Wee Youngil
Wee Youngil's work uniquely combines the process of reversing the relationship between the artist and the audience in the process of creating a painting in traditional style. The artist criticizes the values of traditional art, the museum system, and the custom in the creative field and how it is appreciated. The audience rolls a dice on the same level as the artist and selects a keyword, material, or image for the work. Through the images produced by this strange custom-made method, the artist is set up as a factory worker or a machine that makes images. It destroys the identity and the ego of the traditional painter. The audience accepts the various options presented by the artist and co-creates the painting. They can demand that the artist produce a work in one way or another, based upon the taste and judgment cultivated in their formative years and learning. However, there is always the question of who gets to be the final approver. Still, as an individual, the artist remains to be the final approver of the work.
Wee Youngil (b.1970)
M.F.A. Graduated from Graduate School of the painting Dept. Hong-Ik Univ.
B.F.A. Graduated from the painting Dept. College of Fine Art, Hong-Ik Univ.
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Read to number, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2015 Anonymous-Colors, Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon, Seoul
2013 Who knows?!, Gallery b'one, Seoul
2012 Guinness Desire, CAIS Gallery, Seoul
2009 Planet wee012 All-Star, Insa Artcenter, Seoul
2009 Desire to Mainstream, Void Gallery, Seoul
2007 A League Of Their Own II, III, Noam Gallery, Seoul
2007 A League Of Their Own I, Espacej Gallery, Shanghai, China
Selected Group Exhibitions
2016 Final Report Exhibition by the 6th artists, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2016 Exciting~Yangpeong, YMuseum, Gyeonggi
2015 Mindful Mindless, SoMA, Seoul
2015 Open Studio, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2015 Preview, Incheon Art Platform, Incheon
2014 Occupy JUNGMISO, Gallery Jungmiso, Seoul
2014 Open Studio "Friendship to nobody", Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon, Seoul
2014 Gift, SEMA, Seoul
2013 Animamix Biennial 2013-2014, Daegu art museum, Daegu
2013 Open Studio "Three day and night in island, GCC. Gyeonggi
2013 Rabbit & turtle, Ymuseum, Gyeonggi
2013 What's on, GCC, Gyeonggi
2013 Portfolio Archive Lounge, savinamuseum, Seoul
2012 A white paper of Fantastic Art, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
2012 Attack of image, Goyang Art Studio, Gyeonggi
2012 It's Pop Art, Sejong Museum of Art, Seoul
2012 Gyeongnam Goseong Dinosaur EXPO 2012, Gyeongnam
2011 Being with you, artbehive, Seoul
2011 Retro, Nan ji Gallery, Seoul
2011 Fun + POP, GCCS, Gwacheon
2011 Robot City Fantasy, 315 Art center, Seoul
2011 Bring into the World, Nan ji Gallery, Seoul
2011 Nan ji & Daejeon Residency, Igong Gallery, Daejeon
2010 Korea Tomorrow, SETEC, Seoul
2010 PUBLIC ART New Hero Fly in Heyri, Gallery Hangil, Heyri
2010 New Focus, ART seasons, Singapore city, Singapore
2010 Defense mechanism, TN Gallery, Beijing, China
2010 Free Style : A Dialogue Between Art and Design, HOMA, Seoul
2010 Smile Code, Gail Museum, Gapyeong
Residency Programs
2015~2017 Incheon Art Platform long-term Residency, Incheon
2014~2014 Seoul Art Space_Geumcheon long-term Residency, Seoul
2013~2013 Gyeonggi creation center, middle-term Residency, Gyeonggi
2010~2011 Nan ji Art Studio, long-term Residency, Seoul
2008~2009 Changdong National Art Studio, long-term Residency, Seoul
Awards
2015 Art Support program, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2013 Art Support program, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2009 NArt Support program, Seoul Foundation for Arts and Culture
2008 8th Songeun Fine Art Competition, Insa Art center
2007 Soma Drawing Center archive registry Artist
2005 Selected in the 27th Joongang Finearts Prize
