BIOGRAPHY

Final Modification: 19 DECEMBER 2023

Artist

first name: Beomsik
surname: WON

원범식

Doctor of Philosophy, HONGIK University, Seoul, Korea
Master of Fine Arts, SLADE School of Fine Art – UCL, London, UK
Master of Fine Arts, HONGIK University, Seoul, Korea
Bachelor of Fine Arts, KOOKMIN University, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023 [ARCHISCULPTURE 2023: UK] by The Trinity Gallery and British Embassy in Seoul, The Trinity Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2022 [BSW IMAGES BUSAN] by KOREAN ARTIST, SHINSEGAE Centum City, Busan, Korea
2019 [ARCHISCULPTURE 2019] by The Trinity Gallery, LGU+ Gallery C, Seoul, Korea
2018 [ECHO-IMAGE-SENSE 2018], Choi jung ah Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016 [SCENERY 2016], Soohoh Gallery, Seongnam, Korea
2015 [ARCHISCULPTURE 2015], ILWOO Space, Seoul, Korea
2014 [BEOMSIKWON ART 2014], Cheongju Art Studio Gallery, Cheongju, Korea
2013 [ARCHISCULPTURE 2013], Gallery Lux and Toyota Photo Space, Seoul & Busan, Korea
2008 [DIMENSION FINDER 2008], Gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2023 [The Invisible Cities], Ochang Gallery – Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
2018 [PILE], LINA Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2015 [MAGIC REALISM], S Plus Gallery, Busan & Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 [See Through], LINA Gallery, Busan & Seoul, Korea
2023 [Picture walking out of the Photobook], Art Space J, Seongnam, Korea
2022 [More than What Meets the Eye], GALLERY bk, Seoul, Korea
2022 [KOREAN ARTIST] by ART SOHYANG, SHINSEGAE Centum City, Busan, Korea
2022 [Beyond Horizon], GALLERY bk, Seoul, Korea
2022 [Chungcheong Artist], SHINSEGAE Art & Science, Daejeon, Korea
2022 [My First Collection], SHINSEGAE Art & Science, Daejeon, Korea
2020 [Look with Inward Eyes], Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
2019 [DeConstructivism], GALLERY bk, Seoul, Korea
2019 [Secret Storage], National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Cheongju, Korea
2019 [The Memory of Space], Kimchungup Architecture Museum, Anyang, Korea
2019 [Discovery of Play] by Museum SODA, Gunpo Book Village, Gunpo, Korea
2018 [MIRACLE CITY 2], The Trinity Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2018 [ILWOO Photography Awards Show 2009-2016], ILWOO space, Seoul, Korea
2018 [VERTICAL IMPULSE HORIZONTAL IMPULSE], Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Korea
2017 [MIXED LIGHTS], SHINSEGAE Myeong-dong Art Wall, Seoul, Korea
2017 [Discovery of Play], SODA Museum, Hwaseong, Korea
2017 [MIRACLE CITY], The Trinity Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2016 [HOME GROUND], Cheongju Museum of Art, Cheongju, Korea
2016 [Seoul Photo Festival (Seoul New Arirang – Like Thousand Miles of Rivers)], Buk Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2016 [DAEGU PHOTO BIENNALE], Daegu Culture & Arts Center, Daegu, Korea
2016 Document, The traces of 10 years, The future of the 10 years, Cheongju Art Studio Gallery, Cheongju, Korea
2016 [PLEASE RETURN TO BUSAN PORT], VESTFOSSEN KUNSTLABORATORIUM, Vestfossen, Norway
2015 [The stream of Korean contemporary art exhibition – Photography], Gimhae Arts and Sports Center, Gimhae, Korea
2015 [AMERICAN APERTURE AWARDS, AX3 Show, 2nd], Wedge Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2015 [Art Exhibition for Children], Jeonbuk Museum of Art, Wanju, Korea
2014 [AMERICAN APERTURE AWARDS, AX3 Show, 1st], Photo Independent, Raleigh Studios Hollywood, Los Angeles, USA
2013 [Dark to Light] by Karen Marr and Laurence Dreyfus, H.M. Tower of London, London, UK
2013 [The Secret Garden – CHOI & LAGER Project], LE FUR CHOI, Paris, France
2013 [Other spaces: Re-imagining Architecture], Bosse and Baum Art Chelsea, London, UK
2013 [Candid Arts Exhibition – February Show], Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
2012 [Now X Here – The 5th UK Korean Artists Exhibition], The Korean Cultural Centre, London, UK
2012 [BRUSH], The Greenwold Art, Concrete in Shoreditch, London, UK
2012 [The Salon Art Prize 2012, 2nd], Griffin Gallery, London, UK
2012 [The Recent Graduates’ Exhibition] by Jessica Hall, Battersea Evolution, London, UK
2012 [The Salon Art Prize 2012, 1st], Matt Roberts Arts Gallery, London, UK
2012 [53 Degrees North Exhibition], The New School House Gallery, York, UK
2012 [The AOP Students Awards 2012 Exhibition] by AOP, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK
2012 [PLACE NOT FOUND], Forman’s Smokehouse Gallery, London, UK
2012 [Map the Korea] by 4482, Bargehouse Gallery, London, UK

