What Park Yong-il has been painting for several years is a bundle (보따리). In past generations, a bundle was commonly used as a school bag, but as packaging material, the bundle is no longer as widespread. Things like plastic wraps and bags have replaced it. Objects that disappear from daily life often reappear in special contexts. Nowadays, bundles are used for "special" purposes, such as wrapping gift sets during holidays. However, the word "bundle" still remains in our daily language. For instance, university lecturers who have not yet settled are called "bundle peddlers," and when someone is expelled from an organization, they are told to "pack up your bundle." Park Yong-il’s paintings of bundles are an extension of his previous works, which focused on the lives of ordinary people in redevelopment areas around the metropolitan area where he lives and works.
SELECTED WORKS
ARTIST BIO
Solo Exhibitions
2020
He-story, String - Polstar Art Gallery (Seoul)
Bo(譜):Bo(補):Bo(寶) - Superior Gallery (Seoul)
2019
Goyang Artist 365 Solo Exhibition - Goyang Aramnuri Gallery Woori (Goyang)
Invitational Exhibition - Sejong Gallery (Seoul)
2017
He-story: In & Out - Road Drawing Gallery (Paju)
Look in Story - Sono Art (Seoul)
Invitational Exhibition - GS Tower The Street Gallery (Seoul)
2016
He-story - Gallery Hogam (Seoul)
He-story - Hoon Gallery (Seoul)
2015
He-story - Art Space Sudabang (Seoul)
He-story - Able Fine Art NY Gallery (Seoul)
He-story - Able Fine Art NY Gallery (New York)
2014
He-story - Gallery IS (Seoul)
2009
Until the Magnolia Blooms - Gallery Croft (Seoul)
2008
Paper Scenery - Weibang Gallery (Seoul)
2007
Hi Seoul - National Goyang Art Studio (Goyang)
2006
Origin 1962-2006 Group Solo Exhibition - Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center (Seoul)
2005
Chaotic Scenery - Insa Art Center (Seoul)
2003
Chaotic Scenery - Gallery Sang (Seoul)
2002
Scenery-Wind - Gwanhun Gallery (Seoul)
2001
Scenery, Wind - Gallery Sang (Seoul)
1996
Solo Exhibition - Namu Gallery (Seoul)
1993
4326 Scenery - Geurim Madang Min (Seoul)
Major Group Exhibitions
2021
My First Collection - Daekyung Museum (Seoul)
Waya Coexistence Project - Complex Cultural Space Kki (Goyang)
2020
Art Gyeonggi X Artro77: 60 Stories - Heyri Art Village (Paju)
2019
Beautiful Journey - Superior Gallery (Seoul)
2018
2018 World Korean Art Festival - Seoul Arts Center (Seoul)
2017
Now, Here - Superior Gallery (Seoul)
Art Busan - BEXCO (Busan)
Korea-Turkey 60th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition - Çankaya Art Center (Ankara, Turkey)
2016
Green Light - Sono Art Company (Seoul)
Battersea Affordable Art Fair - Battersea Park (UK)
2015
SOMA Drawing: Musim - SOMA Museum of Art (Seoul)
Land of Blessings, Yangpyeong - Yangpyeong Museum of Art (Yangpyeong)
YONG IL PARK
ARTIST NOTE
What Park Yong-il has been painting for several years is a bundle (보따리). In past generations, a bundle was commonly used as a school bag, but as packaging material, the bundle is no longer as widespread. Things like plastic wraps and bags have replaced it. Objects that disappear from daily life often reappear in special contexts. Nowadays, bundles are used for "special" purposes, such as wrapping gift sets during holidays. However, the word "bundle" still remains in our daily language. For instance, university lecturers who have not yet settled are called "bundle peddlers," and when someone is expelled from an organization, they are told to "pack up your bundle." Park Yong-il’s paintings of bundles are an extension of his previous works, which focused on the lives of ordinary people in redevelopment areas around the metropolitan area where he lives and works.
SELECTED WORKS
ARTIST BIO
Solo Exhibitions
2020
He-story, String - Polstar Art Gallery (Seoul)
Bo(譜):Bo(補):Bo(寶) - Superior Gallery (Seoul)
2019
Goyang Artist 365 Solo Exhibition - Goyang Aramnuri Gallery Woori (Goyang)
Invitational Exhibition - Sejong Gallery (Seoul)
2017
He-story: In & Out - Road Drawing Gallery (Paju)
Look in Story - Sono Art (Seoul)
Invitational Exhibition - GS Tower The Street Gallery (Seoul)
2016
He-story - Gallery Hogam (Seoul)
He-story - Hoon Gallery (Seoul)
2015
He-story - Art Space Sudabang (Seoul)
He-story - Able Fine Art NY Gallery (Seoul)
He-story - Able Fine Art NY Gallery (New York)
2014
He-story - Gallery IS (Seoul)
2009
Until the Magnolia Blooms - Gallery Croft (Seoul)
2008
Paper Scenery - Weibang Gallery (Seoul)
2007
Hi Seoul - National Goyang Art Studio (Goyang)
2006
Origin 1962-2006 Group Solo Exhibition - Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center (Seoul)
2005
Chaotic Scenery - Insa Art Center (Seoul)
2003
Chaotic Scenery - Gallery Sang (Seoul)
2002
Scenery-Wind - Gwanhun Gallery (Seoul)
2001
Scenery, Wind - Gallery Sang (Seoul)
1996
Solo Exhibition - Namu Gallery (Seoul)
1993
4326 Scenery - Geurim Madang Min (Seoul)
Major Group Exhibitions
2021
My First Collection - Daekyung Museum (Seoul)
Waya Coexistence Project - Complex Cultural Space Kki (Goyang)
2020
Art Gyeonggi X Artro77: 60 Stories - Heyri Art Village (Paju)
2019
Beautiful Journey - Superior Gallery (Seoul)
2018
2018 World Korean Art Festival - Seoul Arts Center (Seoul)
2017
Now, Here - Superior Gallery (Seoul)
Art Busan - BEXCO (Busan)
Korea-Turkey 60th Anniversary Commemorative Exhibition - Çankaya Art Center (Ankara, Turkey)
2016
Green Light - Sono Art Company (Seoul)
Battersea Affordable Art Fair - Battersea Park (UK)
2015
SOMA Drawing: Musim - SOMA Museum of Art (Seoul)
Land of Blessings, Yangpyeong - Yangpyeong Museum of Art (Yangpyeong)
2008
Hanpoong: 20 Artists - Interaction and Dialogue - Zaha Gallery (Beijing, China)
2007
Korea Project - C5 Gallery (Beijing, China)
Open Studio 3 - National Goyang Art Studio (Goyang)
2006
Expansion and Reduction in Modern Art - Hangaram Museum, Seoul Arts Center (Seoul)
1st Malaysian World Art Tourism Expo - Malacca International Trade Center (Malacca, Malaysia)
2005
KAF 2005 - Sejong Center for the Performing Arts (Seoul)
2004
Korea-Japan Modern Art Exhibition - Jikudang Gallery (Tokyo)
2003
French International Salon - Carrousel du Louvre (Paris)
2002
Dong-A Fine Arts Exhibition - National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art (Gwacheon)
2001
Vienna Korean Contemporary Art Exhibition - Palais Palffy Gallery (Vienna)
Residency
2006–2007
Resident Artist, National Goyang Art Studio (3rd term).