Sungchul Hong
Born 1969 in South Korea
Hong Sungchul completed an M.F.A and B.F.A in sculpture at Hongik University in Seoul before finishing another M.F.A in Integrated Media at California Institute of the Arts in the US. Since graduating he has exhibited many times in the Far East, the USA and Europe and his work features in several international collections. The Pontone Gallery presents his latest pieces in an exclusive show at their new space in Chelsea.
The work takes the form of sculptural constructions, mostly wall based reliefs, (although some pieces are free-standing). Sequences of elastic cords are printed with photographic images and stretched over canvasses or within steel frames. These images, from a distance, look entire. However, on closer inspection, they become increasingly fragmented and fugitive, as the viewer becomes more and more aware of their mode of fabrication. A tension arises out of this rupture of the perception of pictorial flatness.
The images are of arms and hands grasping, holding and intertwining, sometimes manipulating a string of beads or a wad of paper. There is an emphasis on intimacy in their depiction of mutual touch and interrelation. The nature of the construction disrupts this and makes reference to the artist’s wish to ‘reanimate communication’; the disruption makes us take notice.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2017
Solid but Fluid, Pontone gallery, London, UK
2012
Solid but Fluid, HADA | VYNER STREET, London, UK
2011
Solid but Fluid, gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea
Les mains déFILent Les yeux FILent, Galerie Orem, Paris, France
2010
Les mains déFILent Les yeux FILent, Galerie Orem, Paris, France
Solid but Fluid, YHD Projects, Seoul, Korea
2008
Anxiety and dynamics of incompleteness,Kring, Seoul, Korea
2007
Perceptual Mirror, gallery IHN, Seoul, Korea
Young_eun Artist Relay, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Korea
2002
RGB show_Green, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2001
String Tongue, CalArts, Los Angeles, USA
2000
White Cube, CalArts, Los Angeles, USA
Selected Group Exhibitions
2017
Looking Glass, the Cornell Art Museum, Delray Beach, USA
Art Palm Springs, Palm Springs Convention Center, Palm Springs, USA
Affirmation & Interrogation, 021 gallery, Deagu, Korea
Journey to DA VINCI, Art center of Hamyang county, Hamyang, Korea
2016
TAKSU in Art Stage Singapore 2016, Singapore
RARITY SUMMER CONTEMPORARY, Rarity gallery, Greece
Flat-Form Subject & Object, Comix Home Base, Hong kong
SALON 2016, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Binghamton, USA
2015
The Figure in Art, Exhibit A, NY, USA
Material Witnesses, Taksu Galleries, Singapore
From Moment to Moment, Jeju Museum of Art, JeJu, Korea
Portrait Gallery, Kallenbach gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Alma Mater, Gana Art, Seoul, Korea
2014
FEEL LIFE SAF 2014, Waterfall Mansion gallery, NYC, USA
Eye Zone, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Re-presenting Representation VIII, ARNOT ART MUSEUM, New York, USA
SALON3.2014, Anthony Brunelli Fine Arts, Binghamton, USA
2013
Hong Sungchul & Park Seungmo, HADA contemporary, London, UK
Life style 2013, Waterfall gallery, NYC, USA
New waves Korea, Taksu gallery, Singapore
2012
Korean eye 2012, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Out of Frame, Interalia, Seoul, Korea
Temporal Being & On Manner of Forming, Edwin’s Gallery, Jakarta, Indonesia
2011
The Senses ; Interactive Perception, HADA contemporary, London, UK
Korean Collective den Haag 2011, Galerie Noordeinde, Den Haag, Nederland
Double Democracy, artGwangju, Korea
Korean Collective Basel 2011, hall33, Basel, Switzerland
2010
Korea tomorrow, SETEC, Seoul, Korea
Korean Collective London 2010, Albemarlegallery, London, UK
Hong sungdo – Hong Sungchul , Erhard Witzel Gallery, Wiesbaden, Germany
Remind, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Korea
