Artist statement
Our awareness of our surroundings and our lives is often based on what we can perceive. A mistake sometimes made is not acknowledging what is absent, what is not there. Our lives seem lacking when we are bored with nothing to do. But this emptiness is something. It is the lack of something. And until we can appreciate and see the “nothingness” we are only seeing a portion of what is around us. “Nothingness” to me is forgotten memories, the surreal ruins that scare and inspire me. It is the indescribable feeling of absence. It is this feeling that I try to capture when I look through the viewfinder. When it comes to art, I do not want to have a certain intention to persuade to the audience. The world it is already art itself. The function of being an artist isn’t convincing to the audience what they should feel through form of art. I want them to experience from their personal thoughts and state of their mind. Art should be personal experience, not planned by an artist. I want the audience to experience and be free to interpret the art.
contact: rosalyn_song@yahoo.com
Exhibitions:
Group
“One Hour Photo Project,” American University, Washington DC, USA 2010
“Managed Landscape,” Darkroom Gallery, Vermont, USA 2010
“National Cell Phone Photography Exhibition,” Southern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery, Louisiana, USA, 2010
“Snapshots,” Black Box Gallery, Oregon, USA, 2011
"Wet Weather," Don't Take Pictures, online exhibition, 2015
“In Celebration of Trees,” PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, USA, 2016
"Professor Ma with lively Rosalyn", Dual exhibition with Professor Gwangsoo Ma(painting), Art Space Hue, Seoul, South Korea, 2016
"The Texas project-Closure", Seoul, South Korea, 2016
"Green", Darkroom Gallery, Vermont, USA, 2016
"Modern Art Show", Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2017
"FOCUS 2018", b. j. spoke gallery, New York, USA, 2018
Solo
“Phoenix,” Art Space Hue, Seoul, South Korea, 2011
"Tinted Fantasy," Garage Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2013
"Counterfeit Chicks," Gallery Shingyo, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Awards:
“Professional Photographers of the year of 2010, finalist,” Professional Photographer UK magazine, 2010
"9th Photoshow | International Color Awards 2016, Nominee", UK 2016
*All photos on this website are copyrighted material and all rights are reserved.
Our awareness of our surroundings and our lives is often based on what we can perceive. A mistake sometimes made is not acknowledging what is absent, what is not there. Our lives seem lacking when we are bored with nothing to do. But this emptiness is something. It is the lack of something. And until we can appreciate and see the “nothingness” we are only seeing a portion of what is around us. “Nothingness” to me is forgotten memories, the surreal ruins that scare and inspire me. It is the indescribable feeling of absence. It is this feeling that I try to capture when I look through the viewfinder. When it comes to art, I do not want to have a certain intention to persuade to the audience. The world it is already art itself. The function of being an artist isn’t convincing to the audience what they should feel through form of art. I want them to experience from their personal thoughts and state of their mind. Art should be personal experience, not planned by an artist. I want the audience to experience and be free to interpret the art.
contact: rosalyn_song@yahoo.com
Exhibitions:
Group
“One Hour Photo Project,” American University, Washington DC, USA 2010
“Managed Landscape,” Darkroom Gallery, Vermont, USA 2010
“National Cell Phone Photography Exhibition,” Southern Louisiana University Contemporary Art Gallery, Louisiana, USA, 2010
“Snapshots,” Black Box Gallery, Oregon, USA, 2011
"Wet Weather," Don't Take Pictures, online exhibition, 2015
“In Celebration of Trees,” PhotoPlace Gallery, Vermont, USA, 2016
"Professor Ma with lively Rosalyn", Dual exhibition with Professor Gwangsoo Ma(painting), Art Space Hue, Seoul, South Korea, 2016
"The Texas project-Closure", Seoul, South Korea, 2016
"Green", Darkroom Gallery, Vermont, USA, 2016
"Modern Art Show", Seoul Art Center, Seoul, South Korea, 2017
"FOCUS 2018", b. j. spoke gallery, New York, USA, 2018
Solo
“Phoenix,” Art Space Hue, Seoul, South Korea, 2011
"Tinted Fantasy," Garage Gallery, Seoul, South Korea, 2013
"Counterfeit Chicks," Gallery Shingyo, Seoul, South Korea, 2014
Awards:
“Professional Photographers of the year of 2010, finalist,” Professional Photographer UK magazine, 2010
"9th Photoshow | International Color Awards 2016, Nominee", UK 2016
*All photos on this website are copyrighted material and all rights are reserved.