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□ E-mail : kitsutaiten@gmail.com
□ URL : www.donsunpil.com
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DON Sunpil (b.1984) is an artist who dismantles the affection towards the object and background which are frequently appeared in the subculture. To the artist, represented by the figure, a so-called OTAKU culture is not simply for leisure or light amuse, but a fascinating social phenomenon and a clue to a shared aesthetic sense. DON brings out the subject like animation, which is asserted to be existing on the outside of Fine Art boundary, into a discourse within the art world then intersect each other. The artist not only maintains affection in one hand and strict aesthetic appreciation in the other for the cultural context, narrative, and the adoration towards the figures but also persistently explored the perfection and logical completeness of the figure, then unfolded them to the audience.
DON sees the figure as a mass-produced product created by individuals who share the same aesthetic orientation and looks into the aspects of society and culture, the basis of which these specific individuals and communities were created. Furthermore, it is assumed that the interface between figures and fine art is ‘useless except for the appreciation’, and appreciation of artworks is compared to ‘Deokjil’. Under such a dry gaze, figures are reproduced with the limitation of the original color of the feeling of a unique scale. Figures that are monochromatic, or resizing the original scale became an object only for the appreciation, but it becomes satisfactory objects just in themselves.
DON Sunpil held solo exhibitions at Art Sonje Center (Seoul, Korea) in 2020, ARARIO Museum in Space (Seoul, Korea) in 2019, TasteHouse (Seoul, Korea) in 2018, AVP (Seoul, Korea) in 2016. Participating in the group exhibitions were held at Daerim Museum (Seoul, Korea) in 2020, Danwon Art Museum (Ansan, Korea) in 2019, ARARIO Gallery Seoul I RYSE Hotel (Seoul, Korea), Grassi Museum (Leipzig, Germany) in 2018, The Print Room (London, UK) in 2017, Trading Post (Seoul, Korea) in 2016, SangSangMadang (Seoul, Korea) in 2015. DON participated in the Residency program at 14th SeMA Nanji Residency (Seoul, Korea) in 2020, and published “Figure TEXT: Wonder Festival Report, Kitsutaiten” (2019), “Minmay Attack: Re-Re-Cast, AVP” (2016), and “Figure TEXT, Yourmind” (2016).
Education
2016 Seoul National University of Science & Technology. Dept. of Fine Arts, MFA, Fine Arts
2011 Hongik University, College of Fine Arts, BFA, Printmaking
Solo Exhibition
2020 Portrait Fist, Art Sonje Center, Seoul
2019 Kitsutaiten 喫態店, ARARIO MUSEUM in SPACE, Seoul
2018 METAL EXP: Loner’s Moving Time, TasteHouse, Seoul
2016 Minmay Attack: Re-Re-Cast, AVP, Seoul
Group Exhibition
2021 Short Circuit, TasteHouse, Seoul
2020 Namhaegak, Daily history, Namhaegak, Namhae-gun
2020 YES/NO/ LIKE/DISLIKE/ LOVE/HATE/ REPLY/SHARE: 2000-2020 THE PORTRAIT OF KOREAN POP CULTURE, Art Delight, Seoul
2020 No Space, Just a Place. Eterotopia, DAELIM MUSEUM, Seoul
2019 2019 PACK : Adventure! Double Cross, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul
2019 Image: Fascinating Alchemy, Danwon Art Museum, Ansan
2019 新生空間展: 2010年以降の新しい韓国美術, Chaos Lounge, Tokyo
2018 Please Note: The Design is Subject to Change, Grassi Museum, Leipzig
2018 Exhibition of Exhibition of Exhibition, Cecil theater, Seoul
2018 Remembering, or Forgetting, Arario gallery, Seoul
2017 Image-Manipulate-Play, The Print Room (the Coronet), London
2017 TasteView 취미관 趣味官, TasteHouse, Seoul
2016 MAS(Media Arcade Service), Donggwang Theater, Gyeonggi-do
2016 Get Fat Project, space291, Seoul
2016 Hedron Archive, Trading Post, Seoul
2015 Goods, Sejong Center for the Performing Arts, Seoul
2015 Patch Notes, Trading Post, Seoul
2015 comme la vie est lente et comme l’esperance est violente, SangsangMadang, Seoul
2015 Public Library, Independent Publishing, Reading Room, The National Library of Korea, Seoul
2014 DV-VA, Archive Bomm, Seoul
2014 If You Do Not Know, Use Complementary Colors, SeoulTECH Gallery, Seoul
2013 Course A, Hoyeon Gallery, Suwon, Korea
2010 Parallax, Hongik Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 The 15th Space International Print Biennial, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Projects
2020 Open Source Studio, SeMA NANJI RESIDENCY, opensourcestudio.net
2020 Sujanggo, sujanggo.com
2020 Art Street, Storage by Hyundai Card, Seoul
2018 Phantom Service, Seoul Art Space Mullae, TasteHouse, Seoul
2016 Confession of ZEEWOOMAN, Post Territory Ujeongguk, Seoul
2015 Goods, Sejong Center, Seoul
2012 Opening, B½F Vanziha, Seoul, Korea
Publishing
2019 Figure TEXT: Wonder Festival Report, Kitsutaiten
2016 Minmay Attack: Re-Re-Cast, AVP
2016 Figure TEXT, Yourmind
Awards | Residencies
2021 SFAC Seoul Art Space Geumcheon 12th, SFAC
2020 SeMA Nanji Residency 14th, SeMA
2018 Art Research Book Publishing Support Project, SFAC
2018 Promising Artists Support Project MAP (Mullae Arts Plus), SFAC
2017 ARKO Creative Academy, ARKO
2017 Promising Artists Support Project MAP (Mullae Arts Plus), SFAC
2016 Artwork support project: Interdisciplinary Arts, SFAC
Portrait Fist
2020, mixed material
FFWP series
2020, mixed material
Adventure(5)Time
2020, 4K video, 14' 06"
Debugging Station
2019, mixed materials
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