Wonkun Jun

Color is the “fundamental element” of Wonkun Jun’s art, as the artist explained in an exhibition in 2006. He describes his painting as a manifestation of his sensitivity and the reflection of his emotions with the help of the “physical properties of paint and brush.” For Jun, “paint” and “brush” are humanistic elements and not industrial materials. For him, color is this independent element that allows him to reveal

the emotions emanating from a situation.

By repeatedly applying light acrylic paints to a canvas primed in several layers, he manages to bring out this harmony that, for the artist, emanates from the colors. Jun’s paintings are for him like “a handwritten letter, my desire to fill them with my own colors and symbols, conveying sweet and comforting words.”

1990년대부터 독일에 거주하며 활동하는 전원근 작가는 '색' 이라는 회화의 근본적인 물성을 이용해 단색의 추상적인 영역과 색의 관계를 탐구하며 절제된 단색화를 작가만의 새로운 시각으로 확장해왔다. 색은 전원근의 회화의 기본 요소이며 핵심 주제다. 작가는 시간을 두고 색을 수 없이 중첩 시킴으로써 회화에 시각적 공간을 창조하고 색의 음영이

창조하는 무한한 빛과 색의 깊이를 담아왔다.

전원근 작가는 캔버스에 묽은 아크릴 물감을 스무 번 이상 얇게 덧칠하여 색상을 고르게 분포한 뒤 물과 붓으로 닦아 낸다. 다시 빨강, 노랑 초록, 파랑, 이 네 가지 색을 50 겹 정도 쌓아 올리고 지우는 작업을 반복하는데 이 작업은 길게는 1년 이상이 걸리는 수행의 과정이다. 물감이 벗겨진 자국들과 수 겹의 색의 레이어가 서로 겹쳐져 은은하게 발색 되어 자연스러운 빛깔이 캔버스 밑에서부터 우러나온다

Born in 1970 in Seoul

Works and Lives in Düsseldorf, Germany

EDUCATION

1990-1996 Studies of Liberal Arts and Painting, Chugye University of Arts, Seoul

1998-1999 Studies of Liberal Arts and Painting, Kunsthochschule der Bildenden Künste, Brunswick

1999-2003 Studies of Liberal Arts and Painting, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Federle Class

2003 Degree as master student with Prof. Helmut Federle

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2024

Reasons to learn the language of plants, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, Seoul

2022

Die Insel, Galerie The Box, Düsseldorf
Wonkun Jun, Galerie LVS, Seoul, Korea
Dear Lil, Gallery shoobil, Antwerp Belgium

2021

painted Lines, Gallery Werner Klein, Cologne

2020

Farbe, Galerie Grewenig, Heidelberg
Colors by colors, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart

2019

Colors on colors, Galerie LVS, Seoul, Korea

2018

The Rhythm of Repetition, shoobil GALLERY, Antwerp
Scheinbar monochrom, Galerie artdepot, Innsbruck (with Ronald Kodritsch)
Wonkun Jun & Gabriele Obermaier, Kunstverein Ebersberg e.V.

2017

Wonkun Jun, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Wonkun Jun, Kunstverein Junge Kunst, Trier
Wonkun Jun, Galerie LVS, Seoul, South Korea
Undefinable, Bräuning Contemporary, Hamburg
Wonkun Jun, Galerie Klaus Braun, Stuttgart

2016

Wonkun Jun, Youngen Art Museum, Kyungido, South Korea

2015

Enlightenment, Galerie LVS, Seoul, South Korea
Wonkun Jun, Galerie Cubus-m, Berlin
Wonkun Jun, kunstraumno.10, Mönchengladbach

2014

INSIDE OF INSIDE, Bräuning Contemporary, Hamburg
Farbe und Harmonie, Galerie Werner Klein, Köln
Wonkun Jun, Jun Azumatei, Galerie Katharina Krohn, Basel, Switzerland

2013

Schläft ein Lied in allen Dingen, Galerie m Beck, with Dr. Nicolaus Hipp, Homburg/Saar
It´s me that you need, Galerie Cubus-m, Berlin
Speaking in colors, Galerie LVS, Seoul, South Korea

2012

Untitled2, Projektraum The BOX, Düsseldorf
Wonkun Jun, Galerie Artary, Stuttgart

2011

Wonkun Jun – Resonance, Galerie LVS, Seoul, South Korea
Painting and Drawing, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne

2010

Kunstverein Duisburg, Duisburg
Das Eine und das Andere, kunstraumno.10, Mönchengladbach
Untitled, Projektraum The BOX, Düsseldorf

2009

season opening, Galerie Katharina Krohn mit Yeunhi, Kim, Basel, Switzerland
dialogue, Galerie Herold im Künstlerhause Güterabfertigung, Bremen

2008

Painting, Galerie Werner Klein, Cologne
Wonkun, Jun solo exhibition, Galerie S, Seoul, South Korea
2 junge Koreaner, Galerie schreier & von metternich fine art, Düsseldorf

2007

Blue-vision, Hankeesook Galerie, Daegu, South Korea
Because..., Galerie ON, Seoul, South Korea
Because..., Galerie im National Goyang art studio, South Korea

2006

Im Raum, Kunstverein Heinsberg
Basic element, kunstraumno.10, Mönchengladbach

2005

Farbfeld, Galerie Konard Moenter KG, Meerbusch
Neue Bilder, Galerie im Alten Schloss Gaildorf

2004

Abstraktion, Reduktion, Emotion, Galerie im Kultur Forum, Leverkusen

2003

Der stille Klang, kunstraumno.10, Mönchengladbach

2001

MALEREI, Galerie Konard Mönter KG, Meerbusch

2000

Form, Farben und Facetten mit Andrej Henze, Galerie GRAVÜRE, Essen

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023

From Berlin to Seoul: Crossing Horizons, CHOI&CHOI Gallery, HORI Artspace,
AIF Lounge, Seoul and Bermel von Luxburg Gallery, Berlin