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KIM Sundoo

 

Kim Sundoo captures rough yet warm and cozy landscape in ink and color onto a canvas. He studied Korean Painting at Chung-Ang University and Graduate School and currently is a professor at the university. Artist lyrically draws warmth of life and affairs of mankind and yet expresses Eastern painting in diverse through his own unique experimental techniques such as jangji technique, inverse perspective, collage, and steel ink painting. Kim strives to convey the Mother Earth of his hometown not with formative method but as a genuine story.
 
“Stars are like wild flowers blooming on top of a dark cloud. Stars gleam even through an overcast sky. Here, the dark cloud is the Mother Earth. If stars are imagined as loving and adorable flowers, then the night sky becomes more beautiful.”
- An excerpt from the artist’s note
 
To an artist who favors to express what he has realized in life with poetry or proses rather than with drawings, writing is an effective way to reveal the subject of the painting. Kim says that expressing the fundamental work to ground his art world in words is to give its particular order of formative language. Unlike oil painting where gesso is used, he uses jangji method where he eliminates the groundwork for the background, layers colors several times to allow the colors used underneath to fluoresce. The artist does use traditional painting technique with jangji paper in the background, but with ‘inverse perspective,’ he captures space with his own unique viewpoint. Kim’s work method is also reflected in the artist’s To Show The Star series, a homage to the late Yi Chong-jun’s short novel of the same title. This particular series depicts dreams, desires, and meanings of true lives in the reality through metaphors that stars carry. Kim Sundoo reinterprets Mugyuochae (墨有五彩; sub-colored ink), color black carrying every color, creating experimental collage works where ink is painted with a brush and its brushstroke is cut out with a pair of scissors. By cutting out the ink’s stroke and revealing the ‘colors’ inherent in the ink, Radiant Fireworks series was born and this has developed into ‘steel ink painting’ where void spaces of perforated steel plates are filled with ink.
 
Artist Kim Sundoo explores contemporary aesthetics from jangji technique, which is considered to be the starting point of Korean oriental paintings, narrows the gap between ink and color, and line and shape, drawing life’s awareness through aesthetics of lines. Kim’s works are part of public collections at National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Sungkok Art Museum, Ho-Am Art Museum, Kumho Museum of Art, and more.
 
 

 

Biography

1958     Born in Jangheung, Korea

1982     BFA, Korean Painting, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

1984     MFA, Korean Painting, College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

 

Currently a Professor at the College of Arts, Chung-Ang University, Seoul

Lives and Works in Seoul

 

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

2019     Art Center Kuh, Daejeon, Korea

2018     What I Miss is Always Far Away, White Wave Art, Seoul

2017     Slow-Lined Dream, Song, and Love, Hoseo University Central Library, Asan, Korea

             Flower, Wine, and Sound, Artspace Emu, Seoul

2016     To show the star, Hakgojae Shanghai, Shanghai

2013     Slow Landscape, White Hall Gallery, Seoul

             Seopyonje Song of the Road, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the Republic of 

             Korea in the USA, Washington D.C.

             Slow Landscape, Gallery Hee, Ulsan, Korea

             Slow Landscape, Korean Cultural Center, Berlin      

2012     Dreams and Song of Slow Lines, Galerie Uhn, Frankfurt, Germany

2011     The Eyes of Painter, Space Emu, Seoul

2010     Chihwasun Flowing Dreams and Paintings, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the 

             Republic of Korea in the USA, Washington D.C.

             Hang a U Turn to You, Lee C Gallery, Seoul

2007     Song were Presented on the Every Road, Galerie Gaia, Seoul

2005     Exhibition for the 3rd Bu-il Art Prize, Bu-il Gallery, Busan, Korea

2004     Hometown inside the reading which will live, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

2000     Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul

1998     Missing Weeds, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul

1993     Exhibition for the 12th Seok-nam Art Prize, Park Ryu Sook Gallery, Seoul

1992     Namdo, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

 

 

Group Exhibitions

2019     DMZ, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul 

             From Halla to Baekdu, Insa Art Plaza Gallery, Seoul 

2018     Space K Charity Bazaar 2018, Space K, Gwacheon, Korea 

             Story After Story, Fill Gallery, Seoul 

             Yongsun Suh & Sundoo Kim, Gallery Hi, Busan, Korea 

             New Geumgangsando, Woljeon Museum of Art Icheon, Icheon, Korea 

             Painting that Reads Modern Girl - the Birth of a New Women, Na Hye-sok, Kim Iryeop, Kim Myeong-sun, Kyobo Art 

             Space, Seoul 

             Beautiful Companion-Peace, Comes into Flowers, SNU Scholarship Foundation, Seoul 

             Autobiographical Aestheticism, Gallery Marie, Seoul 

             Hello, Spring, N Gallery, Seongnam, Korea 

             Power of Line, Artreon Gallery, Seoul 

             100ALBUMS 100ARTISTS, Avenuel Arthall, Seoul 

             DOG: Come into Full Bloom in Painting, Gallery Marie, Seoul 

2017     Counting the Stars at Night, Yongin Cultural Foundation, Yongin, Korea 

             Shop of 100 Paintings, Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju, Korea 

