Remembering the warm and cosy sunlight from the traditional house of her childhood, Young Hie Nam works with traditional Korean mulberry paper, Hanji, exploring the possibilities of the paper in a plethora of way. “When I was young, I used to live in a traditional Korean house where traditional paper was plastered on the walls. It was only natural that I chose to work with traditional paper as an artist. I can fold, cut or toy with traditional paper, featuring slightly differing hues on each layer. Nam has repeated the same dying process countless times while working on her paintings based on everyday life. The entire process of painting, from folding and unfolding traditional paper, along with dying and coloring, is important and meaningful to Nam. “I wanted to put myself in the shoes of a mother and a grandmother. I am satisfied that I expressed my emotions in the forms of planes and colors in an abstract manner. I believe that continuing my work is a way to a successful life because painting is my life.”

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2018
Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gwangju, Korea

2005
Sabae Contemporary Art Center, Takehu, Japan

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2017
MANIF23! Seoul International Art Fair
Comparaisons, Paris, France

2016
Kim Whanki International Art Festival, Exhibition of Kim Whanki Art Center, Anjwa-do, Korea

2014
White Sensation, Museum, SAN, Wonju, Korea

2010
Contemporary Arts Roots Exhibition, Hangaram Museum, Korea

2009
Harmony, The Beautiful Encounter Exhibition, Youngeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Korea

2008
Korean Women Artists Space for Lyricism, Seongnam Art Center, Korea

2006
Material and Manifestation Invitation Exhibition, Fukui Museum, Japan

2005
Paper-Life 2005 DK, Silkeborg Paper Museum, Denmark

2004
Luftrum Korean Paper Artists, Okero Cultural Center, Sweden

2003
Inheritance of Paper, 3 Women, Korea Cultural Center, Berlin, Germany
Paper Art Korea Japan, Vasby Museum, Infra Gallery, Sweden

2002
Contemporary Art Fair, Info Art Center, Korea

1995
Print Academy Exhibition, National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul

COLLECTIONS

Museum Rade, Reinbek, Germany. Sangmyung University Museum, Seoul, Korea. Chosun Refractories, Seoul, Korea. Yongeun Museum of Contemporary Art, Gyeonggi-do Korea.