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Bahk Seon-Ghi is a Korean sculptor and installation artist who was born in 1966, living and working in Kyeong Ki-do, South Korea. Following his graduation from Chung-Ang University in Seoul, he spent several years in Europe, studying sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti Brera in Milan and at Barnet College in London.
Bahk is known for his monumental, ethereal installations using natural materials (mostly charcoal) to create the ordinary vision of reverse thinking everyday objects such as tables and chairs, staircases, plant pots, picture frames and circles, which appear to float through light in space. His works thematically explore the natural of life, in particular the rebirth relationship between birth, death, and decay. Charcoal, is his material of choice, and is also the basis of exploration, the reincarnation relationship between natural matter and life and death, which has ritual-like spiritual significance in Korea.
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The Visionary Intersection of Nature and Human Society
Bahk’s hanging sculpture explores the symbiotic relationship between nature and humans with charcoal. For him, charcoal is the final form of coexistence between trees and human society. Each unit of the charcoal dissociates the volume of the sculpture, and impact of the viewer's sensory perception of the existing space.
The artist uses the tiny pieces of charcoal, which has the power of purification and tranquility, with transparent and almost invisible nylon threads, combining them into a huge "paradoxical" individual. Light penetrates from the discrete charcoal, miraculously, it seems to breathe there, animating the space in different forms.
In Bahk’s Aggregation series of colossal charcoal installations resemble Roman columns, spiral staircases, flower pots, side tables and chairs. Like a floating building, the artist treats the relationship between human beings, nature and life from a whole new perspective. He believes that nature should not be mistakenly seen as the background for modern progress, but rather plays an integral role in our daily lives.
Visual games under the reconstruction of reality
As for Bahk’s flat sculpture, it shapes ordinary reality in extremely flat and slim conditions that it exposes the bizarre relation of objects to reality. All such creativity escapes the ideology and confinement of traditional sculpture; we can tell the general implications of shapes from its entirety, yet we are amazed by the lightness and the visual wonderment from all the miniatures. Bahk Seon-Ghi’s "Visual game" comes from rational calculation, it shows the dual characteristics of reality distortion and reality reconstruction.
Viewers are forced to see a distorted view that changes with their point of view.
Overturning our subjective prejudices of reality, Bahk Seon-Ghi shows us a slightly slanted angle by subverting reality, challenging what we think is true, and inviting us to step into the world of visual games.
Bahk-SeonGhi grasps the time, space, light and shadow in his hands; in its infinite reincarnation, Bahk captures the commotions in Nature, allowing charcoal to stay in intangible form in everyday life and making space solid though flat.
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| 1966 |
Born in Sunsan, South Korea |
