ARTIST

 

Kim Seon Gu

The combined abstract elements depicted in Mr. Kim Seon-Gu’s sculpture form the attainable concrete structures. Human characters, horses, bulls, watercrafts, etc, casting in metals, all coagulated in an instantaneous moment, agglomerating instant power and force, visualize the orbits of movement; The arrow is fitted to the string, reaching the point of no return; The competitor displays energy and speed, ready to get off the mark; The bull bows and rocks, charged up at the goal; The horse gallops on spindly legs, to usher in pioneer; The shackles are tightened up, and it’s about time to get free unbounded … It all depends on contemplator’s perspective toward the power of life and the heft of “Human” with indomitable spirit. 
  
That’s how the artist impresses us with static substances. The pursuit of art lies in unceasing breakthrough in seeking unique expressing techniques and the artistic language. What he really concerns about is the perfect arc radian, the manifesto of a perfect orbicular morphology.

Education & Teaching (Selected)

1986Dept. of Sculpture, Graduate School of Fine Arts, Hongik University 
1981Dept. of Fine Arts, College of Education, Pusan National University


Awards / Grants (Selected)

1996Grand Prize, International Horse Sculpture Competition, Iwate, Japan
1992Grand Prize, Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center Museum, Seoul
1989Grand Prize, Seoul Contemporary Sculpture Competition, Seoul Daily, Seoul
1988Special Award, National Art Exhibition of Korea, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea


Exhibitions (Selected)

2008Annotation of Power –Kim Seon-Gu Sculpture Exhibition, Levant Art Gallery,Shanghai
2007Kim Seon-Gu Retrospective Exhibition, Xuhui Art Mesuem, Shanghai 
Sculpture Exhibition invited by Jindu Art center China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China
2006Sculpture Exhibition invited by Jindu Art center, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China
2005Sculpture Exhibition invited by Sun contemporary Gallery, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China 
Sculpture Exhibition invited by Shanghai city urban sculpture biennalle, Shanghai, China
2004Sculpture Exhibition invited by Sun Gallery, China International Gallery Exposition, Beijing, China 
Sculpture Exhibition invited by Sun Gallery, Shanghai Art Fair, Shanghai, China 
Sculpture Exhibition invited by Sun Gallery, Art cologne, koln, Germany
2003Kim Seon-Gu Sculpture Exhibition, Sun Gallery, Seoul 
Traveling Art Museum, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea
2000Gallery Wing Inaugural Exhibition, Gallery Wing, Seoul
1999Contemporary Sculptures by 200 Artists, Sun Gallery, Seoul 
Four-Person Figurative Sculpture Exhibition, Sungbo Gallery, Seoul
1997Asia Contemporary Sculpture Exhibition, Busan Culture Center, Busan 
JRA Exhibition, Tokyo, Japan
1996Korean Sculpture Association Exhibition, Art Hall, Seoul 
Kim Seon-Gu Sculpture Exhibition invited by Dongsung Gallery, Seoul Arts Center Museum, Seoul
199595 Suggestion, Johyung Gallery,Seoul
1994Leaders in the 2000s, Unhyun Palace Museum of Art, Seoul
1993Kim Seon-Gu Sculpture Exhibition, Dongsung Gallery, Seoul 
NationalContemporarySculpture Exhibition, Gwangju Arts Center, gwangju
1992Korean Fine Arts Association Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center Museum, Seoul 
Arts Center Inaugural Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center Museum, Seoul 
New Spring Sculpture Exhibition, Press Center, Seoul


Collections (Selected)

Oro Park, Iwate, Japan 
Symbolic Sculpture, Hwang Young-Jo Sculpture Park, Samcheok 
Korean Standard Atomic Power Plant Monument, Uljin 
ASEM International Conference Hall, Seoul 
Jeju Sculpture Park, Jeju 
Security Supervisory Board, Seoul 
Seoul Metropolitan Police Agency, Seoul 
Ulsan Power Plant, Ulsan 
Jeil Life Insurance, Busan 
Korea Plant Service and Engineering, Bundang