A lot of the experience he gains through his struggles are ready to be made into another work, making it seem as if one encounter leads to another. Unfortunately, however, one must wait a long time to see his new pieces due to how extremely difficult and tedious his work process is.

Despite this, we find ourselves able to await the birth of his new paper things and are thrilled with expectations whenever he embarks on a new work. We look forward to another sensuous experience and the catharsis that the artist must have also felt after he(서양화가 송광익,송광익 작가,송광익 화백,한지작가 송광익,한지추상화가 송광익,KOREA PAPER,宋光翼,지물(紙物),SONG KWANG IK,ソン・グァンイック) finished his extremely difficult work process.

△By Ha Yun-ju(Art Critic)/하윤주, 미술평론가

◇SONG KWANGIK

1950 Born in Daegu, Korea

1976 B.A. College of Fine Arts, Keimyung University

1979 Ed.A. Keimyung University

1984 Graduate seminar art college, Kyushu Sangyo Universtiy

△Selected Solo Exhibition

2018 Tong-In Auction Gallery, Seoul 

2017 Tong-In Auction Gallery, Seoul

2015 Gallery Shilla, Daegu

2014 Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu

2013 Gallery Maek-hyang, Daegu A Spot of recollections – Ji-mul(paper goods), Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu

2012 Insa Gallery, Seoul Gallery Han, Paju

2010 Insa Gallery, Seoul Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu

2009 Gallery Shilla, Daegu

2008 Fuji Gallery, Osaka, Japan Kurokawa Inn Museum, Fukuoka, Japan

2006 Gallery Shilla, Daegu Bongsan Cultural Center, Daegu

1990 Kongkan Gallery, Seoul

1984 Seoul art center, Seoul Gallery Soo, Daegu

1983 Gallery 888, Kyushu Osaka Form Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

1982 Toilet Gallery, Fukuoka, Japan Fukuoka City Musuem (Hall B), Fukuoka, Japan

1980 Sambo Gallery, Daegu

△Selected Group Exhibitions

2016 The Leading Artists of This Year, Daegu Arts Center, Daegu, Korea

The Great Labour, SOMA Insight, SOMA Museum, Seoul, Korea

2015 NEXUS-PAPER WORKS EXPRESSIONS, Kurokawa Inn Musuem, Kurokawa, Japan

2014 KIAF, Coex, Seoul Daegu Art Fair, Exco, Daegu

2013 Contemplative Colors of Daegu, Daegu Art Museum, Daegu, Daegu Art Fair, Daegu

2013 KIAF, Coex, Seoul Urban Montage, Daegu Art Factory, Daegu

2012 KIAF, Coex, Seoul Busan Art Show, Busan Song Kwang Ik & Ito Masayuki (Duo Show), Bongsan Cultural Center

2011 KIAF, Coex, Seoul Daegu Art Fair, Daegu

2010 Korea-Japan ECO, Yamanashi Prefectural Museum of Art, Yamanashi, Japan 2009 Song Kwang Ik & Ito Masayuki (Duo Show), Gallery-Sol, Tokyo, Japan

2008 Japan-America Friendship Contemporary Exhibition, Fukuoka ASIA Museum, Fukuoka, Japan Japan-America Small works Exhibition, Gallery-Sol, Japan, Tokyo and over 70 times from 1975 to 2007

△Selected Reward
2013 27th Kumbok Cultural Prize, Kumbok foundation

1982 3rd Kyusyu Biennale Prize, Kyusyu City Museum, Japan 11st Salan de Rupa, Prize for excellence, Fukuoka Museum, Japan

1981 10th Salon de Rupa, Prize for encouragement, Fukuoka Museum, Japan