Seokwoo NAM explores the relationship between images and narratives, drawing motifs from personal experiences, myths, novels, and poetry interwoven within memory. He places different times and places, figures and scenes within a single frame, examining the interactions that emerge through their connections. In particular, the artist constructs each scene as a dramatic moment by positioning figures to perform certain actions or poses, like actors on a stage, thereby inviting the viewer’s imagination. In his recent work, NAM adopts “preservation” and “storage” as key concepts, using earthenware jars as a central motif and narrowing the scope of his practice to the relationship between image and narrative itself, with a focus on the organic dynamics of storytelling. While each scene appears complete and independent, it is never fixed as a single, coherent story. Moreover, the recurring figures engaged in brushing or weaving the canvas in works such as Between Pushed-in Horns and Pierced Holes (2024) and Frame (2024) suggest that the artist’s everyday thoughts and emotions are projected onto the surface.
Seokwoo NAM(b.1997) graduated Chosun University (Gwangju) with B.F.A in Painting. He has held solo exhibition at U·Square kumho gallery (2023, Gwangju). He has staged and participated in various group exhibitions at Gwangju Museum of Art (2024, Gwangju), Ark art gallery (2023, Gwangju), Sansussari (2023, Gwangju), and more.Seokwoo NAM
b. 1997, Lives and works in Gwangju, Korea
EDUCATION
2022 B.F.A Painting, Chosun University, Gwangju, Korea
SOLO EXHIBITION
2025 Rolling and Growing, Space DDF, Gwangju, Korea
2023 Between Optimism and Discouragement, U.Square- Kumho Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025 Dokkaebi Fire, Space DDF, Gwangju
4’34”, KICHE, Seoul, Korea
2024 Young Artist Exhibition: Art in the Age of Hyperimages, Ha Jungwoong Museum of Art
Gwangju, Gwangju, Korea
2023 Place: Transformation of Locality, Ark Gallery, Gwangju, Korea
From One to Ten: A Portrait, Sansussari, Gwangju, Korea
RESIDENCY
2022 Young Artists Support Center, Gwangju Museum of Art, Korea
남석우(b.1997)은 조선대학교 미술대학 회화학과 서양화과를 졸업했다. 개인전으로는 유스퀘어-문화관 금호갤러리 (2023, 광주)에서 가졌고 광주시립미술관 하정웅 분관 (2024, 광주), 아크갤러리 (2023, 광주), 산수싸리 (2023, 광주) 등에서 그룹전을 가졌다.
b. 1997, 광주 거주 및 작업
학력
2022 조선대학교 미술대학 회화학과 서양화전공 졸업
개인전
2025 ≪구르는 그리고 커지는≫, SPACE DDF, 광주
2023 ≪낙관과 낙담 사이에서≫, 유스퀘어-문화관 금호갤러리, 광주
주요 그룹전
2025 《도깨비불》, Space DDF, 광주
《4’34’’》, 기체, 서울
2024 《하정웅미술관 광주청년작가전 <하이퍼이미지 시대의 미술>》, 광주시립미술관 하정웅 분관, 광주
2023 《자리:지역성의 변용》, 아크갤러리, 광주
《하나에서 열의 초상으로》, 산수싸리, 광주
레지던시
2022 광주시립미술관 청년예술인 지원센터 입주작가 선정
