Yumi Song

I work to create spatial depth and illusion by drawing repeated lines. The act of endless drawing is done as a way of practice, dance, and meditation. I repeat the overlapping strokes by connecting spirals with drawing materials, such as graphite and colored pencils, along with oil or acrylic paints. I start by drawing thinly and softly, and continue to build up. In this way, a space as deep as the universe is created on the plane. The hidden and immanent images created by the intersection of lines become tens of thousands of shapes through the viewer's eyes. They carry multidimensional meanings, which my paintings expand.

The reason for repeatedly drawing curves is the discovery of new images and a spiritual leap beyond technological development. The spirals look like repetitive circular motions, but at a new starting point they represent a dialectic that goes up one step. Cubes also appear frequently in my paintings. They sometimes take the form of a self-portrait. However, the hexahedron symbolizes a future that has not yet been revealed. It looks transparent, but you cannot see what is inside.

My actions are like a meditation between the conscious and the unconscious. Although engaged in contemplation, my mind is always a...

2021. Graduated from Chosun University, Master of Fine Arts
1999. Graduated from Chonnam National University, Department of Art Education

* Solo Exhibitions
2022. ‘Between True and bad Infinity’(G&J Gallery, Seoul)
2021. ‘Imagination of Infinity-The Second Story’ (Soam Art Museum, Gwangju)
2021 ‘Imagination of Infinity’ (Sansu Art Museum, Gwangju)
2020. 'The beginning' (Art Space House, Gwangju)
2020 ‘Memory of Senses’ (Verre jadin Gallery, Sunchang)
2019. 'Nostalgia' (Go-seo Gallery, Damyang)
2019 'Boulogne Forest' (Gallery La Bon, Gwangju)
2018. ‘Memory of senses’ (Barley and Isaac Gallery, Gwangju)
2018 ‘Time for Communication’ (Jamwol Art Museum, Hampyeong)
2017. ‘Freedom of Play’ (Barley and Isaac Gallery, Gwangju)
2013. ‘Yumi Song’ Solo Exhibition (Hankuk Art Museum, Seoul)


* Group Exhibitions
2022. Interconnection and Intuition (Agora Gallery, Chelsea, New York)
2021. London Art Biennale (Old Town Hall, Chelsea, London, UK)
Art Gwangju 21 Private Booth Exhibition (Kim Dae-jung Convention Center, Gwangju)
Gwangju, Jeonnam Women Artist Exhibition ‘Women’s Light’ (Jami Gallery, Gwangju)
Art Walk Ⅲ ‘30 km/h’ (Damidam Art District, Damyang)
Hello?! Gwangju Arts High School (Chosun University Art Museum, Gwangju)
2020. GSAF, Gwangju Social Art Festival (Gwangju Civic Center Plaza, Gwangju)
Art Gwang...