Sangha Yoon
My canvas is a messy tapestry of consciousness, a playful space that mirrors the absurdities of obsession and fantasy.
- Sangha Yoon
Sangha Yoon (b. 1995) is a Korean artist whose practice explores the shifting boundaries between perception and imagination. Through the repeated layering of brushstrokes and a refined use of color, Sangha creates contemplative scenes that draw on memory, fantasy, and the emotional currents of contemporary life. His paintings often feature vivid, childlike figures set against rough, furrowed surfaces—a striking contrast that heightens the tension between innocence and reality. The interplay of luminous imagery and distressed textures evokes a quiet sense of disillusionment, revealing a fragile balance between wonder and lived experience.
His work has been exhibited across Asia and Europe, including at Art Busan (2024), Art Jakarta (2024), Moosey Art in London (2024), Gwangju Media Art Platform (2024), Platform-L Contemporary Art Center in Seoul (2022), and the Asia Culture Center in Gwangju (2021), among others. His paintings are held in major public collections such as the Seoul Museum of Art, the Gwangju Museum of Art, and the Chosun University Museum of Art.
He holds a BA in Contemporary Plastic Media from Chosun University and was a resident artist at the Gwangju Museum of Art’s Young Artist Center. He lives and works between Seoul and Gwangju, South Korea.
EDUCATION
2020 BA in Contemporary Plastic Media, Chosun University, Gwangju, KR
RESIDENCIES
2019 Gwangju Museum of Art Young Artist Center, Gwangju, KR
AWARDS
2024 Exclusive Artist Support Program, Korea Art Management Service, Ministry of Culture Korea
2020 Artist Award, Chosun University Museum, Gwangju, KR
SOLO/DUO EXHIBITIONS
2025 "The castle in the Mirror", Namuso Gallery, The Hague, NL (forthcoming)
2025 "Half Awake, Half Asleep" Duo Show with Monamee, Klamp Gallery, Seoul, KR
2025 "Good Night Snooze", Artspace House, Gwangju, KR
2024 "Edges of Perception", Duo Show with Tian Teng, Namuso Gallery, The Hague, NL
2024 The Solo Project Brussels, Brussels, BE
2024 "Thought Bubble of Vanishing Dreams," Gallery Combinworks, Seoul, KR
2022 "Every Day Christmas," Gallery Hoza, Mokpo, KR
2021 "Sporekid: 19p-27p," Gallery MEME, Seoul, KR
2020 "Gray City" Gallery Hoza, Mokpo, KR
2019 "A Collapsed Playground," Gallery Marron, Seoul, KR
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Art Busan, Busan, KR (forthcoming)
2025 "Dokkaebi Fire", Space DDF, Gwangju, KR
2024 Art Jakarta, Jakarta, ID
2024 Art Busan, Busan, KR
2024 "Hetero Phony: A Decade of Song" Gwangju Media Art Platform, Gwangju, KR
2024 "Well Cold Group Exhibition," Moosey Art, Islington, London, UK
2023 "Method of Expression," EZ Gallery, Shanghai, CN
2023 "Congratulation", Middleman Gallery, Busan, KR
2022 "Pictures", Shinsegae Gallery, Gwangju, KR
2022 "PACK 2022", Platform-L Contemporary Art Center, Seoul, KR
2022 "Urban Break 2022", COEX hall B, Seoul, KR
2021 "Gwangju Media Art Festival", Asia Culture Center, Gwangju, KR
2021 "The Future is Not to Predict, but to Imagine", Daegu Art Factory, Daegu, KR
2021 "A Relative Drift Machine", Memory Factory 1945, Sunchun, KR
2020 "13th Gwangju Biennale, Exhibition, Exhibition Report", Space ppong, Gwangju, KR
2020 "Magical Reality Matrix", Haedong Art & Culture Platform, Damyang, KR
COLLECTIONS
Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul, Gwangju Museum of Art, Gwangju, Chosun University Museum Museum of Art, Gwangju
