Jeongsu Woo
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ABOUT
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Jeongsu woo
Born in 1986, Jeongsu Woo is among the most closely watched young Korean painters working today. As suggested by the title of one of his catalogues, Flâneur Notes, his work conveys the sensibilities of an urbane, witty observer. His boulevards are not merely physical, however. They traverse genres and periods, cultural motifs high and low, and elements both sensuous and sublime. His canvases may be seen as a record of the feelings and sensations of these aesthetic wanderings, and a visual approximation of what it means to be a young painter in the metropolitan East in the early 21st century—highly attuned to a cultural history defined by the West but free to sample and remix it into something entirely of its own time and place.A sophisticated palimpsest of references and signifiers that elide temporal and cultural parameters, Woo’s painting is as likely to layer harlequins and floral patterns (à la Patterns & Decorations) with flat iterations of Morandian still-life vases as to appropriate antiquarian images from illustrated literary works, while slyly undercutting the often weighty scenes with the utterly contemporary and ubiquitous smiley face. Alternating between homage, appropriation, and subversion, his work is an acknowledgment, nonetheless, of the enduring craft of painting, characterized as it is by a sensitive attention to palette, gestures and strokes of the brush, and pictorial composition.Jeongsu Woo has held solo institutional exhibitions at BB&M, Seoul (2022), Doosan Gallery, Seoul, and Doosan Gallery, New York (both 2020); Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul (2018); and OCI Museum of Art, Seoul (2016), among others. His work has also been included in important group shows at the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea, Gwacheon (2021); Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul (2021); Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul (2020); Seoul Museum of Art (2019); and Gwangju Biennal (2018). In 2024, he is slated to have a solo exhibition at Art Sonje Center, Seoul.
His work is held in numerous private collections, as well as notable public collections including National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul; Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul; Mimesis Art Museum, Paju, Korea; OCI Museum of Art, Seoul; Doosan Art Center, Seoul, and Blackstone Group, Seoul and New York.
Jeongsu Woo received a BFA (2010) and MFA (2015) from Korea National University of the Arts, Seoul. In May 2024, he is slated to have a solo exhibition at Art Sonje, Seoul.
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WORKS
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EXHIBITIONS
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NEWS
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ART BUSAN 2023
JEONGSU WOO SOLO PRESENTATION May 1, 2023READ IN KOREAN Booth E-6, BEXCO⎥May 5 – 7, 2023 VIP PREVIEW⎥May 4, 2023 BB&M is pleased to announce the gallery’s participation in ART BUSAN 2023. As part of the... -
BB&M PUBLICATION
JEONGSU WOO: PALINDROME April 28, 2023READ IN KOREAN Published by BB&M, this hardcover catalogue features Jeongsu Woo’s recent paintings and works on paper, including works created as part of the artist’s solo exhibition, also titled... -
Jeongsu Woo
Zoom In | Art in Culture December 13, 2022Zoom In | Art in Culture (December 2022) The December issue of Art in Culture magazine introduces Jeongsu Woo’s solo exhibition “Palindrome” in an article titled “The secret of ‘Narcissus.’”... -
Jeongsu Woo
Special Feature Article | Noblesse December December 1, 2022Special Feature Article | Noblesse (December 2022) The current December issue of Noblesse magazine features an interview with Jeongsu Woo titled “Never Walk Alone,” introducing artist couples who share life... -
Jeongsu Woo
Where the voice is | 3rd Jeju Biennale 2022 November 25, 2022Where the voice is | 3rd Jeju Biennale 2022 16 November 2022 – 12 February 2023 Jeongsu Woo’s “Where the voice is” and “Echo cave” is being showcased at Jeju... -
Magnetic Fields
5 Shows to See During Frieze Seoul | ARTnews August 30, 20225 Shows to See During Frieze Seoul | ARTnews 30 August 2022 by Andrew Russeth 'The four swirling, undulating abstractions that Lee Bul has forged from acrylic paint and mother... -
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My Sleep | Culture Station Seoul 284 August 12, 2022My Sleep | Culture Station Seoul 284 20 July 2022 - 12 September 2022 Works from Jeongsu Woo’s “Licking painterly the revolutions” series are featured in “My Sleep,”a group exhibition...
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