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| Education
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| 1994 |
Graduated from Chung-Ang University, Majoring Sculpture in the Fine Arts Department, Seoul, South Korea |
| 2002 |
Studies of Majoring Sculpture at the Accademia di Belle Arti Brera , Milan, Italy. |
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| Solo Exhibitions
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| 2020 |
- SPACE, Indang Museum of Daegu Health College, Daegu |
| 2018 |
-Kim Sechoong Museum, Seoul |
| 2017 |
-‘Walk in the light’, MOA Museum, Gonjiam
-‘Nature’, Gallery BK, Seoul |
| 2016 |
-‘Reflection’, 313 Art Project, Seoul |
| 2015 |
-‘View-tiful’, WooYang Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeongju
-‘Point of view’, CMay Gallery, Los Angeles
-Chung Hak Dae Museum of Contemporary Art, Anseong |
| 2014 |
-‘Point of view - illusion’, Gallery IHN, Seoul
-‘Fiction of the Fabricated Image’, Zadok Gallery, Miami |
| 2012 |
-‘Slice of Sensitivity’, Gallery ARTSIDE, Seoul |
| 2011 |
-‘Endless Enumeration in space’, Galerie Andres Thalmann, Zu?rich |
| 2009 |
-Gallery IHN, Seoul
-Gallery Bundo, Daeg |
| 2008 |
-Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul
-Gallery Sabina, Los Angeles |
| 2007 |
-‘Existence’, Arquitectos de Cordova, Cordova, Spain
-‘Optic Game’, Gallery Artside, Beijing |
| 2006 |
-Galeria Arte Contemporanea Jorge Shirley, Lisbon |
| 2005 |
-‘2005 Artist of Today’, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul |
| 2004 |
-Galeria EDURNE, Madrid |
| 2003 |
-Galeria Arte Contemporanea Jorge Shirley, Lisbon
-Gana Insa Art Center, Seoul
-Arte & Manifesto, Porto, Portugal |
| 2002 |
-Galerie Artinprogress, Berlin
‘Rethinking: space time architecture - A dialogue between art and architecture. Parallel to XXI World Congress of Architecture - UIA Berlin |
| 2001 |
-Galleria Lawrence Rubin, Milan |
| 1999 |
-Cascina Roma, Sandonato Milanese, Milan
-Gallery Pianissimo, Codogno Lodi, Italy |
| 1998 |
-Gallery Luigi di Sarro, Rome
-Franco Riccardo Artevisive, Napoli
-Gallery U.C.A.I, Milan |
| 1994 |
-Gallery Seoho, Seoul Group |
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| Group Exhibition - |
| 2021 |
-“The Mystery of Time”, Art Taipei Fair (Metaphysical Art Gallery, Taipei) |
| 2020 |
-“Leeungno abstraction of text”, Leeungno Museum, Hong Seong |
| 2019 |
-“Goryeo:The Glory of Korea”, National Museum of Korea, Seoul
-100th Anniversaryof Korean Modern & Contemporary Sculpture, “A Trend of Korean Contemporary Sculpture”, Seosomun Shrine History Museum, Seoul
-“Water, Life, Imagination”, Chosun University Museum of Art, Gwangju
-“Art Busan”, BEXCO, Metaphysical Art Gallery, Busasn
-“Art Central HK 2019”, Gallery BK, HongKong
-“Context Art Miami”, Gallery BK/ Gallery PYO, Miami
-“Seoul Art Expo”, COEX, Seoul
-“Repetition and Difference : About Time”, Busan Museum of Art, Busan |
| 2018 |
-‘GORYEO: The glory of Korea’, National Museum of Korea, Seoul
-‘How the artists meditate’, Savina Museum, Seoul
-‘Seoul Olympic Sculpture Project- Post 88’, SOMA Art Museum, Seoul
-‘International Sculpture Symposium Icheon’, Icheon Art Hall, Icheon
-‘Soul Tree’, Oulim Art Museum, Goyang
-‘Point, Line, Plane’, Cheonan Arts Center Museum of Art, Cheonan
-‘The coexistence of chaos and cosmos’, KRICT Space C#, Daejeon |
| 2017 |
