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.

남석우(b.1997)은 조선대학교 미술대학 서양화 전공을 졸업했다. 기체(2026, 서울), Space DDF(2025, 광주), 유스퀘어-문화관 금호갤러리 (2023, 광주)에서 개인전을 가졌고, 주요 그룹전으로는 기체(2025, 서울), 광주시립미술관 하정웅 분관 (2024, 광주), 아크갤러리 (2023, 광주), 산수싸리 (2023, 광주) 등이 있다.