sun gallery, Seoul, Korea
2013 Green Life, Seolin Gallery, Busan, Korea
2013 Green Life, GALLERY SOHEON, Daegu, Korea
2012 Green Life, Suseong Artpia Hoban Gallery (Suseong culture foundation), Daegu, Korea
2012 Green Life, Colorsquare Arthall, Daegu
2008 Colorful Life, SOHEON Contemporary, Daegu, Korea
2007 Colorful Life, Art Star 100, Coex, Seoul, Korea
2006 Colorful Life, Gallery DongA, Museum of DongA , Daegu
2005 Colorful Life , Culture festival artfair of Coex mall, Seoul, Korea

Selected Group exhibitions and Art Fairs

Gyeongnam Art Museum (Yangsan Museum), Seoul Auction online - sale in Daegu, GALLERY SOHEON, SOHEON Contemporary,
Insa Art Center, DGB gallery of Daegu Bank, Exco, Gallery Ramer of Seoul, Shinsegae Gallery of Daegu, lotte gallery of Seoul, etc.

KIAF SEOUL 11,19,21,22
Korea Galleries Art Fair 14,15,16,17,19,20,22
ArtBusan 2013, BAMA 12, 22
Daegu Art Fair 07,08,09,11,2021
HK Contemporary Art Fair, SOAF 2008~2010, Salon de Arts Seoul 09, etc.

Prizes and media

2005  Artworks with essay in news papers (Kyunghyang, Sport-Khan)
2005  A selected Artist : 'Record paintings of Historical figures of The Central Regions Culture' 
        "The symbol of village of Central, Central tower"
2009  SOAF"Seoul Open Art Fair"-SOAF Young Artists
2018  Book : Living With Anxiety , by I-eon Min
2020  Artworks in the House : TV Chosun Home Derella Live Together House (0607)
2020  Advertising Clip : YouTube Public Advertising, DTRO Daegu Metropolitan Transit Corporation

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'Brilliant Plain' takes a deeper look at the shining and phenomenal moment of life and captures the sparkling and shining moment on the canvas. 

Kwak Yun-jung's artworks, which is painted with impressionistic colors using Western materials such as oil paints on canvas, aims Korean sentiment on the contrary. The combination of plum blossoms, Korean trees, the style composition of the including east and west, and the beauty of blank space is so mysterious. 

The artist's unique soft but rough matière and subtle blue colors are still intact, but the backgrounds that show signs of agonizing over the beauty of oriental blank space beauty in Western painting are so impressive. On the background in canvas, the sky is full of fluffy and smooth clouds posterior expression of disappearing far away. It will be an opportunity to think about the nature of human beings living with nature, feeling the whisper of flowers blooming with vitality under the light and trees. 

Artist Kwak sees the most brilliant moments in the everyday scenes and captures them in her works.

For her, everything surrounding her is a shining moment of memory.

She imaines the moment when she looks at memories with her beloved pet, a cozy sunny forest, the beautifully fluttering flower breeze, and the plum blossoms that bloom beautifully overcomes difficulties and cold during winter.

Visitors can enjoy artworks of vivid beautiful scenery such as the alleys of scattering the flowers through the wind and the delightfully contrasting views of the lights and shadows.

Especially she is good at composing her painting as many art critics said. and she can paint realism style, figurative, still-life, landscape and portrait paintings freely.

And at last, she found her own art style - an realistic impressionism with her soft emotion.

※ Impressionism is a style of painting developed in France between 1870 and 1900 which concentrated on showing the effects of light on things rather than on clear and exact detail.

Gallerist thought that we can find soft, comfortable and peaceful feeling in her artwork becaouse of her innocent soul and soft personailty.

As you can see, she asks us 'What's your brilliant memories in your life '.

And If you can see this her artwork series, what's make you happy and peaceful emotion?

She wants to give the soul of all those who enjoy paintings a break from their tight daily lives.

Artist Kwak was graduated from St. Petersburg State Repin Academy of Fine Arts in Russia and samgmyeong Univ in Seoul, Korea.

She loves drawing when she was young, and decided to study realism painting in Russia. At that time, she spend the lovely and romantic snowing times in Russia. Eventhogh it was very cold days, she spent good memoriable time with friends who studied together.

Artist wrote her signature in bottom right side of the front and the title,size,name in korean on the back side of canvas. She always consider the color of the signature for the harmony of the colors of the artwork. If you can see her works in detail, you can find it. It sometimes mint, blue or white color.

We hope your days will be peaceful with happiness.