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BEAK Jungki (b. 1981) delves profoundly into the essence of materials and specific subjects of interest are explored through deep research and scientific experimentation. His in-depth explorations are visualized through a hands-on-approach conducted personally by the artist. BEAK Jungki's studio is like a scientist's laboratory or a small version of a well-organized factory. He is an artist who demonstrates extraordinary creativity by exploring the attitudes of humans towards nature, the environment of the past and the future, old culture of superstition, and today's science and technology as well as philosophy. He scientifically approaches the surrounding environment but also researches on Shamanism, rituals of the East and the West, people's beliefs and their reliance on supernatural powers as well as nature's invisible energy. All these factors are put together to produce his own unique artistic creation, in works where candles wish for the birth of a baby chick, a generator that produces energy, an incubator the hatches the eggs and much more. His scientific explorations reflects on the explorations on the relationship between human beings and nature, and deals with the occurrence and flow of energy.
BEAK Jungki studied sculpture in Kookmin University, Korea, and carried on his education in fine art at Glasgow School of Art, UK. From 2006 he has held over 10 solo exhibitions, at Alt Space Loop, OCI Museum and ARARIO GALLERY SEOUL, just to name a few. From 2004 until now he has participated in many museum exhibitions in Korea, such shows held at The National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Amore Pacific Museum of Art, Ulsan Art Museum, Songeun Art Museum, Leeum, Nam June Paik Art Center, Posco Art Museum and Daegu Art Museum. He has also participated in many group shows internationally in Denmark, Netherlands, Germany, UK, Italy, USA, Venezuela, Israel, China, Singapore and Hong Kong. In 2012 he was awarded the Songeun Art Award, 2019 the Kimsechoong Art Prize for sculpture, and in 2023 IFVA Media Art Gold Award, Hong Kong Arts Center. His works are in public collections such as the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art Busan and Ulsan Art Museum in Korea.
Jeongjeong Baek (b. 1981) explores the nature of materials and themes of remedial interest. Her work shows the process of translating this research into scientific experiments and artistic outcomes, as well as the visualization of the results as the artist manually creates them through various methods. Baek's studio is like a scientist's laboratory or a well-organized small-scale factory. The artist has shown remarkable artistic creativity by exploring humanity's attitudes toward the environment from the past to the future and relating the natural environment, superstitious old cultures, etc. to current science and philosophy. This view of the environment is informed by the study of Eastern and Western shamanism in the preparation of rainmaking festivals, the relationship between humans and faith and its magical power, and the invisible flow of nature's energy, which is approached with a scientific approach to create artistic results. Works such as the candle that wishes for the birth of a chick, the generator that produces the actual display energy from the candle, and the hatching machine that resurrects the chick with electricity, thus address his scientific inquiry, the relationship between mind and matter, human and nature, and the generation and flow of energy.
Jungki Baek majored in three-dimensional art at Kookmin University in 2004 and graduated in fine art from Glasgow School of Art in 2008. Since 2006, he has held more than 10 solo exhibitions at Alternative Space Loop, OCI Museum of Art, and Arario Gallery Seoul, and has participated in numerous exhibitions at national museums such as the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul Museum of Art, Amorepacific Museum of Art, Ulsan Museum of Art, Song Eun Art Space, Lium Museum of Art, Nam June Paik Art Center, POSCO Museum of Art, and Daegu Museum of Art, and has been active on the international stage in Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany, the United Kingdom, Italy, the United States, Venezuela, Israel, China, Singapore, and Hong Kong. He was awarded the Song Eun Art Prize in 2012, the Kim Sejoong Youth Sculpture Award in 2019, and the IFVA Media Art Gold Prize at the Hong Kong Art Center in 2023, and his works are in the collections of the National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Busan Museum of Contemporary Art, and Ulsan Museum of Art.
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