Vakki () is a
South Korean artist who runs "Papapapa Tamguso". Based on visual art, it is exploring various media such as stereoscopic installation, spatial art, and video work. Vakki is actively showing exhibitions at the
National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art
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Common uses
* Nation or country
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Places in the United States
* National, Maryland, c ...
,
Paik Nam-joon Art Center,
Daelim Museum's ''guseulmoa'',
Seoul Museum of Art
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History
It was opened in the Gyeonghuigung Palace area, a royal palace of Joseon dynasty, with six exhibition rooms and an ...
, and Arco Art Theater, and many showcases, groups, and individual exhibitions have been held overseas in Berlin, Thailand, and New York. In addition, the field of visual arts is expanding by showing the writer's pleasant visual language through collaboration with cultural and artistic spaces, commercial brands, and fashion designers.
Vakki was selected for the
MMCA’s 2020 artist residency program and presented works that collaborated with the Seoul Metropolitan Government. In September 2021, Vakki also collaborated with Shake Shek to introduce "Urban Playground".
LG Electronics
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chose Vakki as a visual artist to highlight the color of the OLED display and emphasize its differentiation from other displays, and exhibited the work on Media Wall.
Education
M.A, The Royal School of Arts, Hague, Holland
M.A, Interaction Design at the Hongik University Graduate School of Film and Digital Media, Seoul, Korea
Works
Vakki's works were installed in
Apple
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's Myeong-dong store, which is the only store in the world to collect artists' works.
Collaborated with
Gangneung
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Seamark Hotel 'Vakki & SiSi SoSO Play Kit'
Designed a complex cultural space for Seoul Tourism Foundation and the Gwanak Cultural Foundation
Participated in Yangjae-daero Street Art Gallery
Participated in the "Aqua Heaven" exhibition organized by the National Asian Cultural Center (ACC)
BTS
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RM visited Vakki's exhibition ''Incomplete Device'' with Guseulmoa Dang-gu-jang at Daelim Museum for shooting with
Vogue
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Korea
Exhibitions
Solo exhibitions
2020:
* ''Circulation, Orbit, Generate'', UARTSPACE, Seoul, Korea
2018
* ''Movements'', Atelier Han, Sokcho, Korea
2017
* ''InOutOutOutIn'', Almostnotdone, Amsterdam, Netherland
2016
* ''Walk through the forest of conscious Instrument'', ‘Heterotopia’ (Act Festival), National Asia Culture Center
2015
* ''Unstable Instruments: Play Play'', Daelim Museum Project Space
* ''A Caterpillar Passing an Apple'', Chelsea Market. New York
2014
* ''Plus Plus'', Collage Plus
* ''Ready, Made'', W HOTEL Media Exhibition
* ''Psytrance Traveller'', Blank 425 Gallery
* ''Center Nabi ‘Como’ Exhibition'', SK Tower
Group exhibitions
2018 < Sensing Shipyard >, Sonic Acts Festival, Amsterdam, Netherlands
< NOITITEPER >, De Fabriek, Eindhoven, Netherlands.
< Dancing with Lights and Images > Media Art Exhibition, Sung Nam Art Center Gallery 808, Sung Nam, Korea
< Sounds x Hangeul > Variation of the Korean Alphabet, National Hangeul Museum, Seoul, Korea
< Riverrun: Interface of the unstable body >, the Place, London, UK
< Variations >, ArtLoft, Brussels, Belgium.
< Hyper Narrative >, Meta Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2017 The 5th International Typography Biennale, Culture Station Seoul 284
2016
: Remembrance Exhibition of Nam June Paik, Nam June Paik Art Centre
, Suwon I Park Museum of Art
Graphic Magazine issue
100 Years of Korean Fashion, Vogue Korea 20th Anniversary Exhibition
2015 , National Asia Culture Center
, International Performance Arts Festival, Arko Art Center.
Exhibition for the 4th anniversary of Yangpyeong Art Museum.
Space K.
Danwon Art Museum.
Taehwa Eco River Art Festival.
Amado Art Space.
National Assembly of the Republic of Korea.
Samtan Art Mine Museum
International Environment Art Festival 2015, Public Art in Busan
2014
1st Annual Group Exhibition at Seoul Museum of Art, Seoul
Modern Art Exhibition, Seoul Arts Center
Jangheung Art Park, Ghana Art Center
Gallery0914
NWS
Mudaeruk
DDP Opening Permanent Exhibition
References
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South Korean artists
Year of birth missing (living people)
South Korean women artists
Artists from Seoul
Living people