Born in 1963, Korean artist Han Young-Wook’s studied at Hong-Ik University in Seoul, South Korea, where he received a Bachelor and Masters of Fine Arts. An exceptional talent, Young-Wook paints photorealistic portraiture that depicts ordinary human beings, laying bare human imperfection in mural-sized paintings. Instead of using typical methods of oil painting, Young-Wook’s process involves painting aluminum and then scratching off the oil paint, revealing his subjects rather than developing them.
The nuance in his works are so intricate that many are shocked to find out that Young-Wook does not use photography anywhere in his artistic process, but rather everything he paints is painted organically. Young-Wook held his first solo exhibition at Galerie Bhak, Seoul in 2008, and has widely exhibited his work around the world including, “Art Taipei” (2009, Taipei); “Art Karlsruhe,” (2009, Germany); Art ASIA in Miami, (2008, Miami); “Art Fair Tokyo”(2008, Tokyo); “Art Cologne-Palma de Mallorca”(2007, Spain); “SH Contemporary 0”, Shanghai, (2007, China).
EDUCATION
B.F.A Graduated.Painting Deat.,College of Fine Arts, Hongik Univ. M.F.A Graduated,Graduate school of Painting Dept., Hongik Univ.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Galerie Bhak, Seoul
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2008 The 18th Chungdam Art Fair, Galerie Bhak, Seoul
2007 Art ASIA in Miami, Galerie Bhak, Wynwood District Miami, Miami ARTSingapore, Galerie Bhak, Suntec Singapore, Singapore
2006 The 7th KIAF, Galerie Bhak, COEX, Seoul Seoul Open Art Fair, Galerie Bhak, COEX, Seoul Art Chicago, Galerie Bhak, Merchandise Mart, Chicago Art Fair Tokyo, Galerie Bhak, Tokyo International Forum, Tokyo, Japan KCAF(Korean Contemporary Art Festival) Ⅷ, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul ACAF NY(Asian Contemporary Art Fair), Galerie Bhak, New York Art Cologne-Palma de Mallorca, Galerie Bhak, Mallorca, Spain SH Contemporary 07, Galerie Bhak, Shanghai, China Emerging Artists from Galerie Bhak, Shindorico Art Space, Seoul The 17th Chungdam Art Fair, Galerie Bhak, Seoul Art Chicago, Galerie Bhak, Merchandise Mart, Chicago KCAF(Korean Contemporary Art Festival) Ⅶ, Seoul Art Center, Seoul KCAF(Korean Contemporary Art Festival) Ⅵ, Seoul Art Center, Seoul Art Figuratif, Seoul Art Center, Seou
AWARDS
2006 The 7th Sin-SaImDang Grand Art Exhibition, Grand Prize The 8th Dan-Won Arts Competition, the First Prize The 34th Kang-Won Grand Art Exhibition, Grand Prize
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