Kwang Sung Park

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Kwang Sung Park
Hangeul 박광성
Revised
Romanization 		Bak Gwang-seong
McCune-
Reischauer 		Pak Kwangsŏng (2012)

Park Kwang Sung ( Korean 박광성 ) (* 1962 in Busan , South Korea ) is a South Korean artist and painter.

Life

Park studied art education at Seowon University in South Korea. He lived and worked in Paris from 1991 to 2003 and had a studio there. In 1992 he began studying philosophy and aesthetics with a master's degree in 1997. He then worked at the University of Paris VIII in the field of plastic arts. Since 2003, Park has again centered its life in South Korea and in Essen . Since 2007 he has been working as a professor at a Korean art academy.

To have and to be (nude)

The spirituality of Korea and the culture of France find their way into his pictures. His portraits, landscapes and nudes are kept in black, white and gray. His work can be found at international art fairs and exhibitions.

To have and to be (face)
To have and to be (landscape)

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

  • 1991 Battanggol Gallery, Seoul
  • 1994 Mdm. Polla Gallery, Seoul
  • 1995 Yega Gallery, Seoul
  • 1996 Choi Gallery, Seoul
  • 1998 St. François Xavier Exposition Hall, Cormontreuil (France); Chosun Art Gallery, Seoul; Le toit de la Grande Arche, La Defense , Paris
  • 1999 “Best Artists Show” Seoul Art Fair, Seoul Arts Center ; Korean Culture Center at Paris
  • 2000 Gallery Klose, Essen
  • 2001 Art Core Gallery, Toronto (Canada)
  • 2002 Florence Touber Gallery, Paris
  • 2003 Juan Ruiz Gallery, Maracaibo (Venezuela)
  • 2004 KCAF Bhak Gallery, Seoul fine art center, Seoul
  • 2006 Best Gallery, Seoul
  • 2007 Vonderbank Artgalleries, Hamburg and Berlin
  • 2008 Juan Ruiz Gallery, Maracaibo (Venezuela)
  • 2009 The bow workshop gallery, Arnsberg-Neheim
  • 2011 Gallery Klose, Essen
  • 2012 Gallery Yeh, Seoul; Art gallery, Siegen
  • 2013 “The Color of Fragrance”, Gallery Klose
  • 2013 “Berlin List”, Berlin
  • 2013 "KIAF 2013", Seoul
  • 2013 "CAR", Essen
  • 2015 “to have and to be” Gallery Klose, Essen
  • 2017 “to have and to be” Gallery Klose, Essen
  • 2017 “to have and to be” Sophi's Gallery Seoul, South Korea
  • 2019 “Beyond Borders” Unit Gallery London

performance

  • 1989 La Mémoire du chamanisme et de l'humanisme University of Seo Won, Chung Ju
  • 1991 "La vue sur la réalité" Chung Ju Arts Museum, Chung Ju, "Gestuell + Extérieur" Lîle de Nami, Nami
  • 2001 "avoir et être", performance for the artist, Kennedyplatz Essen

Prices

  • 1998 43 Salon d'Art Contemporain de Montrouge / GRAND PRIX

Web links

Note: This article places the family name before the person's first name. This is the usual order in Korean. Park is the family name here, Kwang Sung is the first name.
personal data
SURNAME Park, Kwang Sung
ALTERNATIVE NAMES 박광성 (Korean, Hangeul); Bak, Gwang-seong (Revised Romanization); Pak, Kwangsŏng (McCune-Reischauer)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION South Korean artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1962
PLACE OF BIRTH Busan , South Korea