- Art Basel ”Lady Dior as seen by”, Convention center, HongKong
-‘In·tact’, Daegu Art Center, Daegu
-‘Busan-If you go to Busan’, Busan Lotte Gallery, Busan
-‘Art Miami’, Pyo Gallery, Miami
-Science Art 2017 ‘Carbon Free’, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju
-‘Busan Design Festival’, BEXCO, Busan
-‘Trace of Time’, KIM TSCHANG-YEUL Art Museum, Jeju
-‘100 & Beyond’, COEX, Seoul
-‘Art Paris Art fair’, Grand Palais, Paris
-Sky TV ‘Atelier Story’, Seoul Art Center, Seoul
-‘Art Palm Springs’, CMay gallery, Palm Springs Convention Center, California |
| 2016 |
-‘GANA Art Drawing’, Gallery GANA, Seoul
-‘Ulsan Installation Art’, Ulsan, South Korea
-‘Opening Exhibition’, K-Museum, Seoul
-‘Moskva Modern Art’, ??? ????, Moscow
- ‘Arrordable Art Fair’, Superstudio Più, Milan
- ‘Art Paris Art Fair’, Grand Palais, Paris |
| 2015 |
-‘Elementary’, CMay gallery, Los Angeles
- “A fine timber”, Appleton Museum of Art’, Florida, USA
- ‘SPHERES 8’, Galleria Continua les Moulins, Boissy-le-Chatel, France
- ‘ASIA NOW’, 313 Art Project, Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris
- ‘KIAF(Korea International Art Fair)’, 313 Art Project, COEX, Seoul
- ‘Conrad Hotel Art fair’, Chung Hak Dae Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
- ‘Drawn from nature’, Asia Society Texas Center, Houston
- ‘Kim Chong Yung 100th Anniversary’, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul
-‘Corea-Italia Sculpture Exhibition 2015’, Museo della Permanente di Milano, Milan |
| 2014 |
-Shanghai international Sculpture Biennale ‘City Paradise’, Jing’an Sculpture Park, Shanghai
-‘TV gallery Paintian exhibition’, Ara Art Center, Seoul
-‘Admiration of White porcelain’, Seoul Museum, Seoul
-‘Art Shanghai’, Long Museum, Shanghai
-‘Umbra’, Ethra Gallery, Mexico City
-‘LA ARTSHOW’, LA Convetion Center, Los Angeles
-‘Korean shape’, Gallerie Paris-Beijing, Brussels |
| 2013 |
-‘Small gift with happiness’, Kim Jae Sun Gallery, Busan
-‘MADE IN KOREA selected exhibition’, SETEC, Seoul
-‘Art Miami’, The Art Miami Pavilon-Zadok Gallery, Miami
-‘Woman’, Laheen Gallery, Seoul
-Seoul Design Festival-‘Designer’s LAB’, COEX, Seoul
-‘Journey in the book’, Gallery Purple, Namyangju
-‘The LINE’, DMZ, Paju
-‘Shanghai Art Fair’, Shanghai EXPO, Shanghai
-‘Spring of Flora’, Esplanade, Singapore
-‘A Scene from a Memory’, Ode to art, Singapore
-1st Biennale ‘Earth Harmony’, Pyeongchang Alpensia resort, Pyeongchang
-‘Art Basel’, gallery IHN, Hong Kong
-‘Primavera’, Amway Museum, Seongnam
-‘A Scene From a Memory’, Art Space Ben, Seoul
-‘K-sculpture: Korean sculpture in the world’, Piazza Mino, Florence
-‘2013 AREUM ZIGI charity bazaar’, Horim Art center, Seoul
-‘Art Stage Singapore’, Marina bay sands exhibition center, Singapore
-‘RECONSTRUCTION AND RECOLLECTION’, Times Square, Hong Kong
-‘Illusion’, Interallia, Seoul |
| 2012 |
-‘Strung out relationship’, Zadok Gallery, Miami
-‘Molding language triple shapes triple color’, Dosi gallery, Busan
- ‘Illusion Space’, Gana Art Center, Seoul
-‘Power of inner mind’, Soul Art Space, Busan
-‘Solid illusion part 2’, Hankaram Art Museum, Seoul
-‘Stone Land’-Iksan International Stone Sculpture, Iksan
-‘K art star-Fastival of beauty’, The Korean Economic Daily, Seoul
-‘Virtue on the table, Museum of Ewha women’ University, Seoul
-‘Healing camp’, Gana Art Center, Seoul
-‘Interesting things over the world’, Yangpyeng art museum, Yangpyeong
