Yoo Hyun
Through his practice, which utilizes Korean traditional materials of ink and hanji, Korean traditional rice paper, Yoo Hyun has developed a novel technique which bridges gaps between Eastern and Western artistic traditions. Yoo Hyun creates his portraits through reduction, taking away small pieces of a blank sheet of paper to form iconic imagery. He then floats this image in front of a black splattered background, which is painted in one stroke using an immense calligraphic brush and provides both a color and material contrast to the hand cut portraits. In the end, the meditative and traditional aspects of the background balance the representative and modern qualities of his imagery, and the work walks a fine line between the two.
Yoo Hyun received his MFA in Western Painting at the University of Tsukuba, Japan, and BFA in Korean Painting from Yeungnam University in Korea. He has held exhibitions in Tokyo, Seoul, and Daegu, and is in private and institutional collections in Korea, Japan, and the United States.
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Process and Portraiture - Online Viewing Room
Nemo Jantzen and Yoo Hyun April 30 - May 31, 2020BLANK SPACE is pleased to present a new viewing room of portraits by mixed media artists Nemo Jantzen and Yoo Hyun. Both artists approach portraiture using novel techniques and mediums...Read more -
Negative Space - Martijn Hesseling & Yoo Hyun
September 14 - November 10, 2019BLANK SPACE is pleased to present our autumn exhibition 'Negative Space', featuring mixed media works by Martijn Hesseling and Yoo Hyun. The exhibition will open to the public on September...Read more
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CONTEXT Art Miami 2019
December 3 - 8, 2019BLANK SPACE is pleased to announce its participation in the 2019 Edition of Context Art Miami, which will be held at Biscayne Bay from December...Read more -
Seattle Art Fair 2019
August 1 - 4, 2019BLANK SPACE is pleased to announce its participation in the 2019 Edition of The Seattle Art Fair, which will be held at the Century Link...Read more -
CONTEXT Art Miami 2018
December 4 - 9, 2018BLANK SPACE is pleased to announce its participation in the 2018 edition of Context Art Miami, which will be held at Biscayne Bay from December...Read more -
Art New York 2018
May 3 - 6, 2018BLANK SPACE is pleased to announce its participation in the 2018 Edition of Art New York, which will be held at Pier 94 from May...Read more -
CONTEXT Art Miami 2017
December 5, 2017 - December 10, 2019BLANK SPACE is pleased to announce its participation in the 2017 Edition of Context Art Miami, which will be held at Biscayne Bay from December...Read more