Hea-Sook Yoo

I was born in Seoul, Korea. After college graduation, I went to France for 5 years to study and paint. It was good for my career and to experience another culture. In 1998, I went to America, another big change. Now I'm living in Los Angeles.

Preparing my mind before I paint is a very important process. I need
to concentrate and try to take in and use the power that I feel around
me. It's an exciting time, an explosion of sensory awareness. My
pictures are entitled "conversation" but they aren't based on ideas
that can be put into words. The context of "conversation" is the flow
of energy and feelings between me and my environment. And from
that point of view, preparation is the busiest "conversation" time.
The textures, colors and forms that I place on the canvas take on
a life of their own and speak to each viewer in a different way.

The artwork has to always begin with a clean and transparent
surface, a metaphor for starting from scratch. When I see the white
canvas, if I think about white as a color, I'm not ready to begin.
"Clean" allows spontaneity which comes from an empty but strong
mind and is crucial to the "birth" of each piece. Once "born", the
essence can be steered down co...

Education :Hong-Ik University, Seoul, Korea
Academie des Beaux-Arts J. Chevalier, France