ARTISTS
Jong-wook Ha(b.1972 Korean)
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"Forest of Heaven"
If anything is lined up or piled up, it is often described as a forest.
My work begins with the subject of forest. A forest with many talking trees, a building forest, was my main environment. It must have been because of the complicated thoughts inside that such a complex and difficult-to-talk forest reached me.
Ethical consciousness, Confucian consciousness, lifestyle to live in modern times, frustration, various masks on my face, and unnatural life in relationships among people were filled in my head.
It may not be my own business, but compared to people who speak relatively well in their own style and can be faithful to themselves, I tend to live around others-centered thoughts and responsibilities for roles.
Perhaps that's why I had a strong question about who I was, and the idea that my current life is not my life is dominant, and I spent a long time exploring for another me.
Then at one point in my mid-40s, I saw myself.
My head continues throughout the day with questions about life and thoughts about work, and my body was used to make a living most of the day.
And I couldn't abandon this pattern of life.
At the moment when I clearly checked my pathetic life, I thought of my dog.
We think of him as a dog, and we love him who comes to meet me, but insects in the forest also do things to live all day long, saying that he might have been doing something to feed me.
The lion, the tiger.... Even looking at the trees. When it rains in spring, he is busy making leaves, and even after that, he photosynthesizes like crazy before winter comes and puts all his energy into growing his own house, the wooden dongchi.
And when the time comes, he leaves without saying a word.
There is no way to avoid birth and death.
I'm just living my own life in the process, and I'm relieved to realize that my past history of fighting for a living so far is not so wrong with the regret that I've spent a long time fantasizing about who I am and who I am.
And I went one step further and was convinced that the complicated thoughts, the fierce battle against livelihood, felt so natural and that they were must-have things to make me.
Now I love my life.
Life in the past is no different from today. And I'm sure tomorrow will be the same. That's life.
And I can see the life of that fierce forest that comes into my eyes, and the complexity is seen as abundance.
I try to capture the many branches, leaves, flowers, etc. that pick up the years of the forest as dots and emotions in my work world.
In the forest of life, we draw a line, sprinkle paint, and face the future of life with the expectation of the sweetness of applying jam there.
I worked as a "destiny" that made me know life from "secret garden" that I don't know what it is, and as a "fierce garden" that I thought about the intense past time. And the lives standing alone in the fierce forest are aware of loneliness, working on "freedom from relationships," and now I'm producing "haven's forest" because it seems like heaven now that I'm away from everything and just enjoying my path.
I am spending today hoping that I am a free age that adapts to life from the pathetic me who was doing my best in my role.
If anything is lined up or piled up, it is often described as a forest.
My work begins with the subject of forest. A forest with many talking trees, a building forest, was my main environment. It must have been because of the complicated thoughts inside that such a complex and difficult-to-talk forest reached me.
Ethical consciousness, Confucian consciousness, lifestyle to live in modern times, frustration, various masks on my face, and unnatural life in relationships among people were filled in my head.
It may not be my own business, but compared to people who speak relatively well in their own style and can be faithful to themselves, I tend to live around others-centered thoughts and responsibilities for roles.
Perhaps that's why I had a strong question about who I was, and the idea that my current life is not my life is dominant, and I spent a long time exploring for another me.
Then at one point in my mid-40s, I saw myself.
My head continues throughout the day with questions about life and thoughts about work, and my body was used to make a living most of the day.
And I couldn't abandon this pattern of life.
At the moment when I clearly checked my pathetic life, I thought of my dog.
We think of him as a dog, and we love him who comes to meet me, but insects in the forest also do things to live all day long, saying that he might have been doing something to feed me.
The lion, the tiger.... Even looking at the trees. When it rains in spring, he is busy making leaves, and even after that, he photosynthesizes like crazy before winter comes and puts all his energy into growing his own house, the wooden dongchi.
And when the time comes, he leaves without saying a word.
There is no way to avoid birth and death.
I'm just living my own life in the process, and I'm relieved to realize that my past history of fighting for a living so far is not so wrong with the regret that I've spent a long time fantasizing about who I am and who I am.
And I went one step further and was convinced that the complicated thoughts, the fierce battle against livelihood, felt so natural and that they were must-have things to make me.
Now I love my life.
Life in the past is no different from today. And I'm sure tomorrow will be the same. That's life.
And I can see the life of that fierce forest that comes into my eyes, and the complexity is seen as abundance.
I try to capture the many branches, leaves, flowers, etc. that pick up the years of the forest as dots and emotions in my work world.
In the forest of life, we draw a line, sprinkle paint, and face the future of life with the expectation of the sweetness of applying jam there.
