PARK HWAN
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I was an oriental painting artist for 25 years. Then, in 2006, I switched from oriental painting to Western painting, and after seven years of experience in chipmunkering, I finally held my first Western painting, "A Tribute to the Poor," in 2012. In October 2013, I was invited to the KIAF Korea International Art Fair and received great response. However, three weeks after the KIAF exhibition, I had a first-class visual impairment that did not even show light due to a major traffic accident.
At first, I thought I might not be able to see for a moment. I wanted to believe so. When I returned home after three months in the hospital, it was the beginning of days of frustration and despair that I could not accept.
I thought that I could not paint in the future, so I organized my painting studio and just sat at home and cried every day.
I can't see forever? I've lived with nothing but painting all my life. Why did this happen to me? What did I do wrong? All I had in my head was depression and hopeless thoughts. It was devastating.
Then one day in the summer of 2014, I kept thinking of paintings. I felt like I could do it in my mind. So I tried it, but it was totally different than I expected.
For example, if you paint seven colors of red, yellow, blue, and nambo on a Umkum's rice and ask them to find it, how can you find it without looking at it? Painting with your eyes closed is the same thing. But I didn't give up.
Somewhere in my mind, I started to feel like I wanted to smell the paint again and work on it.
First of all, the problem was the sketch. I used to sketch with a pencil in my mind, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't figure out a pencil sketch. After I became blind, I had to find my own way.
After much trial and error, I found a way to replace sketching by attaching it to the canvas using cotton thread. Touching the thread with your hand, you can outline the painting using that touch, place it by inserting a bead pin, attach jeans, and apply soil on it to create a thick three-dimensional effect. To give it a lively appearance, you can add actual bark to the tree and color it with your fingers instead of a brush.
In January 2017, I finally opened my first solo exhibition, "Close Your Eyes and See the World," since I became a first-class blind artist. I was happy, but I was also very sad. I thought I was the unhappiest person in the world. However, in my first solo exhibition as a blind artist, I gained more courage and hope. I realized when someone who thought about killing himself because his business went bankrupt said, "I got courage from seeing my painting." I thought my work could give someone courage and hope...
In the past, I lived thinking that my own success and money honor were the best, but now, even though I am trapped in a dark world, I am grateful that I can put myself down and understand the pain and suffering of others and give even a little hope.
It is said that the color has become very different from the work before the accident.
I didn't express it that way on purpose, but if the work before the accident expresses our dark life, the current painting expresses a peaceful landscape seen in the heart, a desire to overcome frustration and find hope, and a meaningful work.
In the future, my dream is to advance deeper and deeper into my work without collapsing by my disability, and to communicate with even one person through my painting, finding hope, and comforting my heart.
I want to become a leader in promoting Korean blind art on the world stage with Park Hwan, the only blind artist in Korea.
I was an oriental painting artist for 25 years. Then, in 2006, I switched from oriental painting to Western painting, and after seven years of experience in chipmunkering, I finally held my first Western painting, "A Tribute to the Poor," in 2012. In October 2013, I was invited to the KIAF Korea International Art Fair and received great response. However, three weeks after the KIAF exhibition, I had a first-class visual impairment that did not even show light due to a major traffic accident.
At first, I thought I might not be able to see for a moment. I wanted to believe so. When I returned home after three months in the hospital, it was the beginning of days of frustration and despair that I could not accept.
I thought that I could not paint in the future, so I organized my painting studio and just sat at home and cried every day.
I can't see forever? I've lived with nothing but painting all my life. Why did this happen to me? What did I do wrong? All I had in my head was depression and hopeless thoughts. It was devastating.
Then one day in the summer of 2014, I kept thinking of paintings. I felt like I could do it in my mind. So I tried it, but it was totally different than I expected.
For example, if you paint seven colors of red, yellow, blue, and nambo on a Umkum's rice and ask them to find it, how can you find it without looking at it? Painting with your eyes closed is the same thing. But I didn't give up.
Somewhere in my mind, I started to feel like I wanted to smell the paint again and work on it.
First of all, the problem was the sketch. I used to sketch with a pencil in my mind, but no matter how hard I tried, I couldn't figure out a pencil sketch. After I became blind, I had to find my own way.
After much trial and error, I found a way to replace sketching by attaching it to the canvas using cotton thread. Touching the thread with your hand, you can outline the painting using that touch, place it by inserting a bead pin, attach jeans, and apply soil on it to create a thick three-dimensional effect. To give it a lively appearance, you can add actual bark to the tree and color it with your fingers instead of a brush.
In January 2017, I finally opened my first solo exhibition, "Close Your Eyes and See the World," since I became a first-class blind artist. I was happy, but I was also very sad. I thought I was the unhappiest person in the world. However, in my first solo exhibition as a blind artist, I gained more courage and hope. I realized when someone who thought about killing himself because his business went bankrupt said, "I got courage from seeing my painting." I thought my work could give someone courage and hope...
In the past, I lived thinking that my own success and money honor were the best, but now, even though I am trapped in a dark world, I am grateful that I can put myself down and understand the pain and suffering of others and give even a little hope.
It is said that the color has become very different from the work before the accident.
I didn't express it that way on purpose, but if the work before the accident expresses our dark life, the current painting expresses a peaceful landscape seen in the heart, a desire to overcome frustration and find hope, and a meaningful work.
In the future, my dream is to advance deeper and deeper into my work without collapsing by my disability, and to communicate with even one person through my painting, finding hope, and comforting my heart.
I want to become a leader in promoting Korean blind art on the world stage with Park Hwan, the only blind artist in Korea.
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PARK HWAN
xx/xx/xxxx
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