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NOMARU(b.1988 Korean)
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"Story" has the power to give a space called "imagination."
Escape from everyday life that you think about at least once. Escaping into the 'imagination' that everyone dreams of makes us have a lot of expectations and excitement. It's the imagination that feels like the main character in a book or movie, or the 'thrilling' that something that I expected will happen. The power and imagination of these stories become motifs and driving forces in my work.
The first graphic noble made based on this driving force is 'with out reason'. It contains a pleasant and light but a little special story like a trip that goes by without any reason or opportunity in an ordinary daily life. Rather than looking for a didactic meaning, I worked while thinking of 'rest' that gave me a space to take a break from my daily life for a moment.
Was it said that the most personal thing is the most creative? A world where people have many opportunities to communicate with the most personal and creative things through personal SNS or single-person broadcasting media and become special to everyone. We are living in a moment where individuality becomes especially important to everyone living in this era, especially the MZ generation. We wanted to share the ordinary and unusual "specialness" shown by the characters of Nomaru and her friends who are in line with this generation through the medium called Graphic Noble and show the meaning of pleasure in the theme-free theme of "without a reason" as the title of the book. It started out as a graphic novel, but now it is expanding its scope to various genres, from diorama-type sculptures to drawings and paintings, where you can see stories at a glance based on the power of stories and characters.
Nomaru, who suddenly thought he was ordinary and went on an adventure to become more special one day. The adventure in the story is a rather absurd journey, but I hope that everyone who appreciates my work will find "nomaru" in their own mind through the joy and joy of the relationships they meet.
Character Notes
Nomaru: An ordinary but unusual 17-year-old girl who wants to become a comic book store owner and lead a leisurely life while rolling around watching cartoons for the rest of her life. While reading an adventure-related comic book one day during a hot summer vacation, she suddenly thinks that she is too ordinary. So she decides to go on an adventure to be more special.
Winky: A stuffed cat doll. I don't know why, but I'm alive and I know how to talk. I'm always bullied by street cats like local outlaws for being different, but I happen to get help from Nomaru and follow her.
Cho On-soon: A man with a distracted size, a thick forearm and tattoo, and even a scar on his face, as Ma Dong-seok does. However, unlike his appearance that he seems to beat a cow, he has a good personality that, like his name, is gentle and timid, but cannot let go of someone in need. He helps Maru and Winky, who happen to be in trouble.
Jolie: A crazy bear who even changed her name to admire Angelina Jolie. Originally from overseas, she quit while attending an acting school in a foreign country and came back home. While practicing acting by chance, she came across Nomaru and her group.
Bloody Rob: A stray dog in his Nth year of street life. Like his name suggests, stealing, which is like no blood or tears. He steals everything he sees. He accidentally steals a T-shirt from the floor hanging from a branch and runs away.
Escape from everyday life that you think about at least once. Escaping into the 'imagination' that everyone dreams of makes us have a lot of expectations and excitement. It's the imagination that feels like the main character in a book or movie, or the 'thrilling' that something that I expected will happen. The power and imagination of these stories become motifs and driving forces in my work.
The first graphic noble made based on this driving force is 'with out reason'. It contains a pleasant and light but a little special story like a trip that goes by without any reason or opportunity in an ordinary daily life. Rather than looking for a didactic meaning, I worked while thinking of 'rest' that gave me a space to take a break from my daily life for a moment.
Was it said that the most personal thing is the most creative? A world where people have many opportunities to communicate with the most personal and creative things through personal SNS or single-person broadcasting media and become special to everyone. We are living in a moment where individuality becomes especially important to everyone living in this era, especially the MZ generation. We wanted to share the ordinary and unusual "specialness" shown by the characters of Nomaru and her friends who are in line with this generation through the medium called Graphic Noble and show the meaning of pleasure in the theme-free theme of "without a reason" as the title of the book. It started out as a graphic novel, but now it is expanding its scope to various genres, from diorama-type sculptures to drawings and paintings, where you can see stories at a glance based on the power of stories and characters.
Nomaru, who suddenly thought he was ordinary and went on an adventure to become more special one day. The adventure in the story is a rather absurd journey, but I hope that everyone who appreciates my work will find "nomaru" in their own mind through the joy and joy of the relationships they meet.
Character Notes
Nomaru: An ordinary but unusual 17-year-old girl who wants to become a comic book store owner and lead a leisurely life while rolling around watching cartoons for the rest of her life. While reading an adventure-related comic book one day during a hot summer vacation, she suddenly thinks that she is too ordinary. So she decides to go on an adventure to be more special.
