Gwangju University Hosim Art Museum Hosts Kim Soyoon's 1st Solo Exhibition

Poster for So-yoon Kim's solo exhibition at Hosim Memorial Art Museum, Gwangju University. Photo by Gwangju University

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Cho Hyung-joo] Gwangju University (President Kim Hyuk-jong) Hosim Art Museum announced on the 22nd that it will hold the first solo exhibition of artist Kim So-yoon until the 29th.

Under the theme of 'Sculptural Furniture Design Applying Mountain (San) Images,' this solo exhibition features 15 works made using premium woods such as walnut, ebony, ziricote, and yuchang wood.

Various furniture and solid wood accessories, including display cabinets, console soban, and tableware, will be showcased.

In this exhibition, artist Kim So-yoon, based on a naturalistic philosophy, simultaneously captures the vitality of life that mountains (San) possess, the power that forms and sustains mountains, and the origin of nature contained within mountains through storytelling that combines diverse functionality and sculptural qualities.

In particular, through the creative process of dialogue with mountains (San), she opened the gateway to meaningful mountain image sculptural art unique to her psychological and subjective perspective as an artist, and sculpted the resonance of nature as the origin of life and natural beauty from an aesthetic viewpoint.

Additionally, through a series of processes including compression, condensation, omission, transformation, and distortion, she has been evaluated as presenting sculptural rhetoric required for individual formal beauty.

Kim So-yoon, who graduated from the Department of Interior Design at Gwangju University College of Culture and Arts and is currently pursuing a master's degree in Interior Design at the same university's graduate school, has received awards such as the Special Prize at the 20th Iksan Korea Craft Competition, the Grand Prize at the 2020 Korea Handicraft Cultural Product Contest, and the Grand Prize at the 34th Jeollabuk-do Industrial Design Competition.

Meanwhile, Hosim Art Museum, located on the first floor of the Gukgwan at Gwangju University, is equipped with an exhibition hall, education room, and storage, supporting projects such as exhibitions for local residents' cultural enjoyment and creative activities of artists.

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