-‘Artist’s chair’, Jangheung Art park, Jangheung
-‘Korean Eye’, Saatchi Gallery, London
-‘Cross-Border’, Gallerie Andress Thalmann, Zurich
-‘Art Hong Kong’, Gallery IHN, Hong Kong
-‘2012 AREUM ZIGI charity bazaar’, Horim Art center, Seoul
-‘Story form shadow’, Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju
-‘Different meanings from similar forms’, Seoul National University Museum of Art, Seoul
-‘Dubai Hotel Industry Exhibition’, Dubai
-‘CIGE(China International Gallery Exposition)’, Beijing
-‘Sculpture is fun’-2012 Seoul International Sculpture Festa, Seoul
-‘Korean Art Show’, Art valley, New York
-‘Be My Valentine’, LOTTE gallery, Seoul/Busan |
| 2011 |
-‘Kunst 11 Zurich’, ABB Hall 550, Galerie Andres Thalmann, Switzerland
-‘Korean Eye’, The Museum of Art and Design, New York
-‘Artist as Spectator & Spectator as Artist’, Icheon International Sculpture Symposium, Icheon
-‘Moving art village’, Nampo art museum, Goheung
-‘Verfremdung’, Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju
-‘Art & Play 2011 Kinetic Art’, Hangaram Museum in Seoul Art Center, Seoul
-‘Studio Party’, FN Art Space, Seoul
-‘Basel Scope 11’, Gallery KRAMPF, Basel
-‘C.Eye’ 2011 Yeoju International Ceramic Festival, Korea Ceramic Foundation, Yeoju
-‘Cliopatra Clio Box’-CLIO Cosmetic Art, Insa Art Center, Seoul
-‘International Sculpture Festa’, Seoul Art Center, Seoul
-‘Object of everyday life’, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang
-‘Salon de living art’, Coex, Seoul
-‘In ¯ß’, Gallery Jireh, Paju
-‘Beyond limits’, Shinsegae Gallery, Busan |
| 2010 |
-‘Korea Tomorrow’, SETEC, Seoul
-Istanbul art fair-‘Scope’, Krampf Gallery, Istanbul
-The Seoul art exhibition-‘Korea contemporary sculpture’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
-‘Close Encounter’, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju
-‘Basel Scope 10’, Gallery KRAMPF, Basel
-‘Arcades project’, Interalia art company, Seoul
-‘Art of illusion’, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon
-‘MACO 10’, Mexican International Contemporary Art Fair, Cetro Banamex, Mexico City |
| 2009 |
-‘Kim Chong Yung Prize’, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul
-‘Against the Sculptural: Three Dimensions of Uncertainty’, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Seoul
-‘Korean Eye-Moon Generation’, Saatchi Gallery, London
-‘Exciting Art’, Gyeongnam Art Museum, Changwon
-‘Art Dubai’, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Dubai
-International art fair ARCO ‘28. edi da Feira Internacional de Arte Contempor de Madrid colhe’, |
| 2008 |
-‘Art Paris-Abu Dhabi’, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Abu Dhabi
-‘Korean Group Show’, Galerie von Braunbehrens, Mu?nchen
-‘Small forms great attitudes’, Galleria Lawrence Rubin, Milan
-‘Busan Biennale’, Expenditure, Busan
-‘XVII International Fair of Contemporary Art, Arte Santander’, Gallery Jorge Shirley, Santander, Spain
-‘Scope Basel’, Gallery KRAMPT, Basel
-‘Scope New York’, Gallery KRAMPT, New York
-‘Art Dubai’, Gallery Sun Contemporary, Dubai |
| 2007 |
-‘Atelier artists exhibition’, Gana Insa Art Center, Seoul
-‘See & Visible’, SAMTOH Gallery, Seoul
-‘3rd Lotte Art Fair’, Gallery Lotte, Busan
-‘Art fair Singapore’, Suntek, Singapore
-‘Seoul Art Fair’, Hangaram museum, Seoul
-‘Dancing Space’, Gallery LIZ, Namyangju |
| 2006 |
-‘The way of viewing objects’, Seoul museum of art, Seoul
