Junggeun Oh
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Junggeun Oh, also Oh Jung Geun (Korean: ; born 27 September 1970, in Seoul
, South Korea
) is a Korean
painter
. Living in Berlin
since 2004 he paints artworks of a modern minimalism
mixing abstraction with realism. The artist is represented by galerie son, Berlin.
in South Korea
. During that time he already had been working as a teacher at Sun-Hwa College of Fine Arts in Seoul and as a lecturer at Won-Kwang University Iksan. In 2004 he moved with his family to Berlin.
He won several awards and scholarships.
Since living in Berlin Oh has been working on his series "interspaces" (in german "Zwischenräume“).
Herein he paints (mostly in red) the shapes that buildings draw in the sky as minimalistic abstract forms.
Seoul
Seoul , officially the Seoul Special City, is the capital and largest metropolis of South Korea. A megacity with a population of over 10 million, it is the largest city proper in the OECD developed world...
, South Korea
South Korea
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) is a Korean
Korea
Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
. Living in Berlin
Berlin
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since 2004 he paints artworks of a modern minimalism
Minimalism
Minimalism describes movements in various forms of art and design, especially visual art and music, where the work is set out to expose the essence, essentials or identity of a subject through eliminating all non-essential forms, features or concepts...
mixing abstraction with realism. The artist is represented by galerie son, Berlin.
Life
Junggeun Oh studied Fine Arts at Seoul National UniversitySeoul National University
Seoul National University , colloquially known in Korean as Seoul-dae , is a national research university in Seoul, Korea, ranked 24th in the world in publications in an analysis of data from the Science Citation Index, 7th in Asia and 42nd in the world by the 2011 QS World University Rankings...
in South Korea
South Korea
The Republic of Korea , , is a sovereign state in East Asia, located on the southern portion of the Korean Peninsula. It is neighbored by the People's Republic of China to the west, Japan to the east, North Korea to the north, and the East China Sea and Republic of China to the south...
. During that time he already had been working as a teacher at Sun-Hwa College of Fine Arts in Seoul and as a lecturer at Won-Kwang University Iksan. In 2004 he moved with his family to Berlin.
He won several awards and scholarships.
Work
In the early 2000 years Junggeun Oh created highly detailed woodprints that were sometimes over-sized and made of more than 40 plates each.Since living in Berlin Oh has been working on his series "interspaces" (in german "Zwischenräume“).
Herein he paints (mostly in red) the shapes that buildings draw in the sky as minimalistic abstract forms.
External links
- junggeun-oh.com including the artist's catalogue raisonné