Korean Artist Jin Han Lee

Jin Han Lee was born in Seoul, Korea in 1982 and is currently living and working in London, UK. In 2006 she earned her B.F.A. in Painting at Hongik University in Seoul. In 2008, she earned an M.A. in Fine Art from Central Saint Martin’s in London. Jin Han is currently working towards her M.F.A. in Fine Art at Goldsmiths in London. Her works have been featured in exhibitions the world over, including:

Solo Exhibition
2009	Beyond and Within	Gallery Muse at 269, London
Project
2009	Diaolgue Box: Beyond And Within	AirSpace Gallery, Stroke on Trent
Selected Group Exhibitions
2010	Future’s Future’s Future	Korean Cultural Centre UK, London
	Deptford X Special	The Core Gallery, London
	2010 Guasch Coranty Painting Prize	Center of Art Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain
	2010 Open Painting	Royal West England Academy, Bristol
	4482: Korean Contemporary Artists in London	Barge House, OXO Tower Wharf, London
	Project Space: Print Now	London Art Fair, Design Centre, London; Bearspace, London
2009	Raymond Gun: Platfrom	Degreeart.com Gallery, London
	Gathering Storm	Bayfield Hall, Norfolk

She says,

An easy explanation of my current paintings is the awkward and strange relationship between layers created by using masking tape.  I create edged patterns, gradation, and big brushstrokes. I want to disorientate the viewer through the various techniques employed in my paintings, the dynamic created through use of spontaneous and  planned actions within each work reinforcing this state.  Tension and spontaneity are repeated between images and layers.  By using “masking,” I am producing something that is not a picture in a picture.  My method is to paint over the masking tape then remove the tape so that the act of masking is an act of drawing.  The act of painting is not simply just placing colour onto the canvas but also the removal of the masking tape which cuts through the colour.

Using masking tape allows me the chance to focus on each image, as to show the image, I have to block the image.  There is a disjointed space within the image, between what is seen before and after the masking tape is removed, by cutting the tape I expose the core.

Unexpected tension and spontaneity is created by the ambiguity of the process and the accumulations of the layers of paint do not immediately reveal their chronological order. My paintings span the past to the present.  This is not the past but ‘a’ past, ‘a’ past representing ‘the’ present.  Although my private activities across the surface of the painting are open to public view through the traces of my process and activity, the audience is left unaware of what is the background and what is the image.  This exposure of my intimate activities reinforces an intimacy; it is back to front, beyond to within.  Here, I want the viewers to see notions, past and present, inside and outside, viewer and artist, and all these are disrupted repeatedly through layers.  Within a single glance, the viewers can imagine the history and layers behind the surface and feel the artist’s movement of the brush strokes.

Please enjoy Jin Han Lee’s work images!

"A Subtle Relocation", acrylic and masking tape on canvas, 90 x 90 cm, 2009

"Untitled", acrylic, gouache and masking tape on paper, 35 x 35 cm, 2009

"Arranging Flowers", acrylic, gouache, ink, paper and masking tape on paper, 35 x 35 cm, 2010

"Golden Storm (Oh!)", acrylic on canvas, 20 x 20 cm, 2010

Korean Artist ‘Jin Han Lee’

Jin Han Lee was born in 1982, Seoul, Korean and she is currently living and working in London. She is doing her M.F.A. in Fine Art at Goldsmith, London, UK, and she had another M. F. A. at Central Saint Martins, London, UK. She was given her B.F.A. in Painting from Hongik University, Seoul, Korea. She has shown her work globally as below;

2010

Guasch Coranty Painting Prize, Center of Art Tecla Sala, Barcelona, Spain

Open Painting, Royal West England Academy, Bristol

4482: Korean Contemporary Artists in London, Barge House, OXO Tower Wharf, London

Project Space: Print Now, London Art Fair, Design Centre, London; Bearspace, London

2009

Beyond and Within Gallery Muse at 269, London

Raymond Gun: Platfrom, Degreeart.com Gallery, London

Gathering Storm, Bayfield Hall, Norfolk

She says,

“An easy explanation of my current paintings is the awkward and strange relationship between layers created by using masking tape.  I create edged patterns, gradation, and big brushstrokes. I want to disorientate the viewer through the various techniques employed in my paintings, the dynamic created through use of spontaneous and  planned actions within each work reinforcing this state.  Tension and spontaneity are repeated between images and layers.  By using “masking,” I am producing something that is not a picture in a picture.  My method is to paint over the masking tape then remove the tape so that the act of masking is an act of drawing.  The act of painting is not simply just placing colour onto the canvas but also the removal of the masking tape which cuts through the colour.

