Bahk Jong Sun (박종선 ) (born 1969 in Chungbuk, South Korea) is a South Korean artist. He finds inspiration in Korean furniture tradition dating back to the 17th and 18th centuries, as well as in the clean, linear forms of midcentury Scandinavian modernism. Bahk is well known for his modernist forms created by using natural wood.
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITION2010 Echo, Ishikawa International Salon, Kanazawa Time of Wood, Gallery SEOMI, Seoul2009 Journey with Wood, Topohaus, Seoul The Journey to Somewhere, Gallery Corner, Seoul Water, Islet & Repose, Craft Awon, Seoul2007 The Forest of Light and Sound, Craft Awon, Seoul2006 Make a Sound in Wooden Furniture, Haslla Artworld, Gangwon The Sound of Landscape, Chiak Artcenter, Wonju, Gangwon2005 Speak Seriously to the Tree, Gallery Leeham, Wonju, GangwonSELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION2015 Korea now! Design, Craft, Fashion and Graphic Design in Korea exhibition, Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris, France2015 Living In Art II, Connect, Seomi International, Los Angeles, CA, USA2015 Living In Art, Seomi International, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2013 Contemporary Korean Design 2, R20th Century Gallery, New York2010 Contemporary Korean Design, R20th Century Design Gallery, New York2009 A Collision of Sentiments, Acozza Gallery, Wonju, Gangwon2008 Empty Project "The Light", Seogok Church, Wonju, Gangwon The Story of City at Three Persons, Samil Road Storage Theatre, Seoul2005 Asia Pacific Weeks Berlin 2005 Focus Korea, Nomadic Plaza, Berlin* AWARDS
2011 Yumin Creative Awards, The Yumin Cultural Foundation & JoongAng Ilbo Newspaper, Korea* COLLECTIONS
2011 Hana Bank Training Institute, Korea* FAIRS
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