Artist Statement
Onnury Oh is an artist based in Seoul and London. She completed bachelor’s degree of graphic design in Seoul Institute of the Arts from 2012 to 2014, and also finished pre-master of graphic design in Kingston University London. In 2017, she graduated from Kingston University London with master’s degree of Art and Space. This artist works primarily on installation, painting, drawing and collage.
This artist has interest in hidden space between people and explores it. She said “Such space varies in terms of its shapes, colors and even smells depending on what kind of people we have met. I intend to express this phenomenon so that it could be seen through eyes. Moreover, I want to show a moment and emotion when such phenomenon is varying." Therefore, the artist is intended to express ever changing human relationship under which unformatted and non-formal objects are mixed and accordingly new colors are created.
오온누리는 사람과 사람 사이, 자신과 타인, 나와 나 사이의 관념적 공간에 대하여 흥미를 가지고 작업을 한다. 물리적인 공간을 넘어 경험으로 형성되는 관념적 공간은 개인의 기억과 사고의 과정을 통해 생성되는 감정, 직관, 경험의 인식을 통해 구축된다. 무형의 관념적 공간을 기하학적 도형인 원(圓)을 통해 유형화 시켜 조형 공간 이미지를 구성한다. 장소, 시간, 감정 등에 따라 변화하는 인간관계 속에서 그 사이의 관념적 공간 또한 유동적이고 변이성이 있으며 움직이는 관념적 공간은 원 형태를 통해 드러난다. 순환성, 완전성, 연속성, 유한성 등의 상징적 기호를 가지고 있는 원형은 작가가 이루고자 하는 인간관계의 소망과 이상을 대변한다. 작가는 기하학적 변형의 높은 잠재력을 가진 원을 나열 및 분리 절단하여 중첩시킴으로써 형태와 형태 사이의 여백, 색의 대비, 중첩되어 재조합 하는 등의 방법을 통하여 생성된 운동감과 새롭게 창조된 공간의 균형과 질서를 시각화하여 구성하여 관념적 공간을 생성하며 작업을 한다.
Education
Doctor of Fine Art at Hongik University (2019 - 2021, all but dissetation)
Master of Art & Space at Kingston University, London (2015 - 2016)
Pgdip in Graphic Design at Kingston University, London (2013 – 2014)
홍익대학교 대학원 미술학과 회화전공 박사과정 수료
런던 킹스턴대학교 아트앤스페이스 석사
런던 킹스턴대학교 그래픽디자인 석사예비과정
Exhibition
Solo Exhibition
2021
March, Being incomplete, Hongik Uni Contemporary Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020
December, When I draw a circle., Grove Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2019
December, Nothing is permanent, Malong Art Space, Seoul, Korea
September, Silently, OZ Gallery, Seoul, Korea
February, The sun rise above a thirsty heart, H contemporary Gallery, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
January, The touchable shadow, Cafe Esperanto, Seoul, Korea
2018
June, EVERYONE CHANGES, NO ONE CHANGES., DOS Gallery, Seoul, Korea
April, SOMEWHERE, H Contemporary Gallery, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
2017
September, Untold Story., Graham Hunter Gallery, London, UK
August, CICA Young Korean Artists Solo Show Series 2017 , CICA Museum, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
March, For One 원하는관계, Gallery Dooin, Seoul, Korea
2016
December, I WILL BE WAITING FOR ONE, The square gallery London, London, UK
Group Exhibition
2021
SEEA 2021, Seoul Arts Center: Hangaram Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020
조합되고 반복된 풍경의 흔적, interlab.kr, Online Exhibition
2019
찢어졌다 붙는, Life Gallery, Seoul, Korea
SEEA 2019, Seongnam Art Center, Gyeonggi-Do, Korea
Flag Art: 바람과 흔적, 2019 Cheonju Craft Biennale, Cheonju, Korea
2018
ART WORKS HOLIDAY, Atelier Gustave, Paris, France
L’absence: L’exposition collective coreenne, Villa des arts, Paris, France
L' EXPOSITION D' ART COREEN 2018, Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
NEXT ART, Donut Hole Gallery, Online exhibition
L'Art Contemporain Coreen, Galerie Metanoia, Paris, France
2017
2017 ARTMORA Open Call Exhibition, ARTMORA gallery, New Jersey, USA
Young Artists Group Exhibition, EW Museum, Seoul, Korea
April / October, The Other Art Fair, Victoria House, London, UK
2016
The Residue of a Flare Ignited Upon a Boundary, Swan, Kingston Upon Thames, UK
Dimension: Group Exhibition, Menier Gallery, London, UK
April / October, The Other Art Fair, London, UK
Lust Alien, Naming Rights Gallery, London, UK
2015
FAKE Show, Swan, Kingston Upon Thames, UK
Prize
Selection, June, 2011, 17th International Communication Design Competition
Talks
2017, CICA New Media Art Conference 2017, CICA Museum, Korea
Publication
2018, CICA Art Now 2018, Kindle Edition