Nam’s works relate to disintegrating specific reasons why certain objects and scenes encountered in everyday life exist and turning them into mostly vague elements. The appearance of the world visible to the artist becomes the source and material of his artworks. His transcription, which contains the futility of persistence, symbolizes the lethargy experienced by the millennials beyond merely portraying the appearance, while recording the process of accepting the phenomenon.
These processes become part of his artworks.
The solo exhibition of Dahoon Nam #23 narrates through ‘traces of traveling’ — life in the current pandemic with restricted freedom to roam. His works, which embody the objects and scenes we may come across while traveling, focus on somewhere between familiar and unfamiliar, and narrate memories rather than objects. The works of Nam which ambiguously portray the reality ask the audience how to perceive and judge objects. In Cafe 1, the artworks covering coincidental elements that can be found during traveling will be presented. The artworks which appear realistic will appeal to the audience as unrealistic sceneries, illustrating the artist's unique artistic identity that wavers flexibly at the boundary between creation and destruction and between original and derivative.
In the gallery, the artist’s works will be exhibited, representing his extraordinary artistic language expressed through the transcription based on repeated observations and examinations of a space. The records of a guest house on the third floor of 125 Donggyo-ro before it was converted to a gallery will become a unique piece of artwork embracing the memories of the object through the artist. The artistic value will be displayed through topographical features. The gallery, which will help the audience feel as though they are visiting the actual guest house, creates a surreal atmosphere through Nam’s artworks which are completed with a simplified structure and based on his own aesthetic standards. Dahoon Nam brings the audience into the past he has created by forming the basis of his work with the traces of the object to shed a light on a new perspective. In other words, by going beyond exhibiting physical characteristics through his works, the artist wishes to share a series of illusions revealed through the aura of artworks as well as the memories associated with the object. Nam’s artworks, which embody material properties and aesthetic quality in addition to traces of the past, offer a quiet comfort for those depressed in a modern age, who miss the past when everyone was free to travel.
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ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Dahoon Nam (1995-)
Dahoon Nam, born in Korea and raised in Canada, is Toronto He studied art
history at university and started his art work. Runt Solo exhibitions were
held at the gallery and Jaemi-dong Oh, Participated in a number of group
exhibitions at home and abroad, and his work It is in the art museum.
한국에서 태어났으며, 캐나다에서 자란 남다현은 토론토 대학에서 미술사를 공부하며 작품활동을 시작하였다.
룬트 갤러리와 오재미동 갤러리에서 개인전을 개최하였으며 국내외 다수의 그룹전에 참여하였고,
그의 작품은 장욱진 미술관에 소장되어 있다.
CV
Education
2017 University of Toronto, Specialist in Art History
(Honours Bachelor of Arts), Toronto, Canada
Selected Group Exhibitions
2015 Painting 2 Sheridan Exhibition , Oakville, Canada
2016 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition 2016, Toronto, Canada
2017 Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition 2017, Toronto, Canada
Painting Pixels & Pints Exhibition , Mississauga, Canada
2018 The 3rd New Drawing Project , Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju, Korea
2019 The 37th Korea Galleries Art Fair 2019, Seoul, Korea
The 4th New Drawing Project , Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju, Korea
Solo Exhibitions
2019 #21, Rund Gallery , Seoul, Korea
2020 #22, Oh!zemidong Gallery , Seoul, Korea
2021 #23, Dahoon Nam Solo Exhibition , Gallery YOHO, Seoul, Korea
Award
2014 D.L. Stevenson & Sons Award
Textile Museum of Canada Award
2015 Art and Art History Award – Painting 2
2016 Aboveground Art Supplies Faculty Award
YYZ Artist Outlet Award
2017 Faculty Award Excellence in Painting 4
Sculpture Supply Canada Award
University of Toronto Shelley Peterson Student Art Exhibition
2018 New Drawing Project Excellence Award, Chang Ucchin Museum of Art
Collections
Chang Ucchin Museum of Art, Yangju, Korea