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1980 Born in Ulsan, Korea
2007 B.F.A Fine Art Department, Hong-ik University, Seoul
Currently works and lives in Shenzhen

SOLO EXHIBITION
2012 Between the East and the West Seoul Auction | Beijing
2011 Between Painting and Sculpture Insa Art Center | Seoul

GROUP EXHIBITION
2013 NEW POP! Gallery SanjyoGion | Kyoto Japan
2012 Young Artist Group Exhibition Enjoy of Art Museum | Beijing
2010 Exhibition of 100 Contemporary Artists Sejong Center for the Performing Arts | Seoul
2008 Picking Apples Park Ryusook Gallery | Seoul
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Kim Junsik: It's mysterious and at time even beautiful to see two elements of disparate qualities harmonize in one place. Thus for me, it's fascinating to call forth together what's traditional and contemporary, Eastern and Western, flat and 3-dimensional, and animation and real images. Are East and West becoming one? Or is East becoming westernized? We (Asians) now wear Western clothes, have Western-style weddings, live in Western-style houses, and meditate upon paintings by people from the East in Western art studios. Will there ever come a day when a Westerner wears Asian clothes, prefer Asian-style weddings, build and live in traditional houses that harmonize with nature, and meditate upon watercolor paintings by people from the West?
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