Kwon’s work spans multiple media platforms include painting, drawing, video and sculpture. His recent series of black and white drawings depicts cataclysmic scenarios involving comic characters and combat scenarios. He continues his exploration of mass media imagery on the subject of countless deaths as the object of fear, taboo and the satisfaction of our voyeuristic desire to witness such events. He standardizes such imagery in repeated formats creating works of people dancing, standing in line or flowers as a commentary on the overflowing imagery bombarding us and perceived by a public that only skim the surface. Much as in his works on paper that create beautiful imagery of war and cartoons that we have grown accustomed to.
Education
2008
MFA, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
2005
BFA, Korean National University of Arts, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2012
I Can Do Everything, But I Can’t Do Anything, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2009
Another Borng Day, ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008
The room project #2 (Of course, It is not that much beautiful!), total museum, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
2012
Nothing. Whatever., ONE AND J. Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011
Biennale Giovani Monza, Monza, Italia
MOVING ON, Paikhy gallery, Seoul, Korea
Haiku-Sculpture 2011, Taipei National University of the Arts, Taipei Taiwan
2010
Now! Asian Artists, Busan Biennale, Busan cultural center, Busan, Korea
Present From the Past, Korean Cultural Centre UK, UK
Between, ONE AND J. GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
30th Anniversary of the Young Korean Artists, National museum of contemporary art, Seoul, Korea
Residency parade, In cheon art platform, In cheon, Korea
2009
Ssamzie Space Open Studio Exhibition, Ssamzie Space, Seoul, korea
Schema art museum open show, Schema art museum, Cheon ju, Korea
2008
Young Korean Artists : I AM AN ARTIST, National museum of contemporary art, Seoul, Korea
Double take, Ecole Nationale Superieure Beaux-Arts de Paris, Paris, France
Works in Progress, Tokyo Gallery + BTAP, Beijing, China
2007
Kyunghwan,Kwan & Lionel Sabatte, ONE AND J. GALLERY, Seoul, Korea
Yel, Insa Art Space, Seoul, Korea
Service station, Wash gallery, Chicago, USA
2006
Vacance: Hard Boiled Romance, Gallery 175, Seoul, Korea
Alice in Wonderland, Jeonju Museum of Arts, Jeonju, Korea
2005
Portfolio 2005, Seoul Museum of Arts, Seoul, Korea
Sweet Imagination, Ilmin Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Loaded Gun, Gallery The Space, Seoul, Korea
Too Much of Illusion, Gallery Cube Space, Seoul, Korea
Residency
2011
100 Emerging Korean Artists, Arko Art Cente, Korea
2010
National Art Studio, Changdong, Seoul, Korea
2008
Ssamzie Space, Seoul, Korea