Winky: A stuffed cat doll. I don't know why, but I'm alive and I know how to talk. I'm always bullied by street cats like local outlaws for being different, but I happen to get help from Nomaru and follow her.
Cho On-soon: A man with a distracted size, a thick forearm and tattoo, and even a scar on his face, as Ma Dong-seok does. However, unlike his appearance that he seems to beat a cow, he has a good personality that, like his name, is gentle and timid, but cannot let go of someone in need. He helps Maru and Winky, who happen to be in trouble.
Jolie: A crazy bear who even changed her name to admire Angelina Jolie. Originally from overseas, she quit while attending an acting school in a foreign country and came back home. While practicing acting by chance, she came across Nomaru and her group.
Bloody Rob: A stray dog in his Nth year of street life. Like his name suggests, stealing, which is like no blood or tears. He steals everything he sees. He accidentally steals a T-shirt from the floor hanging from a branch and runs away.
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Affiliation
Educational background
Graduated from Korea University
George Brown City College (Canada) Advanced Diploma (Graduation)
Dankook University Dropout
George Brown City College (Canada) Advanced Diploma (Graduation)
Dankook University Dropout
Awards
2018 4th Art Ventures Art Toy & Character Contest Grand Prize (Team "Yomo")
2017 3rd Culture and Arts Finance Project Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism & Ye Kyung Incentive IR Contest Popularity Award (Team "Yomo")
2017 40th World Illustration Awards (UK) Picture Book Award Award
2017 3rd Culture and Arts Finance Project Hosted by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism & Ye Kyung Incentive IR Contest Popularity Award (Team "Yomo")
2017 40th World Illustration Awards (UK) Picture Book Award Award
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Exhibition and project history
solo exhibition
2020 WITHOUT REASON (Gallery Space AC, Seoul)
2019 Daily Art with YOMO Artist (Chungcheong, AK & Sejong) (Team "YOMO")
2019 "YOMOLAND - Friends with Someone" (Seoul, KT&G Sangsang Madang Daechi Art Cube) (Team "Yomo")
2018 "YOMOLADN" (Seoul, Gallery Square) (Team "YOMO")
Group exhibition
2023 'MY BLUE' Seoul Auction Black Rat Zero Base (3F, Seoul Auction Gangnam Center)
2022 'PRESENT' Group Exhibition (mM Art Gallery, Busan)
2022 'Born To Be Art' Group Exhibition (Soy contribution from Seoul, Gallery)
2018 Art Escape Group Exhibition (Gyeonggi, Onew Gallery) (Team "Yomo")
2017 'HILLS SNA SHOW' Group Exhibition (Gallery Square, Seoul)
2016 'HILLS20 ILLUSTRATION' Group Exhibition (Gallery ONE, Seoul)
art fair
2023 Busan International Blue Art Fair (Busan, Westin Chosun)
2022 Urban Break Art Fair (Seoul, Samsung COEX)
2021 Empty Art Fair (Seoul, S Factory)
Project
2021 Baedal Minjok 'Delivery Friends' Collaboration Pocket (Team 'Yomo')
2020 WITHOUT REASON (Gallery Space AC, Seoul)
2019 Daily Art with YOMO Artist (Chungcheong, AK & Sejong) (Team "YOMO")
2019 "YOMOLAND - Friends with Someone" (Seoul, KT&G Sangsang Madang Daechi Art Cube) (Team "Yomo")
2018 "YOMOLADN" (Seoul, Gallery Square) (Team "YOMO")
Group exhibition
2023 'MY BLUE' Seoul Auction Black Rat Zero Base (3F, Seoul Auction Gangnam Center)
2022 'PRESENT' Group Exhibition (mM Art Gallery, Busan)
2022 'Born To Be Art' Group Exhibition (Soy contribution from Seoul, Gallery)
2018 Art Escape Group Exhibition (Gyeonggi, Onew Gallery) (Team "Yomo")
2017 'HILLS SNA SHOW' Group Exhibition (Gallery Square, Seoul)
2016 'HILLS20 ILLUSTRATION' Group Exhibition (Gallery ONE, Seoul)
art fair
2023 Busan International Blue Art Fair (Busan, Westin Chosun)
2022 Urban Break Art Fair (Seoul, Samsung COEX)
2021 Empty Art Fair (Seoul, S Factory)
Project
2021 Baedal Minjok 'Delivery Friends' Collaboration Pocket (Team 'Yomo')
NOMARU(b.1988 Korean) Art works