I worked as a "destiny" that made me know life from "secret garden" that I don't know what it is, and as a "fierce garden" that I thought about the intense past time. And the lives standing alone in the fierce forest are aware of loneliness, working on "freedom from relationships," and now I'm producing "haven's forest" because it seems like heaven now that I'm away from everything and just enjoying my path.
I am spending today hoping that I am a free age that adapts to life from the pathetic me who was doing my best in my role.
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Affiliation
Educational background
1996 Graduate School of Fine Arts, Pusan National University
Awards
Artwork Location
Exhibition and project history
Solo Exhibition
2022 17th Heaven's Forest, Byulil, Busan
2021 16th Forest, Small Bee Open Library, Busan
2021 15th Relationship Connection, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 14th "FIERCE GARDEN" Busan National University of Education Hansae Gallery 2nd Exhibition Hall Hansae Museum 1F, Busan
2020 13th Human Love, Bupyeong Art Space, Busan
2019 12th episode of Human, Layered Gallery, Busan
The 11th edition of Human, BGN Gallery, Seoul,
2019 10th Destiny, Yeonwoo Gallery, Seoul
2018 9th episode of Forest, BGN Gallery, Busan
The 8th edition of the 2016 Baollet Gallery, Seoul
2016 7th Space1326 Gallery, Changwon
2015 6th SECRET GARDEN, SEE & SEA Gallery, Busan
2014 5th Mirror, BS Gallery, Busan
2012 4th city, Tories, Busan
2012 3rd Peaceful Coexistence, BS Gallery, Busan
2012 2nd City, AP Gallery, Seoul
2011 1st Coexistence, Haeundae Cultural Center, Busan
Group match
2019 Sydney Teapot Show 2019/ Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown- Astralia
2018 Korea-Japan Modern Art Exchange, On Gallery, Busan
2016 BDMC Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2016 Korea-China Contemporary Contemporary, Art-Moaspace Gallery, China
2013 Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, HEIS Gallery, Japan
2012 Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Yongdusan Museum of Art, Busan
Art fair
2021 BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 BAFA Busan Art Fair, Busan
2020 BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2019 BAFA Busan Art Fair, Busan
2019 KIAF Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2019 Bama Busan International Gallery Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2018 Louvre Art Shop Art Fair, BDMC Gallery, France
2018 Busan International Gallery Art Fair, CAMEO Gallery, Busan
2017 Nantes Art Fair, BDMC Gallery, France
2013 Art Show-Bexco, Busan
2022 Diversity, Small Punishment Public Library, Busan
2021 Small Bee Open Gallery Opening Ceremony, Small Bee Gong Gallery, Busan
2021 Saieon, Gimhae Cultural Center, Gimhae
2021 tomorrow, Gyomun Gallery, Busan
2020 Puppy, Meow Exhibition, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 Christmas Gift Exhibition, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 Busan Mihyeop Western Association Exhibition, Busan Cultural Center, Busan
2020 IDENTITY, Busan National University of Education Hansae Gallery, Busan
2020 Ah! Korea "The Power of Artists" Exhibition, Onggi Group Art Center, Yongin
2020 Busan Artist 101 Project Exhibition/ When Spring Comes in Hansaebeol, Busan National University of Education Hansae Gallery, Busan
2019 Year-end and 2020 New Year's Invitation Exhibition to Celebrate the Opening of the 2019 Onse Art Center
2019 2020 Korea Art Festival "Putting Artists' Hope", Onse Art Center, Jeungpyeong, Chungbuk
2019 Modern Artist Invitation, Aurora Gallery, Yangsan
2018 Youth Praise Exhibition, Geoje Cultural Center, Geoje
2015 Vintage Exhibition, Penthouse Gallery, Busan
2014 Chagall Galli Open Exhibition, Chagall Gallery, Daegu
2014 4:05 PM, Dodo Gallery, Busan
2014 Art and Horizon Exhibition, Sinseon Art Museum, Mokpo
2014 Art Market, Artist, Elle Gallery, Seoul
2013 Two Person Exhibition (Kwak Dong-hoon, Ha Jong-wook), BS Gallery, Busan
2012 Ten-won Exhibition, Haeundae Cultural Center, Busan
2012 UEC Artist Exhibition, Eulsukdo Cultural Center, Busan
