AAF Online 2020 : A Day With Jungsan Kim Yun-sik

Jungsan Kim Yun-sik

Abstruse oriental spiritual world drawn with nail polish

Jungsan Kim Yun-sik is drawing attention by making his own creative art world with an unusual material.Nail polish, generally considered an exclusive possession of women is the main material for his work. He expresses‘ enlightenment through ordinary things’ with nail polish. His previous three solo exhibitions have also presented audiences with the consistent subject,‘contemplation plus meditation’. Finally for Kim Yun sik,the artist, nail polish is a keyword for showing the hidden idea of nothingness and emptiness in splendor.

The artist says“It causes discussion that a Buddhist monk is creating art with nail polish. However I would like people to see my works for themselves because my skill is constantly improving and so is my work.Nail polish has adhesive strength which makes it go well on any material, so nail polish painting is comparable to paintings with acrylics. Additionally there are no other paints that show such a subtle variety of colors as nail polish. Can you believe there are about 600 colors of nail polish?There are many advantages because there are no problems even if water touches paintings.”He shows his passion by being an artist that specializes in nail polish.

 

Jungsan Kim Yun-sik’s Featured Artworks

 

 Jungsan Kim Yun sik Buiripmunja 2 Mixed media with Korean paper 100x90cm 2020

Jungsan Kim Yun sik Buiripmunja 2

Mixed media with Korean paper

100x90cm 2020

 

 

Jungsan Kim Yun sik Buiripmunja 2 Mixed media with Korean paper 100x90cm 2020

Jungsan Kim Yun sik Buiripmunja 2

Mixed media with Korean paper

100x90cm 2020

 

 

Jungsan Kim Yun sik Buiripmunja 3 Mixed media with Korean paper 100x90cm 2020

Jungsan Kim Yun sik Buiripmunja 3

Mixed media with Korean paper

100x90cm 2020

 

 

Background

Jungsan was born in Yeosu,South korea Jungsan reflects the Zen Buddhist teachings concerning the extermal sins and desires.He paints collages on one side of a match box while leaving the other side blank. This echoes the lesson of the Heart Sutra form is none other than emptiness and emptiness is none other than form.

 

2011 No.58 Salon de Charenton Honored Artist Invitation Exhibition

2010 Third solo exhibition < Contemplation + Meditation> at Gallery Dam

2009Book North Korean Temple Cuisine published by Dahal Media Second solo exhibition < Contemplation + Meditation> at INSA Art Center200811. 12~18 Joint exhibition <Understanding on Human, Understanding on Art>

2007 Named to the steering committee of KCRP Writes a column on Korean temple food in Contemporary Buddhism newspaper Dean of Temple Food Culture Department of Dongsan Buddhist University First solo exhibition <Contemplation + Meditation> at Gallery Gong

2002 Book Temple Food You Eat with Your Eyes published by Uri Publishing

1997 Book Korean Temple Cuisine published by Uri Publishing

1995 Presented paper on commercialization of Korean temple cuisine at seminar at Graduate School of Industrial Management of Chung-Ang University

1990 Put together “temple food” in 21st Century Woman? Encyclopedia La Belle published by the Joong Ang Ilbo

1987 Book Mountain Vegetable Cooking published by Jubu Saeng hwal

1986 Introduced “Mountain Kimchi and Mountain Vegetable Cooking,” in a special color feature in the June issue of Jubu Saeng hwal magazine

1984 Published a column on temple food in Bulgwang magazine for a year

1981 Received an award in the ‘Traditional Food Discovery Content’ awards, held by the JoongAngIlbo and TBC

1980 Published a column on temple food in Sindong-A magazine Starts “Saanchon” a Korean temple cuisine restaurant in Insa-dong

1972 Published a column on temple food in the Busan Ilbo newspaper for a year

1971 Gave open lecture on temple cuisine at the Gukje Sinmun newspaper1961Entered Beomeo-sa Temple in Busan

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