             Space K Charity Bazaar 2017, Space K, Gwacheon, Korea 

             Mihwangsa, A Beautiful Temple in Ttangkkeut maeul, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 

             Real Landscape of Korea : Dokdo & Ulleungdo, Seoul Calligraphy Art Museum, Seoul 

             A Moonlight Valley II, Kwon Kinkyu Museum, Chuncheon, Korea 

             Korean Painting, Throw Away its Foundation, Fill Gallery, Seoul 

             History of Korean Paintings in the 20th Century, Kimdaljin Art Archives and Museum, Seoul 

             A New Start with the Spring, Space Chang Bae, Seoul 

             Spring, Spring, Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea 

             Emotionless, Allme Artspace, Seoul 

             2017 Show of New Year Painting - Bokkio!!!!, Haengchon Cultural Art Foundation, Haenam, Korea 

2016     DNA of Coreanity, Wooyang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju, Korea 

             Cover the World with the Scent of Painting, LiveIn Gallery, Busan, Korea 

             Gangneung, Paint Scenery and Compassion, Gangneung Culture & Arts Foundation, Gangneung, Korea 

             Beyond the Inner Landscape of Yi Chong-jun and Kim Sundoo, Kyobo Art Space, Seoul 

             Think with Ink, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Korea 

             In Between Relationships, Fill Gallery, Seoul 

             Prince Anpyong's Utopia, Eight Palaces from Buam, Zaha Museum, Seoul 

             Scent of Asia, 2016, Limlip Art Museum, Gongju, Korea 

             DNA of Coreanity, Milad Tower, Teheran 

             2016 Taste for the Arts of the South Art Project, Haengchon Art Museum, Haenam, Korea 

             A Serenade for the Night, Sori Arts Center of Jeollabuk-do, Jeonju, Korea 

             Dokdo Painting of Five Senses, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul; Kyungpook National University 

             Art Museum, Daegu, Korea 

             Aesthetics of Layers, Artspace Emu, Seoul 

             Print that holds Art, National Assembly Hall, Seoul 

             Mihwangsa, A Beautiful Temple in Ttangkkeut maeul, Mihwangsa, Haenam, Korea 

             Neutral Zone - Reality and Illusion, Igong Gallery, Daejeon, Korea 

             The Brightening Artists of the South, Baum Art Gallery, Seoul 

             Korean Painting : Artist Kim Sundoo・Kim Heryun Folding Screens and Scroll, Art Factory, Paju, Korea 

             Hwang Sun-won, Live Together with Stars, Yongin Poeun Art Gallery, Yongin Korea 

2015     Moraegaram Jung Jongmee & Kim Sundoo, Ujong Museum of Art, Boseong, Korea 

             Space K Charity Bazaar 2015, Space K, Gwacheon, Korea 

             70th Anniversary of the Independence, Korea Art Festival, Taegeukgi and Me, DDP, Seoul 

             Contemporary Ink Painting, Hakgojae Gallery, Seoul 

             The Tinkling of a Wind-bell, Jeongeup Museum of Art, Jeongeup, Korea 

             Hwang Sun-won, Live Together with Stars, Kyobo Art Space, Seoul 

             K-ART, Gallery Godo, Seoul 

             Translate the Grass, Art Sohyang, Busan, Korea 

             Color of Water in Dokdo, Daegu Arts Center, Daegu, Korea 

             The Beauty and Minhwa of Our Culture, Aram Art Gallery, Goyang, Korea

             Beyond the Borders, Culture Station Seoul 284, Seoul

             SOME LOVE, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul

             Korean Spirit, Gangneung Museum of Art, Gangneung, Korea

2014     Reading My Home, Lotte Gallery, Seoul

             Draw, LIG Art Space, Seoul

             The 6th Exhibition to depict the spirit of the Ahn Gyeon Painting, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul

2013     Gangjin, Breath, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             Walking on Bamboo Grove, Lotte Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             Auto Fiction – Korean Painting's Temptation and Resistance, Gallery Is, Seoul

2012     The Essence of Korean Paintings, Gong Art Space, Seoul

             The Beatles Enthusiasts in South Korea, Lotte Gallery, Seoul; Gwangju, Korea

             Manner in Korean Paintings, Hite Collection, Seoul

             Drawing Diary, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul; Gwangju; Incheon, Korea

             Animal Farm, space k, Gwangju, Korea

2011     The Painting of Beauty, The Korean Cultural Center Washington D.C., Embassy of the Republic of Korea in 

             the USA, Washington D.C.

