About the Artist
YOON
SUNGMIN
윤성민
Almost nothing is known about Yoon Sungmin. What remains is a body of paintings from around 2023, each titled like a diary entry — by its date.
His titles drift between French, Korean, and English. His figures sit alone, facing forward. He painted the interior of modern Korean youth — its loneliness, its dissociation, its emptiness — without looking away.
Born · Working in · Now
The silence is not a gap to be filled but part of the work. Where the artist withholds himself, the viewer's own heart moves in.
A Glossary of Recurring Signs
- The Void
- A black oval bored through the chest or belly — his most honest sign for emptiness.
- Angel & Devil Cats
- Two cats squabbling on the shoulders — the two voices inside one person.
- Black Tears
- Ink-like tears running down the face — grief that never became words.
- Halos & Moons
- A ring of light behind the figure — a quiet appetite for grace.
Exhibition by KWON KIHYEON · 권기현