Bongbong (Hyebin Yeo)
Artist: Bongbong (Hyebin Yeo)
Nationality: Korean
Instagram: Bong.Bong_봉봉작가 (@bong.bong_com) • Instagram photos and videos
Art inspiration: I had no special dream when I was young. The only one thing I really liked was drawing a girl who looked a lot like me in the doodle. I created and drew mysterious adventure stories featuring the girl as a main character, and enjoyed it as if I had actually experienced the adventures. In that way, the girl in the doodle became my sweet escape from boring class. As I grow up, I lost my goal of drawing, and also my self. One day, I recalled the girl I drew on the doodle by accident and I found my pure self that I had forgotten for a while.
So I named the girl ‘BongBong’ and started drawing her stories again. BongBong, who has a pure soul and dreams, shares a mysterious and delightful journey that cannot be experienced in reality. “Dream Forest” is a fantastic spatial setting for adventure with her cactus friends, where she can fully spread her imagination and possibility as much as she wants. Through BongBong and her cactus friends in Dream Forest, I hope it will be a time to remember the "true my dream" that I had forgotten for various reasons and to cherish and appreciate that dream. Through my work, I hope that people think back about the "real dream" that they had, and cherish that dream again. The occasional display of a powerful force and my own unique view of life and death are also part of my inspiration.
Style: Contemporary art
Favourite Artists: Ayako Rokkaku, Javier Calleja, Adam Handler
Favourite piece you have worked on: 400km_Bong Bong Rider!: without setting a destination, The scene where Bongbong runs recklessly but defiantly, gives energy and freedom to his tired daily life. I got healing by expressing my energetic sense of speed through my work.
Exhibitions: (schedule)
Gallery Dos (Seoul _Samcheong-dong) solo exhibition / May 5-14
Gallery Je-Je (Seoul _Insa-dong) Solo exhibition / June 26- July 1
Gallery Vinci (Seoul _Bangbae-dong) solo exhibition/ July 31-August 1
Space Uoon Group Exhibition / September 5-13
Future plans: I want to deliver a message of dreams and hopes that comfort people through continuous exhibitions At the same time as painting work, I will plan and launch object work and art products.
