AN Irip (b. 1990, Seoul, South Korea) is an artist based in Seoul. He received his BFA in Painting from Sejong University and later earned his MFA in Painting at the same institution. Beginning with his early 'Instinct series' around 2013, his work has dealt with the primordial narratives of nature through the lens of survival and the aesthetics of the sublime. Drawing on visual cues from microscopic observation, he has since expanded his practice to explore the subtle narratives that emerge within the interactions of life and environment. More recently, he has extended the colors of dancheong (traditional Korean decorative painting) and the East Asian concept of spatial void (Yeo-baek 如白) into a painterly language, reflecting on the gaps between time, space, and existence in his ongoing Ma series.
He has held solo exhibitions including TRUE-BLUE (Spectrum Gallery, Seoul, 2021), Survivalism (ARTWA, Seoul, 2018), and Bleachers (Lespace71, Seoul, 2014). His group exhibitions include Fear : X (Indie Art Hall Gong, Seoul, 2018), The 5th Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art: Tomorrow’s Artists (Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art, Seoul, 2014), and HOTIST Curator’s Choice (Gana Art Center, Seoul, 2012), among many others. He was awarded the Tomorrow’s Artist Prize by the Gyeomjae Jeongseon Museum of Art (2014), and his work is included in the collection of the Embassy of the Republic of Cyprus in the Republic of Korea.
Sole Exhibitions
2021 True-Blue (Gallery Spectrum, Seoul)
2020 Beautiful Disaster (Starfield, Hanam, Korea)
2020 The painting remained material (Gallery Roun, Seoul)
2019 ONE'S LIFETIME (Can.verse 10G45 ,Seoul)
2018 SURVIVAL: ISM ( Gallery ARTWA, Seoul)
2015 The Rest (Gallery in Sejong univ, Seoul)
2014 The Decolorized (Lespace 71 ,Seoul)
2014 Instintual Drive (Gallery 2tti, Seoul)
2014 Potential (Gallery Jireh, Paju, Korea)
2021 True-Blue (Gallery Spectrum, Seoul)
2020 Beautiful Disaster (Starfield, Hanam, Korea)
2020 The painting remained material (Gallery Roun, Seoul)
2019 ONE'S LIFETIME (Can.verse 10G45 ,Seoul)
2018 SURVIVAL: ISM ( Gallery ARTWA, Seoul)
2015 The Rest (Gallery in Sejong univ, Seoul)
2014 The Decolorized (Lespace 71 ,Seoul)
2014 Instintual Drive (Gallery 2tti, Seoul)
2014 Potential (Gallery Jireh, Paju, Korea)
Group Exhibitions
2021 Alone, and together (Gallery Insa Art, Seoul, Korea)
2020 Spectrum X-Mas (Gallery Spectrum, Seoul, Korea)
2020 The 3rd New thinking art 2020 (Gallery namu, Seoul)
2020 Win-win leap (Gallery Roun, Seoul, Korea)
2020 The 1rd Gallery Chungmuro (Gallery Chungmuro, Seoul)
2019 Art window (Gallery sain, Seoul)
2019 Open call of Artspace H (Artspace H, Seoul)
2019 Above All (Galley A, Seoul) 2018 HAUNTING BEAUTY (Artist rian, Seoul)
2018 Fear : X (Indie Art Hall GONG, Seoul)
2014 JW Young Art Award (Artspace H, Seoul)
2014 The National College of Art Competition (Hongik Art Center Gallery, Seoul)
2014 The 5rd Artists of tomorrow Gyeomjae Jung Sun (GyeomjaeJeongseon Art Museum, Seoul)
2013 SPACE 404 Exhibition of M.F.A Sejong Univ. Dept.Fine Arts (Gallery in Sejong university, Seoul) 2013 The 4rd Young Artists Competition Gallery Jireh (Gallery Jireh, Paju, Korea)
2012 The 4rd Insa Art Festival (Ara Art Center, Seoul)
2012 HOTIST Curator's choice (Gana Art center, Seoul)
2012 Young Artists Competition (Gallery a-cube, Seoul)
2021 Alone, and together (Gallery Insa Art, Seoul, Korea)
2020 Spectrum X-Mas (Gallery Spectrum, Seoul, Korea)
2020 The 3rd New thinking art 2020 (Gallery namu, Seoul)
2020 Win-win leap (Gallery Roun, Seoul, Korea)
2020 The 1rd Gallery Chungmuro (Gallery Chungmuro, Seoul)
2019 Art window (Gallery sain, Seoul)
2019 Open call of Artspace H (Artspace H, Seoul)
2019 Above All (Galley A, Seoul) 2018 HAUNTING BEAUTY (Artist rian, Seoul)
2018 Fear : X (Indie Art Hall GONG, Seoul)
2014 JW Young Art Award (Artspace H, Seoul)
2014 The National College of Art Competition (Hongik Art Center Gallery, Seoul)
2014 The 5rd Artists of tomorrow Gyeomjae Jung Sun (GyeomjaeJeongseon Art Museum, Seoul)
2013 SPACE 404 Exhibition of M.F.A Sejong Univ. Dept.Fine Arts (Gallery in Sejong university, Seoul) 2013 The 4rd Young Artists Competition Gallery Jireh (Gallery Jireh, Paju, Korea)
2012 The 4rd Insa Art Festival (Ara Art Center, Seoul)
2012 HOTIST Curator's choice (Gana Art center, Seoul)
2012 Young Artists Competition (Gallery a-cube, Seoul)
Publications / Thesis
2014 A Study on the Representation of Absent Images through Carnivalesque and Festival Mechanisms (Graduate School of Sejong University, Seoul)
2014 A Study on the Representation of Absent Images through Carnivalesque and Festival Mechanisms (Graduate School of Sejong University, Seoul)
2014 4th JW Jung Young Art Award (JW Pharmaceutical Foundation, Seoul)
2014 1st National University Art Competition (Art & Criticism, Seoul)
2014 5th Tomorrow’s Artist Selection Geomjae Jeongseon Museum (GeomjaeJeongseon Art Museum, Seoul)
2012 33rd Sejong University Department of Painting Graduation Exhibition (Sejong University, Seoul)
2014 1st National University Art Competition (Art & Criticism, Seoul)
2014 5th Tomorrow’s Artist Selection Geomjae Jeongseon Museum (GeomjaeJeongseon Art Museum, Seoul)
2012 33rd Sejong University Department of Painting Graduation Exhibition (Sejong University, Seoul)
Education
2015 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A)│Sejong University, Seoul
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A)│Sejong University, Seoul
2015 Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A)│Sejong University, Seoul
2013 Bachelor of Fine Arts (B.F.A)│Sejong University, Seoul