             Reinterpretation of Tradition, Gaga Gallery, Seoul

             Slow Landscape, Small Fable, Gallery Ik, Seoul

2010     21 & Their Times, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Autumn Sea, Gallery Seorim, Seoul

             Slow Landscape in October, N Gallery, Seoul

             Celadon Art Project 2010, GangJin Celadon Museum, Gangjin, Korea

2009     70’s 80’s Ode to Youth: The History of Korean Contemporary Art, Chosun Ilbo Gallery, Seoul

             Contemporary Transformation in Korean Painting, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

2007     Between Tradition and Contemporary – Special Exhibition for the Museum’s Collection,

             National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

2003     Chihwaseon A Meeting thru Paintings, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Landscape Prints of Dokdo, Museums of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

2002     History and Consciousness, Real View of the Dokdo, Museums of Art, Seoul National University, Seoul

2000     Mountain and River – Out of their Richness, Hyundai Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea

             Poem, Music, and Painting, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, Korea

             Four Artists, Suka Gallery, Busan, Korea

1999     Diamond Mountain Art of Kumgang from 18th Century to 20th Century, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul

             Situation of Korean Painting, Daejeon Mueseum of Art, Daejeon, Korea

             The Roads of Korea, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Invitational Exhibition of Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul

             Searching for Today and Tomorrow, Korea Arts and Culture Education Service, Seoul

1998     Crossing Drawing, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1997     ’97 Today and Tomorrow in Korean Painting, Art Center Nabi, Seoul

             Searching for the Beauty of Korea, Savina Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

             Visual Point of ‘97 Korean Art and Grouping, Gallery Sang, Seoul

             Korean Art Entasis, Dongduk Art Gallery, Seoul

             Special Exhibition Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, Korea

1996     The Silk Road, Donga Gallery, Seoul

             Exhibition for Man, Human-Being, Gallery Moksi, Seoul

             Development of Korean Modernism – Conquest of Modern Age, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

             Exhibition with Poem, Hangaram Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Inauguration Exhibition for Gallery Cho, Gallery Cho, Seoul

1995     ‘95 Situation of Contemporary Korean Art, Chongro Gallery, Seoul

             Today’s Korean Art Phenomena and Debatable Ground, Gongpyeong Art, Seoul

             Exhibition for the View on the Mirror of our Age, Donga Gallery, Seoul

1994     Exhibition for the Centennial Commemoration of DongHak Farmer’s Revolution, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

1993     The Face of 40 Years of Modern Fine Arts, Ho-Am Art Gallery, Seoul

             Contemporary Korean Painting Descriptive Exhibition of the Nature and Life, Donga Gallery, Seoul

1992     The Phase of Korean Contemporary Art, Pyo Gallery, Seoul

1991     Korean Painting Perspective on Nature, Shinsegae Gallery, Seoul

             Contemporary Korean Painting, Arario Gallery, Cheonan, Korea

1990     Young Search ‘90 Exhibitions for New Korean Water Color Painting, National Museum of Modern and 

             Contemporary Art, Gwacheon, Korea

             Inauguration Exhibition for the Seoul Arts Center Korean Art, Exposition of Today's Situation, Hangaram 

             Design Museum, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul

             Korean Contemporary Art in the 1990s, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

1989     89 Contemporary Korean Painting, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

             The Shape in the ‘80s, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

1988     Contemporary Korean Fine Art Exhibition, Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul

1986     Point of Korean Painting’s Chaemook Ⅱ, Dongsanbang Gallery, Seoul

             Figuration Critique, Grand Palais, Paris

  

 

Awards

2009     The 2nd Kim Heungsou Art Prize, Korean Fine Arts Association, Seoul

2004     The 3rd Bu-il National Art Exhibition Prize, Busan Ilbo, Busan, Korea

1993     The 12th Annual Seok-nam Art Foundation Prize, Seok-nam Art and Culture Foundation, Seoul

1984     The 7th Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Joongang Ilbo, Seoul

 

 

Collections 

National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul

Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul

Constitutional Court of Korea, Seoul

Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul

Ho-Am Art Museum, Seoul

Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul

 

 

 

 

 

Artworks
Asceticism - Beautiful Days

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

65 x 47 cm

The Port is a Half Moon

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

96 x 77 cm

Barbed-Wire Blues

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

138 x 178 cm

Temptation 1

2019

Oil on canvas

45 x 45 cm

I Will Show You the Stars – Scarecrow

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

108 x 76 cm

I Will Show You the Stars – Sunflower

2019

Oil on canvas

116 x 91 cm

I Will Show You the Stars – Corn

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

138 x 178 cm

I Will Show You the Stars – Ivy 2

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

108 x 76 cm

I Will Show You the Stars – Ivy 1

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

108 x 76 cm

I Will Show You the Stars – Pumpkin

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

138 x 178 cm

Slow Landscape – Wando Road

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

148 x 213 cm

Slow Landscape – Haenam Road

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

182 x 140 cm

Slow Landscape – Yudal Road

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

142 x 900 cm

Slow Landscape – Yangchon Road

2019

Color pigment on Jangji

205 x 139.5 cm

Slow Landscape – Sani Road

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

182 x 140 cm

Slow Landscape – Deokdo Road

2019

Color pigment on Jangji

133 x 160 cm

U-Turn Back to Me

2019

Color pigment on Jangji

77 x 189 cm

No. 1

2019

Oil on canvas

116 x 91 cm

Dried Snapper

2019

Ink, color pigment on Jangji

178 x 158 cm

I Will Show You the Stars - Bangi-dong

2020

Color pigment on Jangji

64 x 93 cm

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