YOUNGJOO JEON

Statement

예측불허의 장면을 대응하는 유연한 태도로 조각과 회화를 제안합니다. 구조와 내용, 매체를 상호 참조해 이 과정에서 느끼는 미묘한 요철을 소재로 작업합니다. 주로 거대하고 느리게 움직이는 맨틀 위, 얇은 지각과 같은 감각을 주는 풍경에 관심을 두고 있습니다.

사계절이 자연재해에 노출된 강원도에서 어린 시절을 보내면서, 각각의 계절에 산불, 홍수, 태풍, 폭설 등의 재난을 겪어왔습니다. 조금 전까지 맑았던 하늘이 순식간에 붉은 연기나, 새까만 구름으로 바뀌는 장면은 저의 예술관에 큰 영향을 주었습니다. 예를 들어 평범한 풍경에서도 폭풍 전야의 긴장감을 포착하려 하거나, 평면 매체에서 질감과 같은 입체적 요소를 추출해 조각화하는 작업방식은 재난의 경험에서 얻은 과민으로부터 시작합니다. 이를 토대로 작업을 진행할 때 이미지나 사용하는 매체에서 거슬리는 요소를 ‘요철’로 보고 주목합니다. 여기서 ‘요철’은 각각의 매체에서 다르게 작동합니다. 회화에서는 평범한 장면이 가지고 있는 긴장이나 기이함으로써 작가가 장면과 마찰하는 지점을 말하는 비유적 ‘요철’로 감각되고, 조각의 소재가 되는 ‘요철’은 회화에서 발견한 물감의 질감, 천의 결, 캔버스 틀의 두께 등의 물리적 ‘요철’로 기능합니다. 일상적인 장면에서 마찰을 일어내는 평면 작업과, 평면 작업에서 거슬리는 물성을 입체 매체의 방식인 캐스팅으로 구현하는 작업을 전개합니다.

Painting

양가적 감각이 교차하며 한 화면에서 마찰과 충돌을 일어내는 풍경에 주목합니다. 우아함과 우스꽝스러움 처럼 삐걱거리는 조합을 섞어 요약된 평면으로 번역하거나 일상적 풍경을 흔들어 감상자와 마찰 시킵니다. 주로 일상적 풍경에서 예상치 못한 긴장감을 포착해 그리는데, 이 풍경은 상이한 감각을 겹겹이 중첩한 순간을 그리고 있어 사건에 대한 복선이나 압축된 장면처럼 느껴집니다. 그리고 얇은 평범함을 뒤집어쓰고 다가와 보는 이와 부딪힙니다. 나는 이제 더 이상 평범하지 않아 보이는 풍경에서 긴장감을 추출하고 과감한 색조나 우발적으로 보이는 스트로크 등으로 반응해 작업합니다.

Black Swan 블랙 스완
2025
oil on canvas, 112.1 x 112.1 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
and Tremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR and Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Chimera 키메라
2026
oil on canvas, 224.2 × 224.2 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Chimera — Three of Swords 세 개의 검
2026
oil on canvas, 112.1 × 112.1 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Chimera — Berserker 광전사
2026
oil on canvas, 112.1 × 112.1 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Chimera — Excalibur 엑스칼리버
2026
oil on canvas, 112.1 × 112.1 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Chimera — Silent Princess 고요한 공주
2026
oil on canvas, 112.1 × 112.1 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

The Watcher 구경꾼
2026
resin, 22.8 × 15.8 × 2.7 cm (2 works left and right)
Duel of Honor 명예결투
2026
oil on canvas, 22.8 × 100.5 cm (center)
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Walpurgis 발푸르기스
2026
oil on canvas, 224.2 × 224.2 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Walpurgis — De vilde Svan 백조왕자
2026
oil on canvas, 75.0 × 224.2 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Walpurgis — Three of Cups 세 개의 잔
2026
oil on canvas, 149.2 × 139.2 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Walpurgis — The Witch 마녀
2026
oil on canvas, 149.2 × 85.0 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Still Life, Still Emotion — Weeping Feathers 번진깃들
2026
watercolor, fine silver on fabric, 15.8 × 22.7 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Still Life, Still Emotion — Exuviae and Wingbeats 허물과 날갯짓
2026
watercolor, fine silver on fabric, 17.8 × 17.8 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Still Life, Still Emotion — Lily of the Valley 은방울꽃
2026
watercolor, fine silver on fabric, 15.8 × 15.8 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Still Life, Still Emotion —Perto do Coração Selvagem 야생의 심장 가까이
2026
watercolor, fine silver on fabric, 15.8 × 15.8 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Still Life, Still Emotion — Weeping Feathers 번진깃들
2026
watercolor, fine silver on fabric, 22.7 × 15.8 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

The Magician 마법사
2026
oil on canvas, 227.3 × 545.4 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

The Magician —The Plague of Rats 쥐떼들
2026
oil on canvas, 227.3 × 181.8 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

The Magician — The Pied Piper 피리부는 사나이
2026
oil on canvas, 227.3 × 181.8 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

