Hyojin Paik, a graduate student from Seoul, South Korea, spends hour after hour in a studio on the fourth floor of WKU’s Fine Arts Center. She designs, draws and paints.
Art follows Paik home. Unlocking the door of her apartment reveals countless hours of work, imagination and creativity. The walls are covered with her pieces.
“This school’s art department has a really good program,” she said. “Everything’s combined together. Graphic design students can also do fine art things.”
Bringing blank space to life with the mark of a pencil and the stroke of a brush has lead Paik to create a number of incredible pieces of art that are not only beautiful but symbolic and socially relevant. To Paik, her artwork represents a changing piece of South Korea’s social culture.
“South Korea is a kind of country that really has a strong masculine history, and we’re kind of in a changing period from that,” she said.
We’ve embedded a few of our favorite pieces from Paik’s Instagram feed. Check them out below. The featured portrait at the top of the story is by Morgan Hornsby.
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다듬어지다(stereo ver.)_cropped Missing pieces _ ink on paper, digital 594x420mm, 2014 _ 나이듦에 따라 깎여나간 모난 부분에는 솔직함이 가득했다. 거칠었고 맑았고 불안하고 자연스럽고 사람냄새나는. 때때로 다듬어지지 않았던 나의 모습과 마주칠 때가 있습니다. 잃어버린 모습들이 그리워지는, 거칠기에 아름답던 시절. #illustration#illustrator#illustagram #art#artwork#drawing#doodle #pen#penart#sketch #일러스트#드로잉#펜#일러스타그램 #bekzin A photo posted by Bekzin (@bekzinart) on