Hong Bomi

Artist Hong Bomi engages her body as a conduit for thought. It was almost predestined that she would gravitate towards drawing, which for her entails walking, as she existentially values physical movement and sensory perception. The artist navigates a complex interplay between her subjective senses and the objective world, questioning and affirming her perceptions. Hong assesses the world that she would reach through the lens of bodily sensations, memories, and pertinent information. Consequently, drawing, for the artist, is not only a record of her sensory experiences but also an encapsulation of her reflective practice concerning these sensations. In her previous works, Hong's focus on the quantitative aspects of presented images and her spatially reconstructive installation methods encourages viewers to contemplate what we ought to perceive and ponder amidst the wider spectacle of images. She has conveyed this emphasis through intensely physical performances, ceaselessly walking and physically engaging with objects. Hong continually investigates the existence and role of art in her immediate real-life surroundings, exploring physical distance, time, and emotional relationships. Hong’s art embodies the inherent destiny of drawing: a medium destined to continuously evolve from bodily-learned memories, overlaid by imagination, to an unfinished conclusion — a trait that likens drawing to a living entity. At present, the artist has ventured into media experiments, creating drawings that are incorporated into installations both inside and outside gallery spaces, as well as videos.

Submitted by KAMS - Korean Arts Management Service