Born in 1958 in Incheon, U Sunok graduated from Dusseldorf Kunstakademie, Germany after she earned BFA & MFA in Painting at Ewha Womans University in Seoul. She met her lifelong teacher Prof. Uecker in Dusseldorf, whose humanity and philosophy in art influenced the artist. In addition, Conceptual art of Germany intensely fascinated the artist, forming her own artistic philosophy through and around it.
Read MoreFor the past 15 years, the artist has been dealing with the following themes: space, existence, and absence, which are directly related to her meditative life. As such, her works transmit (Korean) beauty of emptiness and the elements of German Conceptual art. She often includes poetical writings with paintings and installation pieces and final pieces display her focus on emptiness and simplicity.
Text courtesy Kukje Gallery.