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....................Yang Si-Young was born in 1999 in Gwangju, Jeollanam-do, South Korea. He suffered from servant autism as a child, and painting became his only way to communicate with the world. Yang is a level 2 artist with developmental disabilities. But he is an incredibly beautiful young man, whose work can best be described as PURE. He is a genius, even if he has some discomfort that makes him different from others. In the past decade, there have been so many collectors who love and cherish his work from the East, West, North and South of the world. In a word, Yang is a COLOR WIZARD WITH A PURE SOUL. Since his childhood, he has repeatedly drawn horizontal and vertical lines, which gradually took shape, and finally succeeded in expressing the language he could not express freely through painting. For the past 20 years, Yang has been painting and painting and painting.
....................Yang walks more than 10,000 steps a day as a habit, and he uses flowers, trees, animals, Insects, and other natural objects as the subjects of his works, always wanting to communicate with people in the world. In particular, there are many paintings that reveal his hidden interest and affection for beautiful women. And they are fun for viewers to look at. His faith, hope and love for the very existential and human Jesus Christ, which he felt in the church he attended since he was a child, is also a regular theme in his works. Although the subjects of his works cover a wide spectrum, the theme of his works can be summarized in one word: NATURE AND PEOPLE. Yang captures the delicate emotions that are difficult to express in words and depicts life and nature as seen through his eyes in a unique way. Like a traveler on a long journey, he writes in his diary, giving his own unique interpretation of the people he meets and the animals and plants he discovers. His interpretive skills allow him to visualize with a unique perspective that only he can see.
....................Although he has a firm sense of his own world, he is experimental and constantly challenging himself in terms of materials, which is the core of the driving force behind him diverse style of work. Starting with traditional Korean paper and ink, which are the basic materials for oriental painting, Yang has created a three-dimensional texture by experimenting with acrylic colors and oil paints, and creates a strange charm by adopting clear colors and bold lines to compose abstract images on canvas. Yang, who has exhibited in New York, New Sersey, Miami, Los Angeles, London, Monaco, Ankara, and Istanbul, and is widely known throughout the world.
....................He studied in New York City for a year in 2022. He was enrolled at the ART STUDENTS LEAGUE OF NEW YORK, an art school with a long history and tradition of 150 years. In addition, he has participated in international art fairs in various cities across the country and abroad, and has established himself as a young artist whose paintings sell well. For example, in August 2020, he won the first place in online sales at BAMA - BUSAN ANNUAL MARKET OF ART, an art fair organized by the Busan Art Gallery Association. In October 2023, at the 14C ART FAIR held in River State Park, New Jersey, USA, all seven of his exhibits were sold. He is responding to many audiences who resonate with his visual messages with his moving visual communication. He uses his art to convey the happiness of people's daily lives, and through the world he sees through his eyes, he brings a message of love and hope to many people.
....................▶ A summary of various commentaries on Yang Si-Young
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