Man Ray & His Heritage, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
2009
The Magic of Photography, Hanmi photo Museum, Seoul, Korea
Shooting Image, KOEX, Seoul, Korea
Varied space, Andy’s Gallery, Seoul, Korea
2008
Artists, what is science for you?, KAIST ,Daejeon, Korea
Contemporary Korean Photographs 1948-2008, MOCA, Gwacheon, Korea
Your Mind’s Eye_Digital Spectrum, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
From Korea in Beijing, Art Seasons Gallery, Beijing, China
2007
Mutual Induction, KTF Gallery the Orange, Seoul
Cool Bits, Sun Contemporary, Seoul
Text in Bodyscape, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Look & See, Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul
2006
Soft Landing- 7 Artists Meet BMW, CAIS Gallery, Seoul
EHS project, Sejong Center, Seoul
1st Anniversary Exhibition, Cube Space, Seoul
2005
R-mutation, Seoul Arts Center, Seoul
Korean Contemporary Sculpture for Citizen, Jebiwool Museum, Gwacheon
Between, Contemporary Art Museum of Hongik University/ Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart, Stuttgart
Issues of Criticism, POSCO Art Museum, Seoul
2004
ADADA 2004_Digital & Imagination, Ewha Gallery, Seoul
Contemporary Art Video & Installation, Daegu Art Center, Daegu
Korea Contemporary Sculpture Accociation 2004, Jinhae
Culture Street, Jinhae Soul & Bowl, Gallery IHN, Seoul
Alternative Realities, EMAF, Ewha Woman’s University,
Seoul
Storytelling Media COMO, SKT Center, Seoul
2003
Fake & Fantasy, Art Center Nabi, Seoul
Charity-Present, Ssamziespace, Seoul
Vision 21, Sungshin Women’s University, Seoul
At Home, KEPCO Plaza, Seoul
Window of Communication-Uijeongbu International Media
Art Exhibition, Uijeongbu Art Center, Uijeongbu
Beauty, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
I, You, Us, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Dreamy Hive, Daling Art Foundation, Seoul
2002
The 2nd Seoul International Media Art Biennale, Seoul
Museum of Art, Seoul
Alchemy, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Korea-Japan Network Art, Art Center Nabi, Seoul/ IMA, Fukui City Art Museum, Japan
2001
Peer, Gallery 825, LA
Immediate Distance, Main Gallery, CalArts, LA
Great Video Installation, D301 Gallery, Calarts, LA
Have a Cool Summer, Track 16, LA
2000
Art Video Screening, Bijou, Calarts, LA
1999
Mold, Bijou, Calarts, LA
Relay, Space Kang, Seoul
1998
New Village-Obsession, Art Center, Seoul
Resonance, Art Center, Seoul
1996
Cinderella Report, Duckwon Gallery, Seoul
Macaroni Western, Hyundai Department Store, Seoul
1995
Team Spirit, Duckwon Gallery, Seoul
Imitation & Rotation, Duckwon Gallery, Seoul
Fusing Cement in Art, Sungkok Art Museum, Seoul
Education & Ego, Space SADI, Seoul
Rebellion of Space, Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
1994
New village-Ecology of Routine Life, Kwanhoon Gallery, Seoul
The 7th Busan Biennial, Busan Art Center, Busan
Booking in Gallery, Gallery BoDa, Seoul
New Village-When, Where with Whom, Battangol Gallery, Seoul
Residency program
Youngeun Studio program (6th), Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Korea
Collections
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
MMCA (National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Korea
Kolon Group, Gwacheon, Korea
Byuksan Fondation, Seoul, Korea
Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Kwangju, Korea
Kumho Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
BOGHOSSIAN Fondation, Brussels, Belgium
Bokwang Group, Seoul, Korea
Pfizer Korea, Seoul, Korea
CJ E&M, Seoul, Korea
F&F, Seoul, Korea
SK Telecom, Seoul, Korea
Commissioned Public Art project
Platinum River building, Seoul Korea
Winstonpark building, Ilsan, Korea
SKT tower Seoul, Korea
Dansung Theater, Seoul, Korea
Deawoo Dosibit building, Seoul, Korea
SK-Reader’s view condo, Seoul, Korea
Platinumvalue building, Seoul, Korea
Theot (Fashion shopping mall), Seoul, Korea
FKI (Federation of Korean Industries Head Office Building) Tower, Seoul, Korea