Using masking tape allows me the chance to focus on each image, as to show the image, I have to block the image.  There is a disjointed space within the image, between what is seen before and after the masking tape is removed, by cutting the tape I expose the core.

Unexpected tension and spontaneity is created by the ambiguity of the process and the accumulations of the layers of paint do not immediately reveal their chronological order. My paintings span the past to the present.  This is not the past but ‘a’ past, ‘a’ past representing ‘the’ present.  Although my private activities across the surface of the painting are open to public view through the traces of my process and activity, the audience is left unaware of what is the background and what is the image.  This exposure of my intimate activities reinforces an intimacy; it is back to front, beyond to within.  Here, I want the viewers to see notions, past and present, inside and outside, viewer and artist, and all these are disrupted repeatedly through layers.  Within a single glance, the viewers can imagine the history and layers behind the surface and feel the artist’s movement of the brush strokes”.

Enjoy her work images!

“Day and Night”, acrylic, gouache and masking tape on canvas, 160 x 100 cm, 2010

“For The Preposition”, acrylic, guache and masking tape on linen, 135 x 135 cm, 2009

“Untitled”, acrylic, gouache and masking tape on paper, 152 x 122 cm, 2009

“Arranging Flowers”, acrylic, gouache, ink, paper and masking tape on paper, 35 x 35 cm, 2010

Korean Artist ‘Heena Kim’

Heena Kim was born in 1979, Kimcheon, Korea and she is currently living and working in London, UK. She was given a M.F.A. from Central Saint Martins of Art and Design, University of Arts London, London, UK, 2008, and another M.F.A from Hongik University Graduate School, Seoul, Korea in 2005. She is specialised in painting and sculpture.

She has shown her works globally as below;

2010 ‘Ways of Seeing’, I-Myu Projects Gallery, London, UK

2009 ‘The Sneeze Art Flair’, Westbourne Studios, London, UK

‘Platform’, DegreeArt.com, London, UK

‘The Tomorrow People’, Elevator Gallery, London, UK

‘Inside Out’, The Fire Station Gallery, Windsor, UK

’20/21 International Art Fair’, Royal College of Art, London, UK

‘Overview’, Elysium Artspace, Swansea, Wales, UK

2008 ‘Entry Forms’, Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK

‘System & Patterns 2′, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK

‘CSM Interim Show’, Barge House, London, UK

2007 ‘Wimbledon Studio Summer Open Show’, Wimbledon Studio, London

She says,

“I stimulate my imagination and make characters which are part human, part creature. I look to the human body, everyday scenes and space. In particular, I dismantle the human body and join it with parts of non-humans such as insects and animals. ‘Pink Human’, which are human bodies joined with other creatures, do not look like an organic human which can live in the world. Fragmented body, ‘Pink Human’, shows itself in dreams when the analytic movement confronts a certain level of aggressive collapse in the individual. It then emerges in the form of disjointed limbs, or of those organs growing wings and taking up arms for physical abuse, like Hieronymus Bosch’s painting climbing to the imaginary peak of the human being. This form tangles the lines of fragility which defines the anatomy of fantasy.

The word ‘practice’ is clearly defined as ‘play’ in my work. The word ‘play’ is used for children’s acts in many ways because play does not mean ‘doing something seriously’ or ‘doing logically with intelligent knowledge’ and also is close to nature which adults could often miss. Therefore, play is the more believable evidence of symbolic thought in the child, but it is not identical with it because we need to examine the unconscious symbols in order to complete the picture of the mental image”.

Enjoy her work images!

‘Chameleons’, 50 x 40cm, acrylic on canvas, 2009

‘Magic box’,  76 x 102cm, acrylic on canvas, 2009

‘Hometown’, acrylic on canvas,80 x 60cm, 2009

‘Mr. Pink’,  60 x 60cm, acrylic and collage on canvas, 2009