Overview
Han Sangyoon 韩相胤
Happy pig Family, Acrylic on Canvas, 163X131cm, 2022
 
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The protagonist of artist Han Sangyoon is a happy family of pigs,

and we sincerely feel "happy" with the company of these pigs.

Although the original intention of the artist was to use the appearance of pigs to express "we who are forced to make a fake smile in reality", as the artist feels that he is getting richer and richer in his heart, the image of pigs has been transformed into a carrier of "overcoming dark setbacks and enjoying life to the fullest".

 

Pigs normally look happy. In a larger sense, this can be interpreted as a lucky omen or an auspicious omen. There is a metaphor of happiness in the interpretation of luck-bringing appearance combined with the auspicious omen. Artist Han Sang-yoon dreams of a happy victorious life free from suffering in the world painted by his own, by personifying the motif of the lucky omen represented by pigs.The elements that make stand out the happy pigs consist in the plane composition where the Oriental brush strokes are harmonized with a variety of charms, which are observed uniquely in his works. The outline of the work gives shape to two-dimensional lines experimented by the early modernists, while the colors filling the object are formed with clarity and simplicity, playing a role in “maximizing the theme.” This composition was created to allow easy understanding of the form and the content by harmonizing color-field pursued by the Western modernism on the basis of “the essential frame of how to use brush strokes” stated by a Chinese artist Xie He of the 6th century in The Record of the Classification of Old Painters.           

 

1985    b.Korea

2003    Korea Animation High School

2007    The department of art and satirical painting, Kyoto Seika University Colleage of Arts, Japan

2009    Master's degree in satirical cartoon, Kyoto Seika University College of Arts, Japan

2011     Ph.D in Korean painting, Dongguk University Graduate School of Fine Arts,  Korea

2012-2013   Lecture, Dongguk University(Seoul)2016-2017 1st and 2nd generation  writers, Golden Line Creation Studio

2019-2021   Instructor in Western Painting, Department of Art, Chung-Ang University, Korea

 

Accolades
Han Sangyoon 韩相胤
 
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SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION

2021    PIG POP, Happy Times, 363 GALLERY, Korea

           PIG POP, Modern Times, BOK ART CENTER, Korea

2020   In Your Arms, Atom Gallery, Korea

           Happy Travel, DGB Gallery, Korea

2019    Happy pig-remember the year of pig, Polar bear gallery, China

           Happy pig han sang-yoon invitation exhibition, jae-dong Gallery, korea

Selected group exhibition

2022   Fantastic journey: han sang-yoon & Xu jingfu dual EXHITBITON, ARTL gallery, china

2021   First v-nomics, gallery hana, korea

2020   Im ha-ryong and han sang-yoon two man match, is art gallery,  taiwan china

2019   Golf and culture encounter, interbulgo cc, daegu honolulu city hall allery,  Hawaii art association, united states

          Han sang-yoon x murakami takashi, hui gallery, china 

Awards

Bronze Medal in the First Painting Competition at the L.A Doarte Gallery

2017   First Prize of the 1st Art Prize of Wooam Art Museum
2016   Grand Prize in the World Cultural Exchange Awards of the Korean Press Association

2011    First Art and Collectors Award "Santorini Seoul Special Award"
2010    Grand Prize, 8th Seoul Art Competition
2005   "Excellence Award of the Year", Tennoji Institute Exhibition, Japan

 

 

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