ChoulGyu Lee
In his modern work, an outstanding attribute is noticed. It’s a combination of gold and Han Ji (traditional Korean paper). It’s natural that a Korean painter would use Hanji. However, it is also rare that the painter uses the gold itself in his works, not the gold color with gold dust. Through this method, artist Lee Cheol-gyu has been actively using two uncommon techniques to his work: Gae Keum (repainting of gold) and Keum Bak (gilding), which he happened to learn while on a temple tour. Gold, representing the eternal and precious value, has functioned as a means to expel the devil and ghost from old times. It has a meaning of worship too. In addition, gold represents the mammonism as a symbol of wealth and greed. In his works, Lee Cheol-gyu uses gold to represent both meanings discussed in this paragraph, namely, representing eternal value and a symbol of wealth and greed. So the intention of shortening the spatio-temporal distance through a medium is to exchange information between speaker and listener and to establish the possibility of communication. In the case of Lee Cheol-gyu, communication happens through the medium of ‚gold‘.

B.F.A Dept. of Oriental painting at Woosuk University
M.A.F Dept. of Oriental painting at Hongik University
Solo Exhibition 13th times
Chonbuk Youth prize and Award at Korea Youth Fine Art Festival

Exhibitions

-Solo Exhibition 13th times
-Chonbuk Youth prize and Award at Korea Youth Fine Art Festival
-Seoul Contemporary Art Festival (Fine Art Center, Seoul)
-Challenge of New Millenium Exhibition (Daejeon municipal Museum, Daejeon)
-Paintings and Writings‘ Special Exhibition for Sydney Olympic Anniversary (Sydney ABC Broadcasting Station, Australia)
-02! MANIF Exhibition (Hangaram Gallery at Seoul Art Center)
-Landscape ․ Mountains and Waters ․ Landscape Exhibition (Busan municipal Fine art Museum, Busan)
-Jeonbuk Province Art Museum Opening -Umeoi- Exhibition (Jeonbuk Province Art Museum, Jeonju)
-Jeonbuk Fine Art seeing at Newyork Exhibition (Worldfine art Gallery, Newyork USA)
-The 11th China Shanghai International Arts Festival. Korea Week (Life Centre Contemporary Art Museum, Sanghai China)
-Hongkong hotel art Fair (Mandalin hotel , Hongkong)
-Sanghai Art Fair (Sanghai MART, Sanghai China)
-Art Fair 21 Cologne (Staatenhaus, Cologne Germany)

Collections

Jeonbuk Province Arts Center
Gyeongnam Art Museum
Arts Bank at National Museum of Contemporary Art
Jeonju Historical Museum
Sungkyunkwan University Museum

Artworks

„Blauer Fisch“, YYxXX, 2016

Lee Chol Gyou

„Kleiner Fisch“, YYxXX, 2016

Lee Chol Gyou

„Wasserente“, YYxXX, 2015

Lee Chol Gyou

„Schildkröte“, YYxXX, 2015

Lee Chol Gyou

„Blauer Fisch“, YYxXX, 2016

Lee Chol Gyou

„Kleiner Fisch“, YYxXX, 2016

Lee Chol Gyou

„Schildkröte“, YYxXX, 2015

Lee Chol Gyou

„Wasserente“, YYxXX, 2015

Lee Chol Gyou