Kho Nakbeom
Kho Nak Beom received bachelor’s and master’s degrees in painting from Hongik University.
His works can be described as his psychology of color, cultural perspectives, ideas and memories as an artist, captured in still form on canvas. Kho’s trademark ‘Color Stripes’ and 〈Museum Project〉, the Portrait Museum series based on them, are a collection of works that extract colors, place them within certain prescribed limits, and capture them in motionless form.
Kho has held solo exhibitions at destinations including Gallery Yamaguchi(2002), Cais Gallery and Leeahn Gallery in Daegu(2007) and Coreana Museum of Art(2010). His works are included in the collections of institutions including Korea’s National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Daelim Museum, Busan Museum of Art, Coreana Art Museum and Fukuoka Art Museum. Kho’s works have also been featured in group exhibitions including 《Walking on Color》 at Interalia(2009), 《Study》 at Savina Museum(2011) and 《SeMA Gold 2012: Hidden Track》 at Seoul Museum of Art(2012).
5) SECRETS OF RUSSIA at KIASMA (Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki) 2012.
A collaboration with traditional Russian manufacturers. In 2011 Aamu Song and Johan Olin set on a journey to explore Russian manufacturing secrets. The travels, which took us from Moscow to Urals, into Siberia and to the Caucasus, resulted in collaboration with more than ten of traditional manufacturers. The collection was first shown at KIASMA Museum of Contemporary Art in Finland in 2012. All designs: COMPANY (Aamu Song & Johan Olin)