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Artist statement

My artwork can be regarded close to Land Art or Earth Work since it is made of natural objects in a natural space. The term 'Earth Work' is also called 'Land Art' because it takes place on land of which its materials are natural objects themselves with forms of earth, wood, and water, etc. My work are about a conjunction of nature and artifi ciality; in other words, it captures moments of sculptural form us-ing rubber plates, which is made of synthetic substance, with a camera as tool on the natural space of land.

I pursue an Oriental painting-like work. work on a photographic paper (which substitutes for a canvas) using the camera instead of brush, and by employ-ing black and white color instead of 'muk' (Korean traditional black ink), I attempt to express an object with abstract forms like one huge handwriting in real, natural landscape/background, and seeking for a harmony and meaning in it.

First, I brought out the sculptural works and placed them in an appropriate place. I used to work with full range of colors, but then, in the process of cap-turing the one-day exhibit (or, installation ephemere) in photographs, my concern was diverted from the color to the depth of black-and-white after I began to use discarded rubbers that were found at a coal factory.

Then placed a rubber plate, which varies with its surroundings organically, in ap-propriate places and took the pictures of it. I felt deep attachment to this rubber plate which was dumped and collected at a coal factory. I began to work with it by chance, and after that, it led my interest into the monochrome work rather than the colored that I used to work on before. The rubber plate that has lost its use was recognized as a property of matter- black colored, a variability changing its form according to the surroundings. Indeed, it gave a strong impression that I could imagine myself drawing one big stroke in the nature.

Situated in a place that reminds us of an Oriental ink-and-wash painting, the fl exibility of the substance of black rubber (changing its form according to where it is placed, and assimilating itself into other materials such as water despite it does not refl ect its surroundings) conveys a great expressional charm itself.

Dohee Yoo

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EDUCATION

2003 Master’s degree in Formative Arts, University of ParisVIII, France2000 Bachelor’s degree in Formative Arts, University of ParisVIII, France1999 DNSEP ( Dipôme Nationale Supérieur d’Expression Plastique) Fine Art College of Rouen, France1997 DNAP ( Dipôme Nationale Arts Plastiques) Fine Art College of Le Havre, France

SOLO EXHIBITION

2013 Invitation Exhibition 'Landscape' The K gallery, Seoul, Korea2009 “ Anchor my hope” gallery Lux, Seoul, Korea2004 "Track" gallery Gaia, Seoul, Korea2000 L’Espace Saint Michel, Paris, France

WORK EXPERIENCE

2013 Exhibition of group " The marche of Kongjwi and Patjwi, Ami Art Museum, Dang-jin. Chungnam, Korea 2012 Exhibition of group ‘Triangle’ Palais de Seoul, Seoul Exhibition of Seoul Arts Association. Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul2011 Exhibition of group ‘After Paris 80… image’, Palais de Seoul, Seoul Group invitational exhibition “Exhibition opening”, Ami Art Museum, Dang-jin. Chungnam Exhibition of Seoul Arts Association. Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul Exhibition of Seoul Arts association, ‘Modern Art Show, China2010 Exhibition of group “Decalge” gallery Cerestar, Seoul Group invitational exhibition gallery Logos , Gwacheon city, Korea2009 Exhibition of group “ Decalage horaire” gallery Yang, Seoul2008 Participation of opening perfomence in Gwangju biennal2007 Interior design and display for store opening2006 Exhibition of group ”Puzzle project” in Japan,England,USA Prop Designer in a short fi lm “ Morphine2006” Costume director in a short fi lm “ Save picture whit other name”2005 Musical CARMEN, Prop Designer Art department in a short fi lm ‘Folding Paper’ Art director of opening party for ‘French Experimental Movie ` Festival’2004 Grand store “Home Plus” open display Exhibition of group “2004 Global Art In New York” in NY, USA2003 Michael Lin’s assistant for the project “Flower Power” for The Consortium, Lille, France.1999 Exhibition of group, « Stamp », Rouen,France Exhibition of group for Dipoma, Rouen,France1998 Erasmus with Staatliche Academie der Bildenden Kûnste karlsruhe ` In Germany Exhibition of group ¨Sculpture Photograph¨ , Rouen, France “Tangram”, Rouen, France “Erasmus – Stipendiaten”, Karlsruhe, Germany 1997 Workshop for ¨Sculpture Photograph¨, Harcourt, France1991 – 1993 Display Artist of Apparel Shin- Han international Corporation, Seoul,Korea

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