By UN Journal Lee Jon-young In celebration of the founding month of 2024, the 30th Artwork Competition Exhibition of the Korea Cultural Center Association and the Korea Crafts and Skill Association will be held from Feb. 21 to 27 at Arisu Gallery in Insa-dong, Seoul. With the theme "Life in 2024," the exhibition highlights the activities of the Korean Cultural Center, which has been dedicated to a wide range of cultural and artistic education, including craft programs, for 25 years, and has been spreading both professional and artistic life crafts to the public. The works that fill and connect
UNJournal Jon Lee | The 2nd Korea Fiber Art Association (President Kang Hae-woon) members' exhibition, which has been receiving a lot of attention for its fresh attempts in a new art genre, was held at the Lamer Gallery's 1st Exhibition Hall in Insa-dong from February 14 to 19. Established in 2021, the Korea Fiber Art Association is holding its second exhibition, where all the exhibited works are made of fabric, but artists use natural plant-based materials such as ink, fabric paints, and acrylics as pigments and create paintings. It is an exhibition of calligraphy artists, showing a variety o
UNJournal Jon Lee | "The Pearl of the Orient - Sri Lanka" photo exhibition by professional photographer Park Dae-byung is being held from Feb. 21 to 27 at Maru Art Center 5 (2F) in Insa-dong, Seoul. Sri Lanka, a beautiful island nation in the Indian Ocean, faces the southeastern coast of the Indian Peninsula through the Palk Strait, and was formerly known as Ceylon. A former British colony, the country's economy is still heavily influenced by Europe, with breathtaking Mediterranean seascapes, ancient cities designated as UNESCO World Heritage Sites, and a well-preserved traditional culture, in
By UN Journal Lee Jon-young With a thousand-year history, Jingwansa Temple was built by King Hyunjong of Goryeo to repay the favor of Jingwanjosa, who saved his life before he ascended to the throne, and was a fundamental source of Suryuck ceremony during the Joseon Dynasty. 500 years ago, Jingwansa's doenjang (soybean paste) was so famous that it was served to the king. Today, Jingwansa Temple, a favorite of foreign dignitaries, is attracting attention as a training space for temple stays where foreign ambassadors' wives experience tea ceremony education through healing and experience. In add
By UN Journal Kim Ji-eun The election of the 25th chairman of the Korean Fine Arts Association (KFAA) and the change of the election schedule and method of the executive election during the corona period on January 16, 2021 were invalidated, according to the ruling by the Seoul Southern District Court, 12th Civil Division. Related to this, a press conference was held and an emergency committee was urgently organized on Feb. 14 at the basement 2F performance hall of Insa Art Plaza in Insadong, Seoul. The invalidation lawsuit was filed by Heo Pil-ho and Yang Sung-mo who challenged the 25th Presi
By UN Journal Kim Ji-eun The World Ceramic and Cultural Exchange Association, led by Chairman Park Hee-soo, will hold the Korea-India University Song Festival from June 14 to 16 at the Noida City Expo in Uttar Pradesh, northern India. Uttar Pradesh has a population of about 215 million people, making it one of the most populous states in India. The Korea-India University Song Festival is a singing competition for local college students in India, and Korean Taekwondo dance team and K-pop cover dance team will take the stage to promote cultural exchange between the two countries. Thirty teams wi
UNJournal Jon Lee | Professor Lee Mi-hyung of the Department of Cultural Contents at Myeongji University's Future Education Center will hold a graduation exhibition of the first class of the K-Folk Painting Leader Course, "Hihidamdam (喜喜談談, Joy and story)," from Jan. 23 to 28 at Hanokcheong in Bukchon, Jongno-gu, Seoul. The exhibition is the result of a year-long process under the guidance of Professor Lee, in which the students learned about the historical value and beauty of traditional folk paintings that they should master as leaders. Made up of the Chinese characters for "joy" and "story,
UNJournal Jon Lee | A solo exhibition by leading Korean sculptor Han Jin-sub, titled, "S. Andreas Kim Tae-gon, unveiled at the Vatican," has been held at the Gana Art Center in Pyeongchang-dong until January 14. Han Jin-sub is the first Korean artist to have a sculpture of St. Andrew Kim Tae-gon (1821-1846) installed at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. This solo exhibition, held at the Gana Art Center for the first time in nearly a decade since 2014, will introduce the process in detail and shed light on the artistic world that Han Jin-sub pursues. Beginning with an introduction to the pro
