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Kang Soolsaeng

About: Kang Soolsaeng, an eco-artist born in Jeju, Korea in 1970, is deeply interested in the existence of living organisms, the natural processes of nature, and the transition of artificial elements into natural ones. Recently, she has immersed herself in farming to illustrate, through her art, the intricate interconnections among a myriad of life forms. Her paintings, photography, video, and installation works depict the process of planting native seeds and harvesting the fruits in accordance with the cycles of the sun and moon. This exploration began with her eco-art project, A Child in the Island and the Ladybug (2004) and took deeper root with The Ladybug Becomes Flowers (2005). Amid the endlessly deferred end to the COVID-19 pandemic in 2021, she presented The Seed’s Hope, in which she counted the number of hopes contained in the seed.

Eco-art is the art of life, probing the coexistence of nature and humankind and interpreting intrinsic human nature. In order to become physically, mentally, and socially healthy, we have an experience of identifying with many different living things. Nature should not be merely perceived as a picturesque view but should be understood as an emotion deeply ingrained in our being. Recognizing our existence as a part of the natural world, we should surrender to life's organic rhythms. Such perspectives permeate Kang's collaborative works like Stone Sprouts After Rain (2020-2021, World Heritage Festival Art Project) and 108 Walking Drawing: Kang Soolsaeng and Kim Misook's 108-day Records (2023). The artist’s contributions extend to various exhibitions, including Daecheong Lake Environmental Art Festival – The Time of Water: 43 Springs (2023), Jeju Biennale: Flowing Moon, Embracing Land (2022), and Geumgang Nature Art Biennale: Again, Multiplicities of Rewilding (2022).

Education

2012
D.F.A Dep of Art, Sungshin women’s University, Seoul, Korea
1998
M.F.A Painting, Sungshin women’s University, Seoul, Korea
1994
B.F.A Painting, Sungshin women’s University, Seoul, Korea

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Solo Exhibition

2022
The 500-pyeong Project, Gallery Biotop, Jeju
2021
The Seed’s Hope, Gallery Biotop, Jeju
2020
The House of Mind, Gallery Biotop, Jeju
2018
An Empty Mind, Gallery Biotop, Jeju
2017
A Walk with My Mother, Gallery Biotop, Jeju
2016
A Clear Mind, Carré des Coignard, Nogent-sur-Marne
2016
Purify the Mind, Gallery Biotop, Jeju
2015
Invitational Exhibition for 8th Anniversary of World Natural Heritage: Natural Paintings, World Natural Heritage Jeju Center, Jeju
2012
易地思之 Empathy, Seong-Ahn Art Museum/Galerie de I'Europe, Jeju/Paris
2010
White Night, Gallery Grimson, Seoul
2008
Just for Memory‘08MB, Dream Gallery, Seoul
2008
Forest of Human, Open the Sensibility, Jeju Art, Jeju
2006
Eco Art Project: Toward Blooming Buckwheat Flower, Donamdong Land, Jeju
2005
Eco Art Project: The Ladybug Becomes Flowers, Donamdong Land/Jeju-Do Folklore and Natural History Museum, Jeju
2004
Eco Art Project: A Child in the Island and the Ladybug, Shinsan Gallery, Jeju
2003
The Invited Solo Exhibition for Kyungin Museum of Fine Arts, Kyungin Museum of Fine Arts, Seoul

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Group Exhibition

2023
108 Walking Drawing: Kang Soolsaeng and Kim Misook's 108-day Records, A.P.23, Seoul
2023
Daecheong Lake Environmental Art Festival: The Time of Water: 43 Springs, Munui Cultural Heritage Complex, Cheongju
2022
3rd Jeju Biennale: Flowing Moon, Embracing Land, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju
2022
Geumgang Nature Art Biennale: Again, Multiplicities of Rewilding, Yeonmisan Natural Art Park, Gongju
2022
World Natural Heritage Jeju Special Exhibition: The Light and Color of the Beginning-Jeju, World Natural Heritage Jeju Center, Jeju
2021
Healing Arts Project: Family and Art, Gallery Biotop, Jeju
2021
2020 Art Project: The Memory of Fire-Path for the Nature, Human and Life, World Heritage Festival Lava Path, Jeju
2020
The Exhibition of Etoile, My Garden, Seolmundae Women's Culture Center, Jeju
2019
Gidang Garden with a View of the Sea, Gidang Art Museum, Jeju
2018
The Story of the Island and the Wind, Art Space IAa, Jeju
2017
Science Art 2017 Carborn Free, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju
2017
Ecological Art 2017 Coexistence-Circulation, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju
2017
The Japan-Jeju Myth Art Exchange Exhibition, Osaka Sakai East Cultural Center, Osaka
2016
Seonheumgot Dongbaekdongsan Wetland Art Festival: Water Forest Bird, Dongbaekdongsan Wetlandcenter, Jeju
2015
4.3 Art Festival: Transparent Tears of Ice, Jeju Museum of Art, Jeju
2014
Jeju Myth around 10 Anniversary Exhibition: Breath of Life, The Myth of the Room, World Natural Heritage Jeju Center, Jeju
2013
Jeju Women's Art Festival, Culture and Art Hall, Jeju
2012
Eco Art Project: The Nest of the Earth, Jeju Museum of Contemporary Art, Jeju
2011
‘Sesarma Intermedia’ and its friends in Gangjeong, Art space C, Jeju