First name : Se-Eun | Last name : An | Year born : 1971 | Currently living in : Geneva
Born in : Seoul, Korea | Nationality : Korean | Specialised in : Painting, Installation
Philosophy of Art
Open the newspaper. Countless incidents and accidents, overflowing information and people, differeing opinions and conflicts. A constant stream of wordly affairs spills from the paper. Someone’s unforgettable pain is merely the light gossip of another. Someone’s joy is the misery of another. Hurt by others unknown to me, I, too, unknowingly hurt others. With some effort, I look away, brush it off, or pass by unaware.
Emotions too acute to dismiss often become unwieldy. Even if it cannot be felt, I draw out the good in carrying this pain, deep in thought. I am sometimes cold-hearted and indifferent, as dull as a fool. Tomorrow, other stories will spill from the paper. Today will become yesterday and be forgotten.
The one-cent coin glimmers bright. How long it has been in my purse, or from whom it was received, I do not know. It rolls around uselessly and disappears. Its disappearance goes unnoticed.
Beneath the cake lies a pretty white doily. A flawless, beautiful, sing-use doily. Such dismissible splendour and purity, ill-matched with a disposable fate, are pitiable and sad.
Part without knowing if it’s the last tiem, meet without knowing who the other is. Glimmers bright without knowing it’s a one cent coin. Speaks of tomorrow without knowing it dies today. I am a common disposable, a small, trivial one cent coin, a newspaper read once and tossed.
Education
2000 M.F.A. in New Forms, Pratt Institute, New York, USA
1996 M.F.A. in Painting, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea
1994 B.F.A. in Painting, Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul, Korea
Solo Exhibition
2012 <Floating between>, Oriental VisArt ; Nest Gallery, Geneva, Switzerland
2010 <Disposable Identity>, Gallery Kong, Seoul, Korea
2008 <Disposable Identity>, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea
2005 <Where am I?>, UN Center, Vienna, Austria
2001 <Perfect World>, Keumsan Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2000 <Perfect World>, Steuben East Gallery, New York
1996 <Creating a World>, Icon Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Group Exhibitions
2012 <NordArt>, Kunstwerk Carlshütte, Büdelsdorf, Germany
<Myself: Writing-Inscribed Scene>, Space 15th, Seoul, Korea
2011 <Report on Remembrance and Healing>, Korean Cultural Center, Berlin, Germany
<Purpose of Life>, Pohang Museum of Steel Art, Pohang, Korea
<Whole Different Animals>, Gallery Cha, Seoul, Korea
2010 <Memoryscape>, Arco Art Center, Seoul, Korea
<Tomorrow-Open Archive>, Soma Museum, Seoul, Korea
<Art, Meet Mr. Munildae>, Aram Nuri, Goyang, Korea
<Beyond the Memory>, Gallery Cha, Seoul, Korea
<First Cross Link, Two Person Exhibitions ‘Two-Ply’>, Space 15th, Seoul, Korea
<Return to the Everyday Life>, Shinsegae Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2009 <Land-Balance>, Seo Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<International Woman Artists’ Biennale- So Close Yet So Far Away>, Art Platform, Incheon, Korea
<Fast-Food Generation Project>, Design Cluster, Seoul, Korea
<Salmons of Kimi>, Gallery Kimi, Seoul, Korea
<Neo Pops>, Mayjune Gallery, Seoul, Korea
<Green Project>, Gallery Sang, Seoul, Korea
<Dear You>, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea
<Take Everyday Life>, Space 15th, Seoul, Korea
<Art Incheon>, Yeonsugu Gallery, Incheon, Korea
2008 <Stimulative>, Gallery Kimi, Seoul, Korea
<Imagine Food>, Gallery Biim, Seoul, Korea
<Print Box>, Yeonwoo Gallery, Beijing, China
<Love Actually>, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea
<5 Minutes>, Siuter Art ∞ Space, Seoul, Korea
<Inchon Art Bank 2008>, Bupyeong History Museum, Inchon, Korea
2007 <Open 24 Hours>, Chungmu Art Center, Seoul, Korea 2006
<Looking at the Sound>, Gallery Haam, Seoul, Korea
<Trifling Moment>, Space Biim, Inchon, Korea 2004
<29th Annual Open Show>, Roseville Arts Center, California, USA
<Print Box>, Gallery Okubo, Fukuoka, Japan 2003
<Cultural Narratives>, Korean Cultural Center, Los Angeles, USA
<Where are You?>, Korean Culture & Arts Foundation Center, Seoul, Korea
<Print Box>, Korea Electric Power Art Center, Seoul, Korea
Curatorial Projects
2009 <Complication>, Dio Art Canter, Inchon, Korea <Dear You>, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea
2008 <Love Actually>, Gallery Grimson, Seoul, Korea <Imagination about Food>, Gallery Biim, Seoul, Korea
2007 <Pack Up>, Art Space Hyun, Seoul, Korea 2006 <Trifling Moment>, Space Biim, Inchon, Korea
Teaching
Ewha Woman’s University, Seoul,
Korea Inha Technical College, Inchon, Korea
Awards
2009 Inchon Foundation for Arts & Culture - ‘Complication’, Korea Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture -‘Dear You’, Korea
2008 Sponsorship of Visual Arts, Korean Cultural Foundation - Solo Exhibition, Korea Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture -‘Love Actually’, Korea
2007 Seoul Foundation for Arts & Culture -‘Open 24 Hours’, Korea 2005 Young Artist Sponsorship, Korean Cultural Foundation – Solo Exhibition, Korea
