1970 Born in Gunsan, South Korea

Lives and Works in Seoul

Following his first solo exhibition titled The Steel Sun in 2000, he co-organized Artistic Acts through Hacking(2001) – a ‘research group on art, society and media’ with contemporarian artists, organizers and media researchers – and Parasite-Tactical Media Networks(2004-2006), etc. and conducted research and artistic activities. Throughout the period, he released artworks raising aesthetic questions on art and society, including Flexible Landscape(2008, 2009), Extreme Private Practice(2010), Mutual Escape(2010) and Twin Peaks(2011). He also participated in such group exhibitions as Wrap Around the Time(Nam June Paik Art Center), The special project for the 20th anniversary of the Gwangju Biennale: “Sweet Dew – Since 1980”(The 5.18 Democracy Plaza, Gwangju), The Future is Now!(La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille) and Bad Boys, Here and Now(Gyeonggi Museum of Modern Art). He was invited to Sungkok Art Museum in 2015 for being recognized as ‘Awardee of ‘Sungkok Artist of Tomorrow’ in 2013, organizing his solo exhibition – In My Sky at Twilight(2015). He recently participated in The International Studio Programme of Künstlerhaus Bethanien(Berlin), BilbaoArte AiR(Bilbao) and Glenfiddich AiR(Dufftown, Scotland).

Yongseok Oh is a Korean-born artist who emphasizes the crossing of the past and the present, and of the real and the imagined, by creating a visual collage of stills, moving images and cinemas. He explores the structure of the cinema and daily life and collapses a certain cinematic narrative through collage techniques.

He is a programmer and designer who explores the realm of art and technology. He has previously worked as a motion graphic designer in Seoul and New York. Drawn from these professional work experiences, his works focus on generative visuals for live performance, sound visualization and interactive narratives. Currently he is trying new visual experiences with new technologies such as spatial dimensions and narrative environment of augmented reality.