2012 UEC Best Artist Invitation, Eulsukdo Cultural Center, Busan
2011 Rice Exhibition, Haeundae Cultural Center, Busan
2011 UEC Artist Exhibition, Eulsukdo Cultural Center, Busan
1998 Three Person Exhibition (Jeon Do-gil, Oh Young-ae, Ha Jong-wook), Dine Gallery, Busan
1997 Young Artist Invitation, Constructor Gallery, Busan
1996-1992 3rd studio group exhibition 9 times
2022 17th Heaven's Forest, Byulil, Busan
2021 16th Forest, Small Bee Open Library, Busan
2021 15th Relationship Connection, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 14th "FIERCE GARDEN" Busan National University of Education Hansae Gallery 2nd Exhibition Hall Hansae Museum 1F, Busan
2020 13th Human Love, Bupyeong Art Space, Busan
2019 12th episode of Human, Layered Gallery, Busan
The 11th edition of Human, BGN Gallery, Seoul,
2019 10th Destiny, Yeonwoo Gallery, Seoul
2018 9th episode of Forest, BGN Gallery, Busan
The 8th edition of the 2016 Baollet Gallery, Seoul
2016 7th Space1326 Gallery, Changwon
2015 6th SECRET GARDEN, SEE & SEA Gallery, Busan
2014 5th Mirror, BS Gallery, Busan
2012 4th city, Tories, Busan
2012 3rd Peaceful Coexistence, BS Gallery, Busan
2012 2nd City, AP Gallery, Seoul
2011 1st Coexistence, Haeundae Cultural Center, Busan
Group match
2019 Sydney Teapot Show 2019/ Kerrie Lowe Gallery, Newtown- Astralia
2018 Korea-Japan Modern Art Exchange, On Gallery, Busan
2016 BDMC Gallery, Cologne, Germany
2016 Korea-China Contemporary Contemporary, Art-Moaspace Gallery, China
2013 Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, HEIS Gallery, Japan
2012 Korea-Japan Contemporary Art Exchange Exhibition, Yongdusan Museum of Art, Busan
Art fair
2021 BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 BAFA Busan Art Fair, Busan
2020 BAMA Busan International Gallery Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2019 BAFA Busan Art Fair, Busan
2019 KIAF Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2019 Bama Busan International Gallery Art Fair, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2018 Louvre Art Shop Art Fair, BDMC Gallery, France
2018 Busan International Gallery Art Fair, CAMEO Gallery, Busan
2017 Nantes Art Fair, BDMC Gallery, France
2013 Art Show-Bexco, Busan
2022 Diversity, Small Punishment Public Library, Busan
2021 Small Bee Open Gallery Opening Ceremony, Small Bee Gong Gallery, Busan
2021 Saieon, Gimhae Cultural Center, Gimhae
2021 tomorrow, Gyomun Gallery, Busan
2020 Puppy, Meow Exhibition, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 Christmas Gift Exhibition, Cameo Gallery, Busan
2020 Busan Mihyeop Western Association Exhibition, Busan Cultural Center, Busan
2020 IDENTITY, Busan National University of Education Hansae Gallery, Busan
2020 Ah! Korea "The Power of Artists" Exhibition, Onggi Group Art Center, Yongin
2020 Busan Artist 101 Project Exhibition/ When Spring Comes in Hansaebeol, Busan National University of Education Hansae Gallery, Busan
2019 Year-end and 2020 New Year's Invitation Exhibition to Celebrate the Opening of the 2019 Onse Art Center
2019 2020 Korea Art Festival "Putting Artists' Hope", Onse Art Center, Jeungpyeong, Chungbuk
2019 Modern Artist Invitation, Aurora Gallery, Yangsan
2018 Youth Praise Exhibition, Geoje Cultural Center, Geoje
2015 Vintage Exhibition, Penthouse Gallery, Busan
2014 Chagall Galli Open Exhibition, Chagall Gallery, Daegu
2014 4:05 PM, Dodo Gallery, Busan
2014 Art and Horizon Exhibition, Sinseon Art Museum, Mokpo
2014 Art Market, Artist, Elle Gallery, Seoul
2013 Two Person Exhibition (Kwak Dong-hoon, Ha Jong-wook), BS Gallery, Busan
2012 Ten-won Exhibition, Haeundae Cultural Center, Busan
2012 UEC Artist Exhibition, Eulsukdo Cultural Center, Busan
2012 UEC Best Artist Invitation, Eulsukdo Cultural Center, Busan
2011 Rice Exhibition, Haeundae Cultural Center, Busan
2011 UEC Artist Exhibition, Eulsukdo Cultural Center, Busan
1998 Three Person Exhibition (Jeon Do-gil, Oh Young-ae, Ha Jong-wook), Dine Gallery, Busan
1997 Young Artist Invitation, Constructor Gallery, Busan
1996-1992 3rd studio group exhibition 9 times
Jong-wook Ha(b.1972 Korean) Art works
