Biography
BEAK Jungki (b. 1981) delves profoundly into the essence of materials and specific subjects of interest are explored through deep research and scientific experimentation. His in-depth explorations are visualized through a hands-on-approach conducted personally by the artist. BEAK Jungki’s studio is like a scientist’s laboratory or a small version of a well-organized factory. He is an artist who demonstrates extraordinary creativeness by exploring the attitudes of humans towards nature, the environment of the past and the future, old culture of superstition, and today’s science and technology as well as philosophy. He scientifically approaches the surrounding environment but also researches on Shamanism, rituals of the East and the West, people’s beliefs and their reliance on supernatural powers as well as nature’s invisible energy. All these factors are put together to produce his own unique artistic creation, in works where candles wish for the birth of a baby chick, a generator that produces energy, an incubator the hatches the eggs and much more. His scientific explorations reflects on the explorations on the relationship between human beings and nature, and deals with the occurrence and flow of energy.
 
BEAK Jungki studied sculpture in Kookmin University, Korea, and carried on his education in fine art at Glasgow School of Art, UK. From 2006 until 2023, he has held 12 solo exhibitions, at Alt Space Loop and OCI Museum just to name a few. From 2004 until now he has participated in many museum exhibitions in Korea, such shows held at The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Ulsan Art Museum, Songeun Art Museum, Leeum, Nam June Paik Art Center, Posco Art Museum and Daegu Art Museum. He has also participated in many group shows internationally in Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Italy, USA, Venezuela, Israel, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 2012 he was awarded the Songeun Art Award, 2019 the Kimsechoong Art Prize for sculpture, and in 2023 IFVA
Media Art Gold Award, Hong Kong Arts Center. His works are in public collections such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan and Ulsan Art Museum in Korea.
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