PARK MinJoon

My work is based on three main subjects: life, death, and eternity. These three subjects form a foundation for all my work. Each artwork has a specific unique story. These stories are based on Greek, Roman, Egyptian mythologies, religious stories, and Eastern philosophy. However, I do not limit my thoughts to a particular philosophy. My work depicts stories of human being in current time, nation and generation. My work can project two different points of view. They become realistic when seen through a traditional point of view. Yet it also looks enlightened when seen through a contemporary point of view. I try to tell contemporary issues with the craftsmanship of great masters by borderings the line of two very different practice of painting..

PARK MinJoon
Born in    1971, Seoul, Korea

EDUCATION
2007    Oil Painting Materials and Techniques Dept, (research course)
              Tokyo National University of Fine Arts, Tokyo, Japan
2006    M.F.A, Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2000    B.F.A, Painting, Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
    
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION
2014    Drawings, Gallery EM, Seoul, Korea
2012    The Stranger, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea
2009    Carnevale, Gana Art New York, New York, USA
2006    Happiness, Happiness, Happiness, Noam Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005    Song of the Saza, dooArt Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008    Lowering my self-esteem is calmness, Gallery Sun & Moon, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2012    Dramatic sequence, Interalia Art company, Seoul, Korea
2008    Korean Young Artist I : After The Pictorial Turn, Doosan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005    Brush Hour, Ieum Gallery, Beijing, China
2004    Young Realism, Gallery Artside, Seoul, Korea
2003    New Image Painting, Gallery Rho, Seoul, Korea
2001    Exhibition of ‘Tree’, Deokwon Gallery, Seoul, Korea