The first exhibition of the New Year at Mokspace opens on 13 February:
Heeseon Byun: Shorthand
13th February – 1st March 2014
Opening night: Thursday 13th February 2014, 6.30 – 8pm
M O K S P A C E | 33 MUSEUM STREET | LONDON | WC1A 1LH | www.mokspace.com
Tuesday – Saturday : 11 am – 6 pm / Sunday – Monday : by appointment
MOKSPACE is delighted to host ‘Shorthand,’ a solo exhibition by London-based Korean artist Heeseon Byun.
Heeseon Byun, a London-based graduate of the Royal College of Art, paints tender, abstract portraits of everyday life. Having worked with oil paint for many years, and with undergraduate and postgraduate training at both Chelsea College of the Arts and the RCA, Byun has cultivated a distinct style of dreamy, schematic portraiture.
Her work is underpinned by the desire to explore one particular question: Is it possible to visualise, through paint and portraiture, the invisible stitches that hold together the fabric of everyday experience?
What is arresting about these images is their ability to capture and transmit an almost tactile experience of intimacy and warmth. Decadent, sweeping brushstrokes surround slight, thoughtful characters, and the viewer is tugged into the scene. Domesticity, food, sports and family life are motifs in Byun’s work, and her heart-warming portraits explore how subtle, simple, and routine actions generate and reinforce powerful bonds between people.
About the artist:
After studying Theology in Seoul, Heeseon Byun relocated to London and has studied painting at Chelsea College of the Arts (BA) and at the Royal College of Art (MA). An interpreter and an art teacher, she has also devoted much of her time to voluntary and community projects in London. We are delighted to host Heeseon Byun’s first solo exhibition.
– Text by Ralph Day, Assistant Curator at MOKSPACE
Congratulations to Heeseon Byun for your first solo exhibition….