Invariably titling his works Simultaneity, Seung-Won Suh (b. 1941) has consistently explored the theme of duality for more than 50 years. According to the artist, “simultaneity enables the unseen to be seen, ensuring that what is happening in the world of nirvana or ‘beyond dark’ could be represented through me.” Around 1990 the rigid geometric forms found in his previous work began to disappear, creating new depths of space composed of smoothly overlapping rectangular forms. This new approach expanded on the artist’s exploration of visible and invisible reality by creating canvases which from a distance appear monotone but on closer examination are revealed to be composed of a variety of colors. Suh approaches his work through a meditative process, viewing his paintings are a crystallization of aesthetic consciousness. “Color embedded in my paintings are the ones containing bland spirits bleached by the state of colors being filtered instead of the colors per se. Through abstinent work, the aesthetic consciousness has been escalated into my spirit and my spirituality on Korea’s exclusive ‘grudge’.”

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Suh Seung-Won, A Half Century of Endeavor and Serenity - Works from 1967 to 2018, Arario Gallery, Seoul

2016
Simultaneity II: Works by Suh Seung-Won, Art Beatus, Vancouver, Canada

2007
GANA Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea

2005
Art Beatus Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Consultancy Ltd, Vancouver, Canada

2002
Gallery Rho, Seoul, Korea

2000
Gallery Hyundai, Seoul, Korea

1999
Tokyo Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1990
Sun Gallery, Seoul, Korea

1985
Daido Gallery, Sappora, Japan

1984
Centro Documentazioni Artivisive / Archivio, Rosamilia, Italy
Muramasu Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1983
Gallery Scope LA, Los Angeles, CA, USA
Five Towers Micro Hall Center, Augustfehn, W. Germany

1982
Fine Art Center, Seoul, Korea

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2018
Arario Gallery at Art Busan, Busan, Korea
Arario Gallery at Art Basel, Hong Kong
Korea: Five Artists, Five Hinsek ‘White’, Tokyo Gallery, Japan

2017
Arario Gallery at KIAF 2017, Seoul, Korea

2016
ORIGIN, Perrotin, Paris, France
The Columns Gallery at KIAF, Seoul, Korea
The Columns Gallery at Art Stage, Singapore

2015
The Columns Gallery at KIAF, Seoul, Korea

COLLECTIONS

National Contemporary Art Museum, Kwacheon, Korea. British Museum, Great Britain, London, England. Walkerhill Art Museum, Seoul, Korea. Hoam Art Gallery, Seoul, Korea. Sapporo Contemporary Art Museum Sapporo, Japan. Seoul Municipal Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea. The 3rd Government Office Building, Daejon, Korea. War Memorial, Seoul, Korea. Sunje Contemporary Art Museum, Kyungju, Korea. Intercontinental Hotel, Seoul.