Suki Seokyeong Kang

Suki Seokyeong Kang

BornNationalityBased In
1977South KoreanSeoul
Biography

Suki Seokyeong Kang works with painting, sculpture, performance and video to meditate on the cultural traditions of Korea and how Korea’s history may impact individuals living today. Kang began her artistic career with painting, and this medium still serves as her guiding force. The artist religiously paints daily, gesturally marking everyday occurrences and emotions she experiences. This routine serves as a notational system which will give way to new bodies of work in sculpture, video or performance. In her sculptural works, Kang often blends materials with opposing characteristics, strong and sturdy steels, leathers and wood, meet fine threads, or reeds. Acting as a mediator, Kang understands the act of assemblage as a harmonistic process, working to bring together conflicting parties into one united new being. This pattern can be seen in Kang’s hwamunseok series, where Kang repetitively made traditional handwoven mats whose cultural legacy stems from the Goryeo period. The mats were delicately made with threads and reeds, each developing a distinct pattern and then, these matts were encased in brittle steel shells. Sparking conversations around individuality and societal limitations, Kang’s practice continues to wrestle the legacy of the past with the present, sensitively testing the parameters of self-expression. ...

Selected Artworks
Note—round, mat, square #20-02
Jeong on the Black Mat #20-01
Tender Meander #20-06
Suki Seokyeong KangTender Meander #20-06, 2019
183 x 76 x 33cm
Rove and Round—face #19-02
Heavy Round 400—hole #19-02
Circled stair—step
Suki Seokyeong KangCircled stair—step, 2016
29 x 41 x 24cm
Circled Stair-1-1 #03
Suki Seokyeong KangCircled Stair-1-1 #03, 2013
92 x 33 x 28cm
Mat 61 x 81 #19-23
Suki Seokyeong KangMat 61 x 81 #19-23, 2018
175 x 66 x 40cm
Young-Chae
Suki Seokyeong KangYoung-Chae, 2018
81 x 60.96 x 6cm
Note—moon, mat, square #19-01
face Video Sculpture
Suki Seokyeong Kangface Video Sculpture, 2018
140 x 122 x 56cm
Jeong—mat #18-03
Suki Seokyeong KangJeong—mat #18-03, 2018
167 x 62 x 40cm
Moon #19-01
Suki Seokyeong KangMoon #19-01, 2019
105 x 124 x 4cm
Mat 55 x 40—Bold #19-06
Mat 55 x 40—Bold #18-01
Jeong—mat #18-01
Suki Seokyeong KangJeong—mat #18-01, 2018
166 x 62 x 40cm
Narrow Meadow #19-04
Suki Seokyeong KangNarrow Meadow #19-04, 2015
169 x 69 x 35cm
Mat Black Mat 63 x 177 #18-01
Note—rope, mat, square #19-01
Jeong on the Black Mat #19-02
Tender Meander #19-04
Suki Seokyeong KangTender Meander #19-04, 2018
181 x 59 x 31cm
Mat Black Mat 122 x 163 #19-09
Mat 61-81 #19-35
Suki Seokyeong KangMat 61-81 #19-35, 2018
81 x 61 x 4cm
Heavy Round 340 #19-02
Mountain #23-14
Suki Seokyeong KangMountain #23-14, 2023
48 x 75 x 8cm
Mountain #23-02
Suki Seokyeong KangMountain #23-02, 2022
90 x 79 x 6cm
Mountain—autumn #23-01
Suki Seokyeong KangMountain—autumn #23-01, 2023
104 x 84 x 41cm
Mat Black Mat 122 × 163 #21-52
Jeong—head #19-01
Suki Seokyeong KangJeong—head #19-01, 2019
125 x 89 x 95cm
Jeong—head #19-02
Suki Seokyeong KangJeong—head #19-02, 2019
125 x 89 x 95cm
Mat 120 × 165 #21-24
Suki Seokyeong KangMat 120 × 165 #21-24, 2021
175 x 126 x 5cm
Mountain #23-29
Suki Seokyeong KangMountain #23-29, 2023
48 x 80 x 6cm
Mountain #24-01
Suki Seokyeong KangMountain #24-01, 2023
56 x 91 x 6cm
Awards
Baloise Art Prize2018
Biennals
Venice Biennial2019 - Venice
Shanghai Biennial2018 - Shanghai
Gwangju Biennial2018 - Gwangju
Gwangju Biennial2016 - Gwangju
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