UNJournal Jon Lee | By Lee Jon-young | The Organizing Committee of the World Peace Art Exhibition (Chairman Damhwa Lee Jon-young) will host an invitational exhibition of more than 60 Korean artists commemorating the 71st anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Alliance from March 18-25 at the first floor lobby of the Carson City Cultural Center in the United States. The exhibition will mark the 71st anniversary of the U.S.-Korea Alliance as a historic event in which the two countries took the first step toward a new alliance as an "alliance in action." It will also convey the message of a sustainable fu
UNJournal Jon Lee | Boogie Moli, better known as Boogie, is a contemporary street artist born in 1995 in Kinshasa, Congo. The exhibition is being held at Doonamjae Gallery (located at 45, Tehyeran-ro 4-gil, Gangnam-gu, Seoul) from January 5 to February 18, organized by Oasis Art, CEO of Sublime Kim Ho-jae and CEO of Cuba Art Sunter Cha Hyo-joon. Boogie and his family immigrated to England when he was 10 years old, and soon after, his passion for soccer led him to play in the streets with his friends. His talent was soon recognized, and in 2009, he played for Liverpool FC, before signing a prof
UNJournal Jon Lee | In 1978, at the age of 25, Arok Jung Gui-ja joined the Jeong Soo-hee's Folk Painting Institute, located in the Seoul National University Alumni Hall building near Gwanghwamun, after watching a TV program about folk paintings. This choice led to her eventual ascension to the status of Seoul City's Intangible Cultural Heritage Folk Painting Artisan. It was a chance encounter with folk painting that turned out to be fateful. In 1980, she met Kim Man-hee, the first and only master folk painter of Korea and the Seoul City Intangible Cultural Property No. 18, as her second teache
UNJournal Jon Lee | To welcome the New Year, the Year of Dragon, a revolutionary master painter Nam Sang-jun, who is now 100 years old, has given the readers of Damwha Media Group a painting of a dragon rising above the overflowing waters, full of dreams and hopes. The writhing dragon opens its mouth wide and is about to grab the Yeoiju (cintamani), a magical jewel, in front of it. The dragon is the only imaginary animal of the zodiac that is not real, and is said to have a camel's head, deer horns, rabbit eyes, cow ears, snake neck, frog belly, carp scales, hawk claws, and tiger paws. The dra
UNJournal Jon Lee | Born in Ham-heung, located in present day North Korea, in 1927, he attended Seoul National University, College of Art in 1948 alongside internationally renowned Korean artists, Kim, Tschang Yeul and Lee, Yong Whan. Thereafter, Artist participated as the founding members of Contemporary Artists Association (Hyundae Fine Artists Association) in 1956 and then the art, Artist furthermore exhibited in the 2nd Paris Biennial in 1961 along with other representative Korean artists, Kim, Tschang Yeul, Cho, Yong Ik and Cheong, Chang Sup. Chang, Sung Soun’s era was a period of confusi
UNJournal Kayla Lee | Expressing pure beauty in his uniquely structured works, artist Kim Sejoong draws the viewers deep into a magical time in a single space that allows them to see things in a new light and make them look amazing. The thousands and tens of thousands of hours of perseverance they have put in have not been in vain. This is the beauty that reborn European art forms and awakened the sense of art in the East. It will be a fantastic time to open the eyes and minds of the viewers with the reorganization of space and the illumination of vision, guiding them to a new world. Looking a
UNJournal Kayla Lee | The Cloud series, which por trays clouds in an abstract form, expresses anxiety while also representing various human relationships and emotions through a range of artistic techniques and scratches. Through different-shaped clouds, the series presents the dualism of virtual and real, while also revealing a desire to be free like a cloud and escape the weight of life's burdens. The power of free expression in the artist's work lies in the fact that it maximizes the effect of freedom. In addition to pouring out shapeless gestures that cannot be confined by any form or me