Art by J. Ahn

My First Art & Design Fair

2011-04-30T20:30:00.005+09:00

Seoul Arts Center
My first art and design fair~!

My curator told me that the top and bottom ones were more popular than the other two. Unfortunately, my beagle was very sick at the time, so I didn't have time to create new works.

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RISD Korea Alumni Show 2010

2010-12-22T01:50:00.001+09:00

I hung 4 paintings.
Each was inspired by water and its nature or a memory.

All works:
Acrylic on canvas
2010

Water I Remember

2010-12-17T04:06:00.000+09:00

I worked with the water theme for the RISD annual show.

All works:

Acrylic on canvas

2010

Gifted to Big Uncle

2010-11-01T21:40:00.023+09:00

Mom suggested that I give one of my paintings to Big Uncle for his birthday.

Echoing Green

Acrylic on canvas
December 2008

My First Commissioned Work

2010-11-01T21:36:00.017+09:00

My Dad gifted the painting on the left, and later asked me to draw a second one to go with it. It was my first commissioned piece. :-)

The painting on the right:
Acrylic on canvas
October 2010

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RISD Korea Annual Show 2009

2009-12-05T01:25:00.012+09:00

My Suggestion for "Art as Conversation: What do YOU see?"

At Gallery JK Space in Itaewon, Seoul, Korea
October 2009

For this project, my curator helped me choose 2 of my works that could best accomplish my goal of asking my viewers to share what they SAW in my works. I hung up 2 cork boards for my audiences to share what they *each* saw in my paintings. The same two paintings were shared online --- on Cyworld and Facebook.

The comments I got from both the offline and online viewers me were totally amazing! The comments were wonderfully varied and full of imagination. Oftentimes, they revealed what each of their personalities *tend to* think more about. :-)

(I'll try and update this post with some of their comments at some later date...)

Art as Conversation: What Do YOU See?

2009-12-05T01:00:00.005+09:00

Ever since I learned a little bit about Post-Modernism in paintings, I began to wonder about the functions and roles that art could or should take.

After some pondering, all I could come up with *honesty* was that art could help people talk about their differences without having to contradict one another.

Well, so here's my question -
What do YOU see in each of the paintings here?

Share, share! It is your interaction that makes my paintings come alive :-)

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Exhibit at Gallery Godo

2007-09-28T19:09:00.005+09:00

OK. It was a bit of a cheat-cheat; it was an open door exhibition meaning the gallery didn't base the selection on fame, content, nor commerciality.

But nonetheless, it was my first exhibit - other than school ones. I'm glad that my Dad insisted we take a photo; I felt really embarrassed to take a photo with the gallery owner and his staff standing around.

This was January this year. It's September now. And I've been busy with grad school most of the past 6 months. Time to get moving again...

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Hormonal Changes

2007-01-31T20:57:00.003+09:00

That year in 2002, my body was covered with red spots;
Fever took over my body -
And the cells that were supposed to
Protect my body started attacking it instead.

Gallery Godo - "The Open Door" group exhibit, Seoul, Korea
February 1st - 6th 2007

Acrylic on canvas.

2004

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Zen Sky

2007-01-08T14:07:00.002+09:00

Acrylic on canvas
January 2006

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Texture

2007-01-08T13:56:00.002+09:00

Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

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Graffiti

2007-01-08T13:52:00.001+09:00

Acrylic on canvas
February 2006

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Sky I Remember

2006-12-11T00:56:00.001+09:00

ornagescreamsacrossthesky .
silentscreams -
theyechoinmyheart .

Acrylic paint on canvas
February 2006

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Lady with Orange Hair

2006-12-10T23:45:00.001+09:00

Acrylic paint on canvas
January 2006

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Protect Me Please

2006-01-25T04:32:00.002+09:00

Lady of Protection -
Holding her baby -

Sweet ones -
Protected by Divine Light .

Acrylic on canvas
December 2005

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One Summer, By the Pond

2006-01-25T04:09:00.005+09:00

In the thick of summer heat -
Pond life, pond friends -
Come, come -
Drink with us .

Acrylic on canvas
90.9 × 72.7

November 2005
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Simplicity #1

2006-01-25T04:05:00.004+09:00

one remembered scene,
this stored memory .

hello friend,
what do *you* see?

November 2005
Acrylic on canvas

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Face of a Woman I Don't Know

2006-01-25T03:59:00.006+09:00

lady, do i know you?
i feel i should remember you.

i'm sorry,
i regret -

it's vague...
my memory .

November 2005
Acrylic on canvas

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This is Emily Blue

2006-01-25T03:56:00.002+09:00

This is Emily Blue.
My Angel of Despair.

November 2006
Acrylic on canvas

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Cold Anger

2006-01-25T03:53:00.001+09:00

Anger is not always Red -
Sometimes, my anger turns very very Blue .

November 2006
Acrylic on canvas

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I Remember You

2005-10-28T11:33:00.001+09:00

If I could forget -
I would really try .

It's sometimes too bad -
That I remember you too well .

Acrylic on canvas
October 2005

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I Remember

2005-10-28T11:31:00.001+09:00

Some places I grew up in -
Had terrible terrible things .

There were nightmares -
Of buildings collapsing .

And all the faces -
That got erased .

If only I could forget -
I would forget them both .

Acrylic on canvas
October 2005

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Weather Report

2005-10-28T11:28:00.003+09:00

When I was young -
My skies were red, blue, and orange -

My father used to tell me -
Aren't we lucky to be born in Korea?

We have all four seasons!

Acrylic on canvas
90.9 × 72.7 cm

October 2005

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