Jongsuk Yoon

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Biography

“When I paint larger works with larger brushes, giving myself to the brushwork comes naturally. In those moments where the brush moves across the surface, I am there, in a different world.” –Jongsuk Yoon, 2022

Born in South Korea in 1965, Jongsuk Yoon moved to Europe in the early 1990s to study art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under German conceptual artist Fritz Schwegler. After her studies, Yoon settled in Düsseldorf and focused her practice on drawings and paintings that hover in the space between figuration and abstraction. In works on paper, canvas, as well as directly on walls, Yoon creates charged and dreamlike color field landscapes that reflect her interests in both European and American Modernism and East Asian traditions.

 Yoon is currently the subject of the solo exhibition Kumgangsan at Mumok (Museum of Modern Art Ludwig Foundation) in Vienna, Austria.

Past select solo exhibitions include, amongst others, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover (2021); Nordiska Akvarellmuseet, Skärhamn (2020); Wall Paintings, Art Sonje Center, Seoul (2018); Museum Kurhaus Kleve (2017); and Osthaus Museum, Hagen (2015). Her works can be found in many public collections, including Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf; Sprengel Museum and Museum Ostwall, Dortmund, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany, among others.

“When I paint larger works with larger brushes, giving myself to the brushwork comes naturally. In those moments where the brush moves across the surface, I am there, in a different world.” –Jongsuk Yoon, 2022

Exhibitions

Jongsuk Yoon, High Sun, 2024. Oil on canvas. 90 1/2 x 149 5/8 in. (230 x 380 cm)
Paris

Jongsuk Yoon

Far East
15 March - 10 May 2025
Opening Reception: Saturday, 15 March 2025, 6 - 8 pm
Jongsuk Yoon, April Mai, 2023
Los Angeles

Jongsuk Yoon

Yellow May
13 July - 17 August 2024

News

Jongsuk Yoon Kumgangsan, 2024 Gouache auf Wand / Gouache on wall 300 × 1440 cm Photo: Klaus Pichler / mumok
Solo Exhibition

Jongsuk Yoon - Kumgangsan

Museum moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien (mumok)
'Kumgangsan' commemorates the arbitrary division of North and South Korea in 1945 and as such is a symbol of an unresolved geopolitical conflict and its traumatizing aftermath.
15 April 2025

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