D Hwang
Born in Seoul, South Korea. Currently
lives and works in South Korea.
Studied at Parsons the new school for
Design. 1997, BFA, Fine art.
Currently works as an independent film
maker, painter, photographer and sculptor.
"My work has no meaning, no direction, no strategy, no coherence. Whether it is abstraction or hyper-realism, every image that enters through the two eyes is just an electrical signal transmitted to the brain. The distinction between abstract and non-abstract is only defined by humans.
So for me, figuration and abstraction are the same. When I want to paint a figurative painting, I paint a figurative painting, and when I want to paint an abstract, I paint an abstraction. When I want to make a movie, I make a movie, and when I want to make a sculpture, I make a sculpture. I only pay attention to what I want to express at this moment and set the format according to it.
My work has no meaning whatsoever. If there is something I want to say, I can write it or say it like this. It is the fastest and most direct way to convey meaning. Interpretation of my work is solely up to the audience.
If life is meaningless, then art is meaningless. It is just eating food that suits their taste in the “meaninglessness” of it."
1995 "RANDOM ORDER"- Pleiades gallery, New York, NY - group show.
1996 "ONE"- Pleiades Gallery, New York, NY - solo show.
1997 "HOME MADE AIR" - Tompkin Square Gallery, New York, NY - group show.
1999 "PARKING LOT PROJECT" - Art Sonje center, Seoul, South Korea - group show.
2002 "DARK FACE" - Hello art gallery, South Korea - solo show.
2003 "YOKOHAMA HOTROD CUSTOM SHOW", Yokohama, Japan.
2004 "YOKOHAMA HOTROD CUSTOM SHOW", Yokohama, Japan.
2008 "CARNIVORA" - C POP Gallery in Detroit, USA - group show.
2008 "CARNIVORA" - L'Imagerie Gallery in LA, USA - group show.
2008 "FROM GARAGE" - 2x13 gallery in Seoul, South Korea - solo show.
2008 "INCINERATION" - Youkobo art space in Tokyo, Japan - solo show.
2008 "FANTASTIC CONTRAPTION?" - Device Gallery in LA, USA - group show.
2008 "LK LOTUS AWARD" - HODU Gallery in Seoul, South Korea - solo show.
2009 "STAR WARS EPISODE II" - UNC gallery in Seoul, South Korea - group show.
2009 "ORIGINAL SIN" - FELLINI Gallery, Shanghai, China - group show.
2009 "KOSID DESIGN FAIR" - Coex, Seoul, South Korea.
2010 "Very christmas" - Von Fraunberg art gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany - group show.
2011 "Symphony no7 in major II, allegretto" - Hankuk museum, Yongin city, South Korea - solo show.
2011 "Symphony no7 in major II, allegretto" - Von fraunberg art gallery, Dusseldorf, Germany - solo show
2013 "33 Korean artist's contemporary painting show" - Gangdong Art center, Seoul - group show
2015 "2015 SeMA Artist guild artfair" - SeMA Nam seoul Living arts Museum, South Korea - Group show.
2016 “Another my self in my self" - Gail art Museum, South Korea - group show
2018 "The dictionary of evil" - Gangwon international biennale, South Korea - group show.
2018 "Gyeonggi Archive_Now" - South Korea - group show.
2019 "From Matte Black" - Gallery Imazoo, Seoul, South Korea - solo show.
2020 "[sur] realism" - Hankuk museum, Yongin city, South Korea - group show.