The Magician — The Lost Children 사라진 아이들
2026
oil on canvas, 227.3 × 181.8 cm
close-up shot
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Exuviae and Wingbeats 허물과 날갯짓
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 33.4 × 21.2 cm (2 works left and right)
Exuviae and Wingbeats 허물과 날갯짓
2026
resin, 33.4 × 6.8 × 2.7 cm (center)
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Frozen Swan 얼어붙은 스완
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 15 × 15 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

The Apothecary's crocodile 약방의 크로커다일
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 15 × 15 cm(Left)
The Thief Beneath the Door 문틈 밑의 도둑
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 16 × 23 cm(Right)
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Ice Dog 유령개
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 15 × 15 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Winter Apple 겨울 사과
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 15 × 15 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Exuviae and Wingbeats 허물과 날갯짓
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 15 × 15 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Beyond the Grid 격자 아래에
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 23 × 16 cm(Left)
Ice Floe 유빙
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 23 × 16 cm(Right)
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Shell & Lemon 쉘과 레몬
2026
resin, encaustic and oil on panel, 15 × 23.8 × 2.8 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Revontuli — The Egg Thief 달걀 도둑
2026
encaustic and oil on panel, 21.2 × 33.4 cm / 15 × 15 cm / 24.2 × 24.2 cm
Presented in 번진깃들 Weeping Feathers, Hall 1, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Ku'thulhu 쿠툴루
2025
oil on canvas, 130 x 260 cm
close-up shot
Presented inControl Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Ku'thulhu
2025
oil on canvas, 130 x 260 cm
close-up shot
Presented inControl Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Ku'thulhu 쿠툴루
2025
oil on canvas, 130 x 260 cm
close-up shot
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

루쿠툴루Black Swan
2025
oil on canvas, 112.1 x 112.1 cm
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Black Swan
2025
oil on canvas, 112.1 x 112.1 cm
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Ku'thulhu
2025
oil on canvas, 50 x 130 cm
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Klein Bottle
2025
oil on canvas, 112.1 x 112.1 cm
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Klein Bottle
2025
oil on canvas, 20.0 x 40.0 cm
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Black Swan
2025
oil on canvas, 34.8 x 24.2 cm
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Tamed Stuff
2025
watercolor and oil on fabric, 22 x 16 cm
Presented in Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

View of Black Box in the White Cube, 1AO Space, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Chewed Gum of Caldera Lake
2025
oil on canvas, 27.3 x 27.3 cm
Presented in Black Box in the White Cube, 1AO Space, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Chewed Gum of Caldera Lake
2025
oil on canvas, 130.3 x 193.9 cm
Presented in Black Box in the White Cube, 1AO Space, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

View of Black Box in the White Cube, 1AO Space, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Kusshi of Kussharo
2025
watercolor and oil on fabric, 22 x 16 cm
Presented in Black Box in the White Cube, 1AO Space, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Goodsy
2025
watercolor and oil on canvas, 20 x 20cm
Presented in Black Box in the White Cube, 1AO Space, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

Kusshi of Kussharo
2025
watercolor and oil on fabric, 22 x 16 cm
Presented in Black Box in the White Cube, 1AO Space, KR
Photo © Joowoong Choi

View of Tremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Black Swan
2025
oil on canvas, 24.2 x 34.8 cm
Presented in Tremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR

Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Albert
2025
oil on canvas, 193.9 x 130.3 cm
Presented inTremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Albert
2025
oil on canvas, 24.2 x 24.2 cm
Presented inTremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
and Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Goodsy
2025
oil on canvas, 25 x 25 cm
Presented inTremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
and 유빙 Drift Ice, AVP LAB, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Black Swan
2025
oil on canvas, 24.2 x 24.2 cm
Presented in Tremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
and Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Lemon Volcano
2025
oil on canvas, 27.3 x 27.3 cm
Presented inTremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
and Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Lemon Volcano
2025
oil on canvas, 80.3 x 100.0 cm
Presented inTremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
and Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Lemon Volcano
2025
oil on canvas, 60.6 x 60.6 cm
Presented inTremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
and Control Freak, AG gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Phobia
2024
oil on canvas, 112.1 x 112.1 cm
Presented inTremor & Gage, Hiden M gallery, KR
and Aggro Swap, CDA gallery, KR
Photo © Ian Yang

Cross
2023
watercolor and oil on fabric, 22 x 16 cm
Presented in Aggro Swap, CDA gallery, KR
Photo © Jeongkyun Goh

Over the Rainbow
2022
oil on canvas, 60.6 x 60.6 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Ghost Window 여우창문
2022
oil on canvas, 112 x 112 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Ghost Window 여우창문
2022
oil on canvas
65.1 x 65.1 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Ghost Window 여우창문
2022
oil on canvas, 60.6 x 60.6 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Shadow Tag 그림자 밟기
2022
oil on canvas, 60.6 x 60.6 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Ghost Window 여우창문
2022
oil on canvas, 65.1 x 65.1 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Real Pixel
2022
water based oil paint on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Real Pixel
2022
water based oil paint on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

Real Pixel
2022
water based oil paint on canvas, 30 x 30 cm
Presented in 노멀매핑 Normal Mapping, Space CAN, KR
Photo © Dohyeon Lee

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