RESIDENCY PROGRAM
2014-2015 Cheongju Art Studio, Cheongju, Korea

SELECTED AWARDS
2013 Winner, The publication Prize of the 5th ILWOO Photo Awards, ILWOO Foundation and HATJE CANTZ, Korea and Germany
2013 Selected, The 5th Soohoh Gallery New Artists Awards, Soohoh Gallery, Korea
2013 The Top 100 Finalists, ART TAKES PARIS, SEE ME, US
2013 The First Prize(Professional Collage Category), AMERICAN APERTURE AWARDS, US
2013 The First Prize, Gallery Lux Emerging Artists Awards, Gallery Lux, Korea
2013 Selected, Candid Arts Exhibition, Candid Arts Trust, UK
2012 Selected, Now X Here : The 5th UK Korean Artists Exhibition, The Korean Cultural Centre, UK
2012 Selected, The Salon Art Prize, Matt Roberts Arts Gallery, UK
2012 Selected, 53 Degrees North Exhibition Award, The New School House Gallery, UK
2012 The MERIT(first) Prize, The AOP(The Association of Photographers in the UK) Students Awards, UK

SELECTED ARTICLES
2021 [Kunst und Unterricht – Collagieren im Gestaltungsprozess], Nr. 451/452 2021, ARCHISCULPTURE, Friedrich Verlag GmbH, Germany
2020 [Von Künstlerinnen und Künstlern inspiriert], ARCHISCULPTURE, Handschin & Handschin KIG, Switzerland
2017 [CONTEMPORARY KOREAN PHOTOGRAPHY], ARCHISCULPTURE – BEOMSIK WON, ILWOO Foundation and HATJE CANTZ, Korea and Germany
2017 [THE INTERIOR POST], No.7, September, ARCHISCULPTURE, Germany
2017 [ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST], Archisculpture: Los edificios IMPOSIBLES de Beomsik WON, Spain
2017 [yatzer], Archisculpture: Surreal Collages of Buildings by Beomsik WON, Worldwide
2016 [VOGUE KOREA], No.241, August, VOGUE20, Korea
2016 [The Age of Collage Vol. 2 by gestalten], Archisculpture, Germany
2015 [Lumas Art Magazine], spring:summer, Archisculpture, Germany
2015 [ARCHITECTURAL DIGEST], Archisculpture, USA
2015 [TK21], No. 43 & 44, ARCHISCULPTURE Review by Jean-Louis POITEVIN, France
2014 [CUT OUT FOR COLLAGE] published by INDEX BOOK in Spain
2014 [I.T POST, fashion/creative book published in HK], spring/summer. issue 15, Archisculpture Collage, Hong Kong
2014 [South Square(law firm in London) DIGEST], February, COVER STORY-Archisculpture Project, UK
2012 [British Journal of PHOTOGRAPHY], Volume 159, Issue No 7802, July, Archisculpture Project, UK
2012 [π (Pi)] – Magazine of UCL University, Issue 692 March, Archisculpture Project, UK

SELECTED MEDIA APPEARANCE
2019 [Her Private Life] tvN TV series, ARCHISCULPTURE, Korea
2018 [SKY CASTLE] jtbc TV series, ARCHISCULPTURE, Korea
2017 [BLACK KNIGHT] KBS TV series, ARCHISCULPTURE, Korea

PUBLICATION
2015 [BEOMSIK WON – ARCHISCULPTURE] by ILWOO Foundation and HATJE CANTZ, Germany

SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Cheongju Museum of Art, Korea
Daegu Art Museum, Korea
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Bank, Korea
ILWOO Foundation, Korea
Law Firm South Square, UK
UNION, UK

Numerous private and art gallery collections.