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- E-mail | warinet@naver.com
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Biography
Woo Min-jung has built her artistic world by developing techniques centered on the surface effects of clay. She works by forming clay slabs and using them as a boundary between herself and the world, repeatedly carving into and applying color to express what she wishes to convey. Her work explores themes of reality and ideal, the fleeting and the eternal, the boundaries in between, and the struggle of living within those spaces.
Woo Min-jung has built her artistic world by developing techniques centered on the surface effects of clay. She works by forming clay slabs and using them as a boundary between herself and the world, repeatedly carving into and applying color to express what she wishes to convey. Her work explores themes of reality and ideal, the fleeting and the eternal, the boundaries in between, and the struggle of living within those spaces.
Exhibition view of Burning Dance, (Art Space Boan 2, 2024)
Stairs, color on hemp and loess, 110 × 150 cm, 2024, Collection of National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea Art Bank
Pure Things_Orange Peel, Burnt Paper, Broken Glass, color on hemp and loess, 150 × 330 cm, 2024
Exhibition view of Burning Dance, (Art Space Boan 2, 2024)
Exhibition view of The Alchemist’s Pillar, (Art Jamsil, 2023)
Burning Dance, color on hemp and loess, 120 × 194 cm, 2023, private collection
Turning the Palm, color on hemp, loess and white clay, 291 × 194 cm, 2022
Exhibition view of Ber, (Gallery chosun, 2021)
Prologue to Finale, mixed media on hemp, loess and white clay, 180 × 130 cm, 2021
Mutbyeol(Blue), color on hemp and loess, 180 × 180 cm, 2025, private collection
2017 Master of Fine Arts (Department of Oriental Painting), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2010 Bachelor of Fine Arts (Department of Oriental Painting / Industrial Design), Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2024 Burning Dance, Art Space Boan 2, Seoul, Korea
2023 The Alchemist’s Pillar, Art Jamsil, Seoul, Korea
2022 Ber, Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea
2020 Pastry, Zaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 Carving the Surface of the Moon, Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea
2019 Dust That Could Not Disappear, Cyart Space, Seoul, Korea
2017 Nevertheless, Yeompo Art Factory Saltpoga Gallery, Ulsan, Korea
2015 The Method of Escape, Gallery DOS, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
2024 Adaptation, Patterns of Interference, Museum Hodu, Cheonan, Korea
2024 Daejeon Science & Art Biennale Spin-off – Don’t You Know You Are the New?, Daejeon Museum of Art, Daejeon, Korea
2024 15th Painter (畵歌) – Plot: The Story of Grass and Bees, Hanwon Museum, Seoul, Korea
2024 Piece of Cake, Gallery JY, Seoul, Korea
2024 When Clear Narration is Erased, Another Map Emerges (Part 1), Gallery Chosun, Seoul, Korea
2023 Beings Approaching the Waterfall While Swimming Backwards, Geumcheon Art Factory PS333, Seoul, Korea
2023 XXL, White Block Cheonan Creative Village, Cheonan, Korea
2023 There is Wind at Night, Gallery IN, Seoul, Korea
2022 re;side, Suwon Art Space Gwanggyo, Suwon, Korea
2022 Gwangju Hwaru Exhibition, Gwangju Bank KJ Sangsaeng Art Hall, Gwangju, Korea
2022 We Will Find a Way, Gallery MOS, Seoul, Korea
2022 Art Festa in Jeju, Sanjicheon Gallery, Jeju, Korea
2022 Try, Try, Prampt Project, Seoul, Korea
2022 Circuit Seoul #2 Omnipresent, Loop Station Ikseon, Seoul, Korea
2022 Suwon Cultural Heritage Night Tour, Hwaseong Haenggung (Central Gate ~ Left Wing Gate), Suwon, Korea
2019 IGNOU Road, Niv Art Centre, New Delhi, India
2017 Same Sound, Different Sound (同音과 異音), White Wave Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 INSIDE, OUTSIDE, Buk-gu Culture & Arts Center, Ulsan, Korea
2017 8th Gyeomjae Jeongseon Tomorrow’s Artist Exhibition, Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 Busanhan, Mibu Art Center, Busan, Korea
2016 Call of Memory, Seoul National University Suwon Campus Large Animal Laboratory, Suwon, Korea
Residency
2023 White Block Cheonan Residency, Cheonan, Korea
2022 Suwon Art Studio Purenji-dae Residency, Suwon, Korea
2019 Niv Art Centre Residency, New Delhi, India
2017 Yeompo Art Residency, Ulsan, Korea
Grants&Awards
2026 Creative Activity Support B – Visual Arts Category, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2024 ARKO Young Artist Leap Support Program, Arts Council Korea, Korea
2023 2023 Cheonan Cultural Foundation Arts Creation Support Program, Cheonan Cultural Foundation, Korea
2022 ARKO Young Artist First Lifetime Support, Arts Council Korea, Korea
2021 5th Gwangju Hwaru Competition – Grand Prize, Gwangju Bank, Korea
2020 2020 Zaha Artist Project, Zaha Museum, Korea
2020 Creative Activity Support A – Visual Arts Category, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2018 2019 New Discourse Selected Artist Exhibition – Grand Prize, Cyart Space, Korea
2018 First Arts Support – Visual Arts Category, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture, Korea
2017 2017 Gyeomjae Jeongseon Tomorrow’s Artist Selection, Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum, Korea
2014 1st National University Art Competition – Excellence Award, Art & Criticism, Korea
Collections
2025 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2025 Daejeon Museum of Art, Korea
2023 National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
2020 Seoul Museum Division, Korea
Private Collections
