오영준: 지 오 知 吾

5 September - 4 October 2026
Press release

오영준 작가님의 개인전 《지오 <知 吾>》가 9월, 이엔 갤러리에서 시작됩니다.

 

이번 전시에서는 작가가 오랜 시간 자신을 마주하며 탐구해온 내면의 풍경과 그 여정을 만나보실 수 있습니다. 기억과 인상의 조각들이 쌓여 만들어낸 깊이 있는 작품을 감상해보시길 바랍니다.

 

‘작가는 스스로를 알기 위해 평생을 유랑하는 사람들이다.’

 

나에게 유랑은 공간의 이동을 넘어, 내면을 헤매며 끊임없이 ‘나’를 찾아가는 여정이다. 지난 수년간 나의 유랑지는 ‘기억 속의 풍경’이었다. 시간 속에서 희미해진 풍경은 기억과 뒤섞이며 더욱 선명하고 고유한 인상으로 남았고, 나는 그 단편들을 화면 위에 옮겨왔다.

 

이를 위해 직접 만든 ‘전선 다발 붓’을 사용한다. 30가닥의 전선과 90여 개의 마디로 이루어진 붓으로 캔버스를 두드리고, 얹고, 긁어내며 만들어낸 질감과 색의 층은 시간과 신체의 흔적이 된다.

 

화면 풍경은 자연의 재현이 아니라, 길을 잃고 다시 길을 만들어가며 새겨온 나의 발자국이다. 어쩌면 내가 그려온 것은 지나간 기억이 아니라 아직 오지 않은 시간의 풍경인지도 모른다. 유랑을 따라 각자의 내면에 묻힌 기억과 인상의 조각들을 발견하기를 바란다.

 


 

Oh Youngjun’s solo exhibition, 지 오《知 吾》, opens this September at E.N. Gallery.

 

This exhibition presents the inner landscapes and personal journey that the artist has explored through years of introspection. We invite you to take your time with the works, where fragments of memory and impressions accumulate into richly layered images.

 

“Artists are people who wander throughout their lives in order to know themselves.”

 

For me, wandering is more than simply moving from one place to another. It is a journey of wandering through the depths of the self in search of who I am. For the past several years, my place of wandering has been “landscapes in memory.” Landscapes once encountered in reality have faded and blended with other memories over time, leaving behind impressions that are more vivid and uniquely my own. I have brought these fragments of memory and impression onto the canvas.

 

To express this, I use a “bundle-wire brush” that I make myself. Composed of 30 strands of wire and more than 90 joints, the brush holds paint and allows me to tap, layer, and scrape the canvas, creating a distinctive matière. The repeated gestures and layers of color become more than visual textures—they record the passage of time and the traces of my physical movement as I immerse myself in the process of painting.

 

Ultimately, the landscapes on the canvas are not simply representations of nature. They are the footprints I have left behind while losing and finding my way again in the studio—the whispers of the self I have endlessly searched for. Perhaps what I have been painting is not a landscape of the past, but one of a time yet to come.

 

I hope that those who join me on this journey of wandering will slowly wander through the rough textures and deep layers of color, and rediscover fragments of forgotten memories and impressions buried within themselves.

Works
  • 오영준 Morning Light no.3, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 72.7 x 53cm
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    Morning Light no.3, 2026

    Acrylic on canvas

    72.7 x 53cm

  • 오영준 Morning Light no.4, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 72.7 x 53cm
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    Morning Light no.4, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    72.7 x 53cm
  • 오영준 From Dawn no.7, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 162 x 97 cm
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    From Dawn no.7, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    162 x 97 cm
  • 오영준 Old garden no.1, 2025 Acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 80.3 cm
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    Old garden no.1, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas
    116.8 x 80.3 cm
  • 오영준 Old garden no.2, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 72.7 x 53 cm
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    Old garden no.2, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    72.7 x 53 cm
  • 오영준 Old garden no.3, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 162 x 97 cm
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    Old garden no.3, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    162 x 97 cm
  • 오영준 Shape of Time no.2, 2024 Acrylic on canvas 60.6 x 72.7 cm
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    Shape of Time no.2, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    60.6 x 72.7 cm
  • 오영준 Shining mountain no.3, 2025 Acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 80.3 cm
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    Shining mountain no.3, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas
    116.8 x 80.3 cm
  • 오영준 Shining mountain no.4, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 80.3 cm
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    Shining mountain no.4, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    116.8 x 80.3 cm
  • 오영준 Shining mountain no.5, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 162 x 97 cm
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    Shining mountain no.5, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    162 x 97 cm
  • 오영준 Sunset, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 72.7 x 60.6 cm
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    Sunset, 2023
    Acrylic on canvas
    72.7 x 60.6 cm
  • 오영준 Watchfire, 2024 Acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 80.3 cm
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    Watchfire, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    116.8 x 80.3 cm
  • 오영준 지오 [ Knowing myself ], 2026 Acrylic on canvas 582 x 260 cm
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    지오 [ Knowing myself ], 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    582 x 260 cm
  • 오영준 먹먹함, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 324.5 x 130.3 cm
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    먹먹함, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    324.5 x 130.3 cm
  • 오영준 From Dawn no.4, 2024 Acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 80.3 cm
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    From Dawn no.4, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    116.8 x 80.3 cm
  • 오영준 Afterglow no.1, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 50 cm
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    Afterglow no.1, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 50 cm
  • 오영준 Afterglow no.2, 2026 Acrylic on canvas 100 x 50 cm
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    Afterglow no.2, 2026
    Acrylic on canvas
    100 x 50 cm
  • 오영준 Acacia no.10, 2024 Acrylic on canvas 80.3 x 116.8 cm
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    Acacia no.10, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    80.3 x 116.8 cm
  • 오영준 Acacia no.11, 2025 Acrylic on canvas 80.3 x 116.8 cm
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    Acacia no.11, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas
    80.3 x 116.8 cm
  • 오영준 Backyard no.4, 2025 Acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 80.3 cm
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    Backyard no.4, 2025
    Acrylic on canvas
    116.8 x 80.3 cm
  • 오영준 Hyde Park no.1, 2024 Acrylic on canvas 116.8 x 80.3 cm
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    Hyde Park no.1, 2024
    Acrylic on canvas
    116.8 x 80.3 cm