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Bae Bien-u

South Korean photographer

In this Korean name, the family name is Bae.

Bae Bien-u (born May 22, ) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts.[1]

Early life and career

Bae was born in Suncheon and grew up in Yeosu, Jeollanam-do in , and graduated from Hongik University's College of Arts in and the graduate school of the same university in

Renowned as a professional photographer with themes especially concentrated on pine trees, he has become a representative photographer with the reputation of capturing the characteristic sentiments of Korea including the pine trees, oceans and mountains with his camera rather than a brush.[2]

He became better-known outside of South Korea after selling one of his pine tree photographs to English singer Elton John in [3] Former South Korean president Lee Myung-bak later gave a collection of Bae's pine tree photographs to U.S.

president Barack Obama during a summit held in Washington.[4]

He served as professor of the Department of Photography at Seoul Institute of the Arts.[5]

Selected solo exhibitions

Some of his solo exhibitions are listed below:

  • Sacred Wood, BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts de Bruxelles, Brussels[6]
  • Sacred Wood, Aando Fine Art, Berlin[7]
  • Sacred Wood, Galerie zur Stockeregg, Zurich[8]
  • Soul Garden, National Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Korea - Deoksugung, Seoul[9]
  • ConvexConcave, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerpen[10]
  • Windscape, Aando Fine Art, Berlin[11]
  • Windscape, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich[12]
  • Counterbalance, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Antwerp[13]
  • Dans un forêt l’autre, Château de Chambord, Domain national de Chambord[14]
  • Bae Bien-U -分合 Part:Meet, Axel Vervoordt Gallery, Hong Kong[15]
  • Bae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu, Musée de la Mer, Cannes[16]

Collections of photographs

References

  1. ^네이버 인물검색<배병우>Naver people <Bae Bien-U>
  2. ^흑백 사진에 담긴 자연…배병우 개인전 ‘WINDSCAPE’《SBS뉴스》년10월11일.

    Nature contained in black & white photograph, Personal exhibition by Bae Bien-U, ‘WINDSCAPE’ 《SBS News》

  3. ^사진작가 배병우, “자연스러운 소나무 곡선이 한국의 美” 《매일경제》 Photographic Artist Bae Bien-U, “The natural curvatures of the pine tree illustrating the aesthetics of Korea”
  4. ^소나무 작가 배병우, 다음 사진은 '남해안' Pine tree professional photographer, Bae Bien-U.

    Bae bien u biography of barack Bae Bien-u (born May 22, ) is a South Korean photographer. He is a professor in Seoul Institute of the Arts. [1].

    The next photograph is the 'Southern Coast of Korea'

  5. ^4개국서 동시 사진전 여는 배병우 사진작가 《서울신문》27면 Professional photographer Bae Bien-U, holding simultaneous photographic exhibitions in 4 different countries 《Seoul Shinmun
  6. ^Bae Bien u Sacred Wood [dead link&#;]
  7. ^Sacred Wood
  8. ^ArtSlant
  9. ^Exhibition detail [dead link&#;]
  10. ^"Exhibitions".

    June 3,

  11. ^Windscape Pressetext [dead link&#;]
  12. ^"Windscape".
  13. ^"Opening: Bae Bien-U - Counterbalance at Axel Vervoordt Gallery Antwerp". Archived from the original on April 6, Retrieved June 19,
  14. ^"Exposition&#;: Bae Bien-U, d'une forêt l'autre, Domaine national de Chambord".

    September 24,

  15. ^"Exhibitions". June 3,
  16. ^Bae Bien-U - L'Esprit du Lieu [dead link&#;]

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