Ahn Doojin

Ahn Doojin has been depicting landscapes of the unreal or surreal world for a long time. The red-colored landscape seems to peek into a different dimension of the world created by an ominous worldview. An ill omen, like thunder, lightning, and a gust of wind, wraps around the entire screen, like the day of reckoning is soon to come with an impending final war. In this exhibition, the artist gradually moves from a gigantic screen to a very small one, while, at the same time, painting a unique unrealistic landscape of a process of a large rock eventually turning into a small stone. The world turns frantically with all kinds of commotion and chaos, but the rock sits silently on its root in its place. The only things that change are time and the beholder. Taking the viewpoint of a rock, as opposed to that of a person, is neither ominous nor uncomfortable. The reality of the rock lies in eternity and permanence. It is a surreal world where eternity and fleeting time are possible at the same time.
Ahn Doojin (b.1975)
2006 MFA of Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
2002 Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Fine Arts of Hongik University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2012 A Morning in the Limbo, Space CAN Beijing, Beijing, China
2011 The Fault Lines, SongEun Art Space, Seoul, Korea
2009 History of Izzard, Cais gallery, Hongkong
2008 Covert party at makcom, Project space Sarubia, Seoul, Korea
2006 Saint Brain Temple, Brain factory, Seoul, Korea
2005 Fantastic Hot Story, Gyeonggi Cultural Foundation, Suwon, Korea
Selected Group Exhibitions
2012 Galapagos, Ilmin museum of art, Seoul, Korea
2012 META EMPIRE-YOUNG ARTISTS PROPECT 2012, DAEGU ART SQUARE, Daegu, Korea
2012 Korean Eye 2012, SAATCHI gallery, London, UK
2012 HANOK Project, SungBuk-dong Hanok, Seoul, Korea
2012 The emotional record, Lotte gallery, Goyang Gyeonggi-do, Korea
2012 Shift, Johyun Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2011 HAEIN ART PROJECT, Haein temple, GyeongSangnam-do, Korea
2011 DECAMERON: Disclosure of Subconscious Desires, Space Can, Beijing, China
2010 Collage of memory, Soka Art Center, Beijing, China
2010 In Between, One & J Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2010 Point, Koto art center, Koto, Japan
2009 One day: Room project, Total Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul, Korea
2009 A new common sense of space, Museo della Scienza della Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci, Milano, Italy
2009 io, Harlem Studio fellowship, New York, USA
2009 Doors, Sylvia Wald and Po Kim Art Gallery, New York, USA
2008 I am an artist-Young Korean Artist, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2008 Busan Biennale, Me-world, Busan, Korea
2008 Point, Altertive Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea
2008 Privacy, Altertive Space LOOP, Seoul, Korea
2007 Stress Fighter, Altertive Space Pool, Seoul, Korea
2007 Nice to meet you, Lewism Art House, London, UK
Residency Programs & Awards
2011 CAN FOUNDATION HANOK PROJECT, CAN foundation, Seoul, Korea
2009 Harlem Studio Fellowship, Newyork, U.S.A
2008 Mongin Art Studio by Mongin Art Center
2007 Changdong International Artists Studio of Korea
2006 Nanji Art creation Studio by Seoul Museum of Art
2005 Selected as New Artists, JoongAng FINE Art Competition