Hyun Soo Oh

I’m in the middle of journey of shaping my artistic idiom. I feel like I’m not there yet, but nearly there… My main concern is to create my own mythology that is relevant to emotion, energy, mind and spirit through painting. I intend to depict narratives inspired by my personal direct/indirect experience and imagination with characters I create on a surface. If the narrative is the script I write, the surface I paint on is the stage. I prefer to working on a large scale as I want the viewers not only to see my painting but also to experience it physically. I started art in London with no art background from Korea, I studied the Western traditional paintings as the primary inspiration. After returning to Korea, I became fascinated by Korean traditional art and pondered the authentic potential in the balance between the Eastern and Western art. I am currently working on deepening my idiom with inspirations both from the Eastern and the Western art as well as traditional and contemporary essence.
I want to make paintings that both so-called art and non-art people appreciate.

BA Fine Art (Studio Practice and Contemporary Critical Studies), Goldsmiths College, London, UK

2010
Second Floor Studios & Arts - Open Studios (http://secondfloorstudiosarts.wordpress.com/), London, UK

2009
BA Fine Art Exhibition, Goldsmiths College, London, UK

2005
Group Exhibition, Lambeth College, London, UK