Statement from the Artist -

I still see my ink painting and calligraphy practice as a form of political and social commentary. By focusing on landscapes, flowers, and calligraphic poetry, my work aims to act as a means of intervention: A disruption from the steady exposure to violence and global suffering we often find ourselves subjected to in the art and media we consume.

By working in ink, I am honored to continue a legacy of centuries of artists and scholars who have come before me. Grateful to be a part of a culture and history that expands far greater than myself as an individual.

About the Artist -

Wol-Un b. 1999 (월운, 月雲) is an interdisciplinary artist, based in Vancouver, BC, the unceded traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. Born to parents of Korean and Chinese-Filipino descent.

Wol-Un’s work is informed by the traditions and principals of Korean ink painting and calligraphy. Through the incorporation of sculpture, video, and installation his contemporary approach aims to facilitate connection between historical visual languages, narratives, and aesthetics within a broader, contemporary art discourse. For Wol-Un, painting is a deeply personal and lifelong research endeavor, unpacking what might be found within the dialectics of the antiquated and new.

Wol-Un is a pseudonym, or an “art name” that follows a legacy of East Asian cultures in which artists use pseudonyms to represent things which hold significant value to them or their work. In Korean, this concept of an art name is known as “Ho” (호,號).  Wol-Un is a name derived from hanja (한자, 漢字) characters for Moon (月) and Cloud/Luck (雲).

e-mail:

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