Based in Paris, Kyung Ae Hur creates paintings in which both chaos and order coexist within a single surface. Recognized as one of the artists from the younger generation of the Korean Dansaekhwa art movement, her artistic practice involves a unique constructive-destructive process that breaks apart and reshapes pre-existing orders.

Hur first applies a series of 30 to 70 layers of acrylic paint of various colors to the canvas. After letting them dry, she carves through the bonded layers using sculpting knives, surgical scalpels or kitchen knives, breaking up the smooth surface with rough markings and revealing a “trace” of the array of colors hidden beneath. She then reunites the carved-out pigment fragments by attaching them to the canvas, creating a completely new, regenerated landscape.

Every step of Hur’s process, from the choice of color to the placement of the “traces” is methodically planned and documented. Drawing on her practice of etching on copper plates, teh artist describes the physically strenuous, yet meditative process of scratching through the numerous layers of dried plaint as an awakening, which she relates to archeology in its disclosure of histories that are destined to resurface and be seen through new perspectives.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2020
Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2019
Francoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France

2018
Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Galerie Berès, Paris, France

2017
Kong Art Space, Central, Hong Kong,

2016
Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2015
Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2014
Kalman Maklary Gallery, Budapest, Hungary
Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2001
Diffusion/Cohesion, Sylvia Wald & Po Kim Gallery, New York, NY
Seoul Gallery, Busan, Korea

2020
Scene Corenne, Francoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France
Korean Beauty, Francoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France
Ombres et Lumières, l'Art déconfiné, Francoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France
Chimères, un etonnement pour val vie, Francoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France

2019
Bétonner, Broyer, Coudre, Gratter, Francoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France

2018
Colorful Christmas, Francoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France
Exhibition Mixed, Leonhard’s Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium

2017
Spoon Art Show, Art Works Paris Seoul Gallery, Ilsan, Korea

AWARDS

2001 Competition “A Look at the Promising Korean Artists”, Korean Cultural Center, Paris France. 2010 Grand Prize for Painting from the International Exhibitions Bureau, La Ferte-Bernard, France. Municipal Youth Council Award, La Ferte-Bernard, France. 2008 Grant, Mecenat Mulgam, Paris, France. 2002 Award, Bucharest International Engraving Competition, Romania Award, National Engraving Competition, Seoul, Korea. 1999 Award, National Engravign Competition, Gwangju, Korea.