Jiyu Kwak (South Korea)
@kwakjiyu_
Kwak Jiyu(b.1992) consistently explores the organic process of drawing, seeking a deeper connection with the surrounding environment through her abstract art. She is actively engaged in both Berlin and Korea, shuttling between the two locations.
Solo Exhibition
2023 Layers, Atelier Kyma, Seoul Korea
2022 Something rather than Nothing, Galerie Ricarda Fox, Mülheim
2020 Drawers Drawers, Gallery Volkspark, Halle Germany
2017 Things that grow, Burg 2 Galerie, Halle Germany
Group Exhibition
22023 DEMI, Case Seoul, Seoul Korea
2022 Random Pages, Gallery SP, Seoul, Korea
2022 „Preview” SP Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 Sweet After Bitter, Bubble Bauch Project Raum, Berlin
2021 Centro Negra, AADK Spain Residency Programme Murcia Spain
2021 [Kaleidoskopia] Halle 14 UG, Spinnerei Leipzig
2021 „Start 55“ Gopea Kunstraum, Burg Bentheim
2021 „Sunrise” F2 Galerie, Halle
2020 Artsoop Seoul, <escape>, Bambu Collective, Seoul, Korea
2020 Gopea Förderjahrgang 2019, Villa de Bank, Netherlands
2020 „SPANNE“ Xenos, Halle
2019 Halle 14 UG Klasse Tilo Baumgärtel, Spinnerei, Leipzig
2018 Junge Malerei, DRK Kliniken Westend, Berlin
2017 MK am Steintor, Klasse Sofia Schama, Halle
2017 MKL57 Supermarket Ausstellung, Halle Saale
2016 Nichts als die Wahrheit, Kunststiftung des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany
Residency
2023 Åland Archipelago Guest Artist Residence, Finland
2022 SOMA Drawing Center registered artist
2021 selected for AADK Spain’s Residency Programme
2019 Gopea Förderjahrgang 2019
Education
2011~ 2013 Fine Art Kookmin University Seoul, Korea
2014~ 2020 Burg Giebichenstein Kunsthochschule Halle, Prof. Tilo Baumgärtel
