Lee Seoung Ku

LEE SEOUNG- KU (l963 02-05 Hong 1k University Print Making Adjunct professor(korea) 09-present : professor of yanbian University (china )An Image of Archaeological RhizomeLee Seoung Kus Recent Work: From NatureIt has been over a decade that Lee Seoung Ku has beenworking on his From Nature series of etching,acquaint, and drypoint work, in order to establish anunifying base on which nature and humanity become one.His series began in early the 1990s with the images ofhuman body, and moved to large circular voluminousmasses. From 1996 to the 2000s, he tried to create astriking contrast of light and dark, and dynamicstructures. Recently his screen gradually becamealmost black all over. Basic circular structures werehinted by the visible traces of light and dark shadingof dots, or margins between them. He often ordered thesections of visual masses with vertical, horizontaland curved lines. Meanwhile, his work was movingtowards an analogy of traditional Korean styles. Currently, his work, shown in his 9th solo exhibition,held at the Joseon Daily Newspaper Art Museum inSeoul, clearly indicated different issues which are acontinuation of his experimental trajectory, and whichwill be freshly explored in the 2000s. This was, Ithought, the ...

89 B.F.A College of Fine Arts Hongik University (Korea)93 M.F.A Tama Arts University (Japan) SOLO EXHIBITION 28th (Seoul,Pusan,Daegu,Tokyo Kyushu,Sydeny, Vranje serbia )AWARDS
∙2013III. VoVa MINIArt”,international biennale of miniatures
- Mention Prize - Vonyarcvashegy(Vova Hungary)

2011 Guanlan International Print Biennial
-“Guanlan International Print Prize” (Guanlan Museum,-China)
08 The Second Edition of International Painting Salon Car bunari 2008 Special Prize (Florean Museum, Romania)08 3rd International Experimental Engraving Biennial (Brancovan Palace Cultural Center Mogosoaia,Romania)08 Mask carnival- a virtual exhibition The Israeli Museum of Creative Artswww.art1.org.il 07 La Biennale international destempe contemporaine de Trois-rivers Canada06 The 7th BHARAT BHAVAN intemational Biennial of Print Art 2006 -"Grand, Prize" (Roopankal Arts Museum, India) 06 Space International Print Biennial,seoul-"Purchase prize" Seoul Municipal Museum of Art(Seoul, Korea) 06 International print triennial society cracow 2006 (Art Gallery Bunkier Situki, poland)02 Space International Pri...