-‘Art and playing – Funsters 2006’, Hangaram museum, Seoul
-‘Colectiva’, Gallery Jorge Shirley, Lisbon |
| 2005 |
-‘Seoul art Fair’, Gana art center, Hangaram Museum in Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
-‘Art LA’, Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, Gallery Sabina, Los Angeles
-‘Contemporary Art-Video and Installation’, Daegu Arts Center, Daegu |
| 2004 |
-‘International art fair Lille’, Galeria Arte & Manifesto, Lille
-‘Art Seoul’, Hangaram Museum in Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
-‘The new understanding of furniture’, Insa art center, Seoul
-‘Sculpture of environment’, Museum Pyeongtaekho, Pyeongtaek |
| 2003 |
-‘Should say not all Still life’, Gana Art Crnter, Seoul
-International Installation Triennale-‘Man and Earth’, Haifa Museum, Israel
-‘The Junction of the East and the West’, Space Hajech, Milan |
| 2002 |
-‘KIAF(Korea International Art Fair)’, Gallery Lawrence Rubin, Busan
-‘Rethinking : Space, Time, Architecture’, Gallery Artinprogress, Berlin
-International contemporary art fair-‘Miart’, Gallery Lawrence Rubin, Milan
-‘Preghiera alla terra’, Modern Art Museum Pagani, Castellnza Vares |
| 2001 |
-‘Intersezioni oriente – occidente’, Space Hajech, Milan
-Biennale d'Arte Contemporanea ‘Duplex. Dall'identico al molteplice’, Museo dell' Immagine Postale, Belvedere Ostrense, Ancona
-‘Mito e materia’, Borgo Medievale di Castelbasso, Teramo
-‘No human’, Arsenale Thetis, Venic |
| 2000 |
-‘Arte si parte’, Faundation Sirssu, Lugano
-International Contemporary Art Fair ‘Arte Fiera Bologna’, Gallery Lawrence Rubin, Bologn |
| 1999 |
-‘Salon of Natural Artists’, Musée national de l'Histoire naturelle, Paris
-5th International Workshop proposed by M.Pistoletto ‘passaggi a nord-ovest’ Biella
-‘Corpo di guardia’, Museum of Rocca dei Bentivoglio, Bazzano, Bologna
-‘Biennal of Sculpture’, Villa Borromeo, Viggiu, Varese
-‘3th Stage of Sculpture’, Grancona, Vicenz |
| 1998 |
-‘Peiscopio 1998’, Cascina Roma, San Donato Milanese, Milan
-‘Biennal of Sea’, Palavela, Diano Marin |
| 1997 |
-‘Visual Rave’, Societa Umanitaria, Milan
-‘Levis’, Academy of Brera, Milan |
| 1996 |
-‘San Carlo Borromeo’, Museo Permanente, Milan |
| 1995 |
-‘The Exhibition of Engraving’, Anemoni, Milan |
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| Award - |
| 2006 |
9th Kimchongyung Sculpture Prize Solo Exhibitions |
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Collections (selected)- |
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Park One Tower, Seoul
Wood Square in Singapore, Singapore
Busan LCT, Busan
Anseong Starfield, Anseong
Opus One Winery, California
Chungnam Provincial Government, Hongseong
Housing Culture Center, Busan
Bernard Arnault LVMH group, Paris
Bonte Museum, Jeju
Po-hang Museum of Art, Pohang
Sky Park, Kimpo Airport, Seoul
Imok Museum of Art, Suncheon First College, Suncheon
France’s Foundation, Paris
Ok? Foundation, Paris
Art Bank(National Museum of Korea), Seoul
Kim Chong Yung Sculpture Museum, Seoul
Jangheung Art Park Museum, Jangheung
PKB Private Bank AG, Zurich
Umberto Annelli (President of Group FIAT), Torino
Massimo Buffetti (President of Group Buffetti), Como
Claudio La Viola (President of Dasassociati), Milan
Christian Marinotti Edition, Milan
Gianni Vercellotti, Cuneo
Nanto City, Vicenza |
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