Son Youngdeuk

Son Young-deuk is a Daegu-based media artist and independent animation
director working across VR installation, interactive media, media façade,
augmented reality, and digital painting. Since 1996, he has used art as
a site of social and historical inquiry — investigating isolation, memory,
labor, and the condition of the individual within modern urban life.

Central to his practice is the character "Zipperman," a symbolic figure
navigating a world saturated with signs and suppression. His work
combines vivid, confrontational color with psychological depth, drawing
viewers into scenes of quiet tension rendered in flat digital form.

He currently serves as Professor at the Department of Webtoon & Animation,
Keimyung Culture University, Daegu, South Korea.

2002 MFA, Western Painting — Yeungnam University Graduate School
1995 BFA, Western Painting — Yeungnam University College of Fine Arts

Solo Exhibitions
2024 Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu
2021 Gallery 33 Dabang, Daegu (VR)
2016 Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu (Interactive Art)
2012 Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu
2011 Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu (Animation)
2009 Club THAT, Daegu

Selected Group Exhibitions
2025 Jeju Museum of Art
2023 Seoul Indie Ani Fest (Panorama), Seoul
2022 nomansland.academy, Düsseldorf, Germany
2022 Suseong Artpia, Daegu
2017 Munhwa Station Seoul 284 (former Seoul Station)
2017 Daegu Arts Center (Media Façade)
2013 Indie Forum Film Festival, Seoul

Collections
Korean Independent Animation Collection (2006)
Korean Short Animation Anthology Vol.1 & 2 (1998)