Bang Hai Ja
Biography
Bang Hai Ja
(born in 1937, Seoul, Korea - dead in 2022, Aubenas)
Bang Hai Ja was living in France from 1961 and she is a part of the first generation of Korean abstract painters. She finds her roots outside her country and uses them in her work. East and West are linked in the use of materials she works with : Korean traditional paper, ochre soil of Provence, natural pigments. Bang Hai Ja tries to capture the luminous energy of the cosmos " the energy that comes from the act of painting is a true force that gives the strength to the soul of the one who is looking at a painting."
Bang Hai Ja received the award of sacred art at the Monte-Carlo International Grand Prix Exhibition, Monaco. She was awarded with the medal for arts in the city Montrouge, Grand Prix of foreign artists of Korea, and received the Order of Arts and Letters by the Korean President in October 2010. In 2012, she received the France-Korea Cultural Award and the Excellency Award for culture and arts by the International Foundation of Korean women (KoWinner) in Romania. In 2015-2016 her works were exhibited in the Cernuschi Museum during the exhibition Seoul Paris Seoul, in connection with the year of Korea in France.
"I would like that through these pigments, the matter becomes light, that it transfers energy to the viewer, gives him an internal smile". Even though she is always fascinated by the new tendencies of the Western contemporary art, Bang Hai Ja has never stopped looking for her light, with a traditional and virtuoso savoir-faire or with the use of the famous Korean paper and the great mastery of calligraphy. On the one hand, with her art Bang Hai Ja is approaching deep spirituality of Buddhists monasteries, and on the other hand - the art of fresco, of stained glass or also of the icons or poetry.
Exhibitions selected
Solo exhibitions
2022 - Ici, pas ailleurs, Galerie Françoise Livinec, Paris, France
2022 - Vers un nouveau monde, Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, France
2021 - Intérieur/Extérieur, Galerie Françoise Livinec, Paris, France
2019 - Lumière née de la lumière, Young-Eun Museum, Gwangju, Corée du Sud
2019 - Et la matière devint lumière, Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France
2018 - Chant de lumière, Korean Cultural Center, Ottawa, Canada
2015 - Rétrospective Bang Hai Ja, Françoise Livinec Gallery, Paris
2014 - Danse de lumière, Korean Cultural Center, Bussels
2010 - Chant de Lumière, J Bastien ART Gallery, Bruxelles, Belgique
2009 - Exposition personnelle, Musée Gyeomjae Jeongseon, Séoul, Corée
Group exhibitions
2017 - Art Basel - YIA, Bâle
2017 - Ailleurs est ici, École des Filles, Huelgoat
2017 - Art Paris Art Fair, Paris
2016 - Rythmes, Françoise Livinec Gallery, Paris
2016 - Art Elysées, Paris
2016 - Gwangju International Art Fair, Gwangju
2016 - 100 ans de stèles, Françoise Livinec Gallery, Paris
2016 - L'attrape-Feu, l'art réenchante le monde, École des filles, Huelgoat
2016 - Art Paris Art Fair, Françoise Livinec Gallery, Paris
2015 - Lumière du Monde, Musée du vitail, Chartres
2015 - Seoul Paris Seoul - Musée Cernuschi, Paris
2015 - Art Élysées 2015, Françoise Livinec Gallery, Paris
2015 - Briser le toit de la maison - Le sacré dans l'art, École des filles, Huelgoat
2015 - Constellations, Françoise Livinec Gallery, avenue Matignon, Paris
2015 - Constellations, Centre Culturel Coréen, Paris, France
2015 - Peintres Coréens, Cernuschi Museum, Paris, France
2015 - Art Paris Art Fair, Françoise Livinec Gallery, Paris, France
2014 - Danse de lumière, Korean Cultural Center à Budapest et à Bruxelles, Hongrie et Belgique
2013 - Chemin de Lumière , Chintreuil Museum, Pont de Vaux, France
2012 - Lumière du Coeur, Château de Vogué, France
2009 - L'art poétique des couleur-Lumière du coeur, Musée Young-Eun, Kyunggido et Musée Gyeomjae Jeongseon, Séoul
Collections
Musée Cernuschi, Paris
Centre de recherche du Nouveau Monde, Séoul
Musée National d'Art moderne de Séoul, Séoul
Seoul Museum of Art, Séoul
Leeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Séoul
Musée de la province de Jeonbuk, Wanju (Corée du Sud)
