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WON Seoung Won (b.1972) transformed hundreds of photographic snapshots taken by herself into a fantastical images through an exquisite computing work. The imaginary space, being narrative, speaks of yesterday and today with a personal tomorrow, and by extension, the relationship between each individual of the collective. In her work, composed with the artist’s distinctive views based on a realistic logic and the unfamiliarity by delicate imagination, the profound and heavy subject of human is revealed as a wit and visual amusement, as well as evoking an analogue feeling. Her work from an existing incident in reality delivers subtle emotions. And the image containing a story begins to infinitely expand onward like a three dimensional picture book that keeps unfolding new time and space page after page.

 

WON Seoung Won received M.F.A. from Kunstakademie Dusseldorf in 2002 and Kunsthochschule für Medien Köln in 2005. WON held solo exhibitions at ARARIO Gallery I Seoul (Seoul, Korea) in 2017, Podbielsky Contemporary (Berlin, Germany) in 2014, Gana Contemporary (Seoul, Korea) in 2010, Alternative Space LOOP (Seoul, Korea) in 2008, and Gana-beaubourg (Paris, France) in 2005, and participated in numerous group exhibitions at Gwangju Museum of Art (Gwangju, Korea), National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2020, Museum SAN (Wonju, Korea) in 2019, Total Museum of Art (Seoul, Korea) in 2018, ARARIO Gallery I Shanghai (Shanghai, China) and Zacheta Project Room (Warsaw, Poland) in 2017, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon, Korea) and Mori Art Museum (Tokyo, Japan) in 2014, MoCA Shanghai (Shanghai, China) and Liverpool Biennial 2012 (Liverpool, UK) in 2012, Mica Moca Project (Berlin, Germany) in 2011, and Museum of Fine Art Houston (Houston, US) in 2009. WON Seong Won’s works are collected at Osthaus Museum (Germany), Santa Barbara Museum of Art (US) Fidelity Worldwide Investment (US) Kunsthaus Lempertz (Germany), Museum of Photography (Korea), Seoul Museum of Art (Korea),  Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art (Korea), and Goeun Art Foundation (Korea).

Works
  • WON Seoung Won, Soft Thorns 부드러운 가시, 2023
    Soft Thorns 부드러운 가시, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, Someone's Fruit 누군가의 열매, 2023
    Someone's Fruit 누군가의 열매, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, The Red I Want to Show 보여주고 싶은 빨강, 2023
    The Red I Want to Show 보여주고 싶은 빨강, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, 감추고 싶은 것, 2023
    감추고 싶은 것, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, 거스러미, 2023
    거스러미, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, 꺽이는 방법, 2023
    꺽이는 방법, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, 메꾸는 방법, 2023
    메꾸는 방법, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, 잡고 싶은 용, 2023
    잡고 싶은 용, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, 하나뿐인 자랑-레드, 2023
    하나뿐인 자랑-레드, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, 흐르는 방법, 2023
    흐르는 방법, 2023
  • WON Seoung Won, Crowded Alley 좁은 길목, 2021
    Crowded Alley 좁은 길목, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Days Gone By, 2021
    Days Gone By, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Dreamy Leaves 01, 2021
    Dreamy Leaves 01, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Dreamy Leaves 02, 2021
    Dreamy Leaves 02, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Dreamy Leaves 03, 2021
    Dreamy Leaves 03, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Dreamy Leaves 04, 2021
    Dreamy Leaves 04, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Dreamy Leaves 05, 2021
    Dreamy Leaves 05, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Dreamy Leaves 06, 2021
    Dreamy Leaves 06, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Dreamy Leaves 07, 2021
    Dreamy Leaves 07, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Enduring Elegance, 2021
    Enduring Elegance, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Essential Matter, 2021
    Essential Matter, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Extraordinary Brilliance 1, 2021
    Extraordinary Brilliance 1, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Extraordinary Brilliance 2, 2021
    Extraordinary Brilliance 2, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Extraordinary Brilliance 3, 2021
    Extraordinary Brilliance 3, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Grand Waterfall 방대한 물방울, 2021
    Grand Waterfall 방대한 물방울, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 01, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 01, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 02, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 02, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 03, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 03, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 04, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 04, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 05, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 05, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 06, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 06, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 07, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 07, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 08, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 08, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 09, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 09, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 10, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 10, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Imagined Leaves 11, 2021
    Imagined Leaves 11, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Memories of a Little Insider, 2021
    Memories of a Little Insider, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Nurtured Childhood 잘 다듬어진 유년, 2021
    Nurtured Childhood 잘 다듬어진 유년, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Ordinary Network 보통의 느슨한 관계망, 2021
    Ordinary Network 보통의 느슨한 관계망, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Prelude, 2021
    Prelude, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Pursuing Chance, 2021
    Pursuing Chance, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Small Place Small People 작은곳 작은사람, 2021
    Small Place Small People 작은곳 작은사람, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Strident and Peaceful, 2021
    Strident and Peaceful, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Warm Memories, 2021
    Warm Memories, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, Within the Realms of Possibilities 하얀 가지의 푸른 가능성, 2021
    Within the Realms of Possibilities 하얀 가지의 푸른 가능성, 2021
  • WON Seoung Won, The Cactuses of Researchers, 2017
    The Cactuses of Researchers, 2017
  • WON Seoung Won, The Experimental Tree of Pharmacists, 2017
    The Experimental Tree of Pharmacists, 2017
  • WON Seoung Won, The Ice Pillars of Government Officials, 2017
    The Ice Pillars of Government Officials, 2017
  • WON Seoung Won, The Quarries of Financiers, 2017
    The Quarries of Financiers, 2017
  • WON Seoung Won, The Sea of Journalists, 2017
    The Sea of Journalists, 2017
  • WON Seoung Won, The Water-grass Network of IT Specialists, 2017
    The Water-grass Network of IT Specialists, 2017
  • WON Seoung Won, The Windy Fields of Professors, 2017
    The Windy Fields of Professors, 2017
  • WON Seoung Won, 성격의 섬 | The Character Islands, 2013
    성격의 섬 | The Character Islands, 2013
  • WON Seoung Won, 완벽한 정원 | The Perfect Garden, 2013
    완벽한 정원 | The Perfect Garden, 2013
  • WON Seoung Won, 자존심의 다리 | The Bridge of Ego, 2013
    자존심의 다리 | The Bridge of Ego, 2013
  • WON Seoung Won, 장남의 별 아파트 | The Star Apartment of the Eldest Son, 2013
    장남의 별 아파트 | The Star Apartment of the Eldest Son, 2013
  • WON Seoung Won, 졸부의 텃밭 | The Kitchen Garden of a Parvenu, 2013
    졸부의 텃밭 | The Kitchen Garden of a Parvenu, 2013
  • WON Seoung Won, 칠면조의 목소리, 2013
    칠면조의 목소리, 2013
  • WON Seoung Won, 소심한 오늘 | Rippling Today, 2012
    소심한 오늘 | Rippling Today, 2012
  • WON Seoung Won, 쌓여가는 어제 | Piling Yesterday, 2012
    쌓여가는 어제 | Piling Yesterday, 2012
  • WON Seoung Won, 움직이는 내일 | Wondering Tomorrow, 2012
    움직이는 내일 | Wondering Tomorrow, 2012
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-Azalea Boiled Rice and Chrysanthemum, 2010
    My Age of Seven-Azalea Boiled Rice and Chrysanthemum, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-Bed-Wetter's Laundering, 2010
    My Age of Seven-Bed-Wetter's Laundering, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-Going Out Casually, 2010
    My Age of Seven-Going Out Casually, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-Oversleeping, 2010
    My Age of Seven-Oversleeping, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-Strange Playground, 2010
    My Age of Seven-Strange Playground, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-The Chaos Kitchen, 2010
    My Age of Seven-The Chaos Kitchen, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-The Help of Piggy Bank, 2010
    My Age of Seven-The Help of Piggy Bank, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, My Age of Seven-The Secret of Christmas Tree, 2010
    My Age of Seven-The Secret of Christmas Tree, 2010
  • WON Seoung Won, 작은 드로잉들
    작은 드로잉들
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