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
Selected works
Exhibitions
