Jeong Zikseong
For the past 20 years, Jeong Zikseong has portrayed the reality of housing and labor conditions for average people in Korean society through geometric paintings. The artist's method of creation is paradoxical, because in terms of art history, it is the form of geometric abstraction that seeks to escape the social reality and return to the original essence or the formative principle of art. Since the form and content are in heterogeneous contexts, the work is not to be appreciated in a traditional way, but rather as a subject or object for understanding. It is clear that the artist's work is deviating from the history of traditional painting where the method of creating meaning and the method of deconstructing meaning collide. The reason that painting continues to be relatable and evaluated as a meaningful form is because this genre still provides the diversity and freedom of the creator's perspective and expression method. The artist has shown the process of feeling, thinking, and expressing in close contact with her daily reality for a long time. This attitude extends to the problem of natural ecology.
Jeong Zikseong (b.1976)
2022 Seoul National University, DFA
2005 Seoul National University, MFA
2000 Seoul National University, BFA
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021 Floating Forest, Metaphor32 IAM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 From Flat Black, Expressing Nature, Daham Gallery, Gyeonggido, Korea
2021 Constructive Abstract/Construction Site Abstract, Pageroom8 Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 Pulse_Flux, Gallery We, Gyeonggido, Korea
2020 Special, Specific Objects, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2020 The Mechanic, La Maison de Lee Ungno, Hongseong, Korea
2020 Shines In the Dark, Gallery Art Delight, Seoul, Korea
2019 On the Road of the Winds, Nook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 In Bloom, Sejong Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 The Mechanic, Leeahn Gallery, Daegu, Korea
2017 Green Pool, Jaha Museum, Seoul, Korea
2017 Winter Flower, Johyun Gallery, Pusan, Korea
2013 Jeong Zik Seong, Mimesis Art Museum, Gyeonggido, Korea
2013 Under Limited Conditions, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2012 Artist of Today 2012-Jeong Zik Seong, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea
2011 Liquid Machinery, Moin Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Cross and Pause, Johyun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Operation, Art Factory Gallery, Gyeonggido, Korea
2009 Jeong Zik Seong, Johyun Gallery, Pusan, Korea
2008 Megamachine, Kim Jinhye Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2007 Hidden Corner, Space A-Chim, Seoul, Korea
2006 Amorphous Construction, Shinhan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Selected Two Person Exhibitions
2020 The 24 Divisions: Jeong Zik Seong / Kim Tae-gyu, Nook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 Danse Mécanique: Jeong Zik Seong / Hong Seung-hye, Nook Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2014 Waiting for Apricot Flower Blossoms: Jeong Zik Seong / Jo Jong Seong, Lee Eugean Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2021 King Sejong and Music, Yeomillak, Sejong Culture & Art Center, Sejong, Korea
2021 Yeo Kwon Tong Moon-The First Korean Women’s Rights Announcement Day Memorial Exhibition, Topohaus Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2021 ART PLUS, POSCO Gallery, Pohang, Korea
2021 DNA, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2021 Sensual Space, Shanghai Art Collection Museum, Shanghai, China
2021 Living As The Artist, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2020 The 10th International Yeosu Art Festival 2020, Yeosu, Korea
2020 Art Park: Reopening Exhibition, Gallery Art Part, Seoul, Korea
2020 Painting>, Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art, Gyeonggido, Korea
2019 Seoul Art Show 2019 Special Exhibition: Flash Art, COEX, Seoul, Korea
2019 Triangle/The Beginning of Contemporary Art, MOKA, Gyeonggido, Korea
2019 Physical Possibility of Aesthetic Daily Life, Sueno339 Space of Art, Seoul, Korea
2018 Reading Spaces, Sejul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2017 The Painting Show, Goyang Aram Nuri Museum, Gyeonggido, Korea
2016 Craving Colors, 63 Art Museum, Seoul, Korea
2016 Questioning Sustain Ability: The Museum of Art Seoul National University 10th Anniversary Project, Museum of Art Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea
2014 Tomorrow 2014, D.D.P., Seoul, Korea
Residency Programs
2020 Atelier Lee Ungno, La Maison de Lee Ungno, Hongseong, Korea
2019 Suite Sweet Fish and Rooms Residence, Jeju, Korea
2013-2014 Gallery Purple Studio, Gallery Purple, Gyeonggido, Korea
2011-2013 Youngeun Artist in residence, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggido, Korea
2008-2010 Jangheung Atelier, Gana Art Gallery, Gyeonggido, Korea
2008 Seoul-Berlin Artist Residency Program, LVBG & Orco GSG Berlin, Germany
2007-2008 Nanji Art Studio, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Selected Award
2012 Today’s Young Artist Award 2012, Ministry of Culture, Sports & Tourism, Korea
2012 The 1st Etro Fine Art Prize, The Grand Prize, Etro, Seoul, Korea
2012 Today’s Artist Award of 2012, Kim Chong Yung Museum, Seoul, Korea
2009 Selected Artist for New Artist Project of 63SkyArt Museum, HanHwa63City, Seoul, Korea
2005 The 1st GAna Now Art Prize, Runners-up Prize, Gana Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2005 Selected Artist of the 27th Joongang Fine Arts Prize, Seoul, Korea