Jong Oh

Jong Oh

Jong Oh was born in 1981 in Mauritania, North Africa and moved to Korea at age 15. Received his bachelor degree in Fine Arts from Hongik University in Seoul and eventually his master from School of Visual Art in New York, where he now lives and works.

Korean artist Jong Oh creates minimal sculptures that respond to the given spatial situation. In his compositions, Oh makes use of a limited selection of materials: string, fishing line, Plexiglas, and wooden rods. The works require an increased awareness of delicate oscillations and variations. Jong Oh is thus clearly making a case for an attention to small details, especially in the hectic bustle of everyday life.

Alternating between sculpture and intervention, intangible image and installation, Oh considers each of his works as a carefully composed visual poem.

In 2016, held a solo exhibition at the University of Connecticut Art Galleries. In 2014-5, he had solo exhibitions at Krinzinger, Austria; Jochen Hempel, Leipzig; and MARSO, Mexico City. He has been in numerous group exhibits worldwide.

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Submitted by Dan Galeria