Hyewon Yoon
Artist Statement
My recent body of work explores and organizes organic structures and landscapes I pass by in everyday life. I unite and manage images derived from varied life forms such as wood, flowers, plants, and so on. I crystalize these images from the environment to form my own world of emotion and awareness. Through these imagined landscapes, I strive to create a peaceful mind for myself and share my vision of the beauty in nature.
My works of art were formerly realized through oil painting, but has transformed into pen drawn works on canvas and panel. The organic nature of canvas and panels brings out a different visual interpretation of my mental thoughts. The action of drawing fine one–dimensional lines on a permanent platform forces me to meditate deeply about my experience and express it with precision. Unlike oil painting, the permanence of ink does not allow me to retreat or correct which is in likeness to actions taken in true life.
Bio
I completed my M.F.A. at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2005. My work has been exhibited in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles area, and internationally which include the Shermer Art Center, Rosamund Felsen Gallery, Oakland Art Gallery, Berkeley Art Center, Tag Gallery, Torrance Art Museum, Dan-Won Arts Museum, Gallery Space At in South Korea and Galleria Deco in Brazil. I am a recipient of the Murphy & Cadogan Fellowship from the San Francisco Foundation and the 14th Annual South Korea Grand Art Exhibition from The South Korea National Museum of Art. I was born in Seoul, South Korea in 1976. Currently, I live